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Chuck highlights Eusebius’s point that Moses was unique because he introduced new law, while later prophets mostly called Israel back to Moses; if Jesus is “a prophet like Moses” precisely because he brings further commands (“You have heard…but I say”), how should that affect the way Christians talk about “law,” “grace,” and “obedience”?
Another way to ask: If Jesus is “a prophet like Moses” because he gives new commands (“You have heard…but I say”), how should that change the way Christians talk about law, grace, and obedience?

Direct Answer Chuck’s point suggests Christians shouldn’t talk as if “grace” cancels obedience; instead, Jesus fulfills Moses by bringing further, even stricter commands that God’s people must hear. So “law” language should include Jesus’s teachings as the expected shape of faithful life, not a discarded category.

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  • Eusebius’s observation: Moses “brought in the law,” while later prophets mostly said, “Follow the law of Moses…None of them added any new laws.”
  • Therefore, to be “a prophet like Moses,” Jesus must be “a prophet who would bring new laws from God.”
  • Chuck points to the Sermon on the Mount pattern: “You’ve heard Moses say this, but I tell you this.”
  • He says Jesus goes “beyond the commands of Moses” with “much more challenging commands.”
  • Yet Jesus also says, “I didn’t come to destroy the law but to fulfill it,” which Chuck connects to fulfilling what was still “more to come.”
  • The Deut. 18 warning reinforces obedience: people “must listen to what he says.”
Discussion Follow-ups How would church conversations change if Jesus’s commands were treated as the “new law” Moses predicted? Where do you see Christians separating “grace” from actual obedience to Jesus’s words?

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