If Jesus rescinded the laws of the Old Testament...?

Even if he did that doesn't stop fundies from bringing up Leviticus when the topic of homosexuality comes up.

I agree with you; the logic of people who believe that the law is "done away with" is skewed.

Because -- if that's the case then there is no sin. You can't have sin without law. You can't have knowledge of sin without God's law.

People think it's grace alone; others think it's works alone. But the Bible -- the New Testament, for those that ONLY rely on the NT -- speaks of BOTH grace AND works.

To have one or the other ONLY negates the other portion of the text.

And if they believe that the Bible, in its entirety, is the infallible Word of The Living God, then they should ALL learn to take it ALL together.

The Messiah said "If you love me, follow my commandments."

What commandments? Which ones?

ALL of them.

Yes it SEEMS impossible and most of the time you're going to be breaking one or the other or thirty of them but the point is to TRY. You TRY to be the best, repent for what you missed out on/did not know/knew but do not adhere to.

Pork eating is a sin just as witchcraft and homosexuality is a sin.

So is NOT observing the Sabbath...

People have alot to learn. Everyone wants to pick and choose pick and choose. They want to follow the 10 commandments but bash homosexuals. Homosexuality is NOT in the 10 commandments. Neither are the laws against sleeping with your father's wife or your sister, either.

So, what about those?

According to the masses, those should be done away with, too, eh?

Your verse 18 shows that it stops when it is fulfilled and in verse 17 you state that it was fulfilled by Jesus. Jesus did not rescind the law he clarified it. Man created all those shellfish and stoning people rules. Jesus cleared that up and clarified the law was not suppose to be so anal. It is the intent of the law that counts. Jesus mentions all the commandments in just 2 commandments Love thy God and love thy neighbor. All commandments are hung on these 2 Jesus said. So we still have the 10 commandments but they have been clarified by Jesus not rescinded.

He in no way rescinded the laws of the Old Testament.

Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.

Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

I'm thinking a lot of this stuff was lost in translation. If you really want to know, or really care enough you would probably have to go learn Latin and the various other languages the Bible was translated to English from and make a decision for yourself.

18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Did Christ fulfill them? yes He did.

He fulfilled them.

If you have a concert ticket and you give your ticket to the person at the box office and he tears it up, he has destroyed your ticket. He has invalidated it.

If he redeems your ticket, you go to the concert and your ticket has been fulfilled. You can't go back to the same concert again on that ticket. The ticket is useless. Not because it was destroyed, but because it was fulfilled.

you said it yourself. He didn't rescind the Law. He fulfilled it. The WHOLE of the Law. Even that part that calls for sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin. We're covered

We are not now bound by the law of the jews:

Hebrews 8:13, "In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away."KJV

3By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear." NIV-easier to read

What was the purpose of the law?

To show us what sin was-Romans 3: 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Righteousness Through Faith-NOT the law

Romans 21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished?

Romans 3:28, "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.

Romans 6: "14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace."

Gal 3: "11Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." 12The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." 13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

You could also say that under jewish law men HAVE to be circumcised! Paul spent many a letter saying why this wasn't needed and if you know your bible you also know this. Same thing.

God is way bigger that this. We are saved by Grace through our faith in Jesus the christ-not by keeping the law.

Do the words, "It is finished," mean anything to you?

What about, "I have not come to abolish the law but to, FULFILL it."

Does that kinda ring a bell?