Not one jot or tittle

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For 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.” - Matthew 5v17-18

One of the reasons that Jesus’ message was not initially well received was that the scribes, Pharisees, and other religious said that He had come to destroy the Old Testament law. Of course this accusation would cause huge opposition because to the Jew that Law was everything.

Jesus made it clear that that was not His purpose. In fact He says that God’s word cannot be destroyed, every jot and every tittle are preserved until it is all fulfilled. A jot is similar to a full stop and a tittle is similar to a serif on a typeset. It does not seem that these would be that important, but God says that it is all important – every part of His word is important and every part is preserved.

We can rest assured that what God says He keeps. Jesus did not come to wipe out the Law. He came to fulfil the promises of it. His word I just as important today as it was when He wrote it. We can take great comfort in the fact that His word was His word, it is is His word, and it always will be His word.