Jordan - Matthew 5

This is a jam packed chapter, but what struck me today was how Jesus is defending the Law.  Often, you hear how Jesus was a game changer, flipping tables in the Syangogue, breaking the Sabbath and rebuking the Pharisees and elders for worshipping the letter of the law over the Spirit.  Here, Jesus is reminding people that the law is important:

"Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

When the Spirit of the law is righteous, obiding by it brings out he best in us.  But, if we use the law for personal gain, it brings out the worst!