“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. (Matthew 5:17, ESV)
OBJECTION 1:
Jesus never said He wrote the Law.
REBUTTAL:
He speaks as if He did—that’s the only way Matthew 5:17–18 makes sense.
OBJECTION 2:
He’s just interpreting Moses.
REBUTTAL:
Interpreters quote Moses; Jesus says, “I say to you”—the voice of an author, not a commentator.
OBJECTION 3:
Prophets also corrected misunderstandings.
REBUTTAL:
Prophets say, “Thus says the Lord.”
Jesus says, “I say”—a totally different authority level.
OBJECTION 4:
Jesus can’t be the author of the Law because He doesn’t know the day of His return.
REBUTTAL:
Exactly—He’s sovereign only in His delegated domain. The Law is His; the timing belongs to the Father.
OBJECTION 5:
Scripture says angels mediated the Law.
REBUTTAL:
Delivery is not authorship. The Son outranks angels and speaks with the authority only an author could have.
OBJECTION 6:
Traditional theology already explains His authority.
REBUTTAL:
Not without contradictions. Delegated sovereignty explains both His limits and His absolute authority over the Law.
OBJECTION 7:
The Law is God’s Law—how can it be the Son’s invention?
REBUTTAL:
Whatever the Father entrusts to the Son remains God’s. Delegated sovereignty doesn’t divide God—it reveals ordered authority.
OBJECTION 8:
Jesus fulfilling the Law means He obeys it, not that He wrote it.
REBUTTAL:
Authors fulfill their laws by demonstrating their purpose, not by submitting as students.
OBJECTION 9:
“You have heard … but I say” is just teaching.
REBUTTAL:
Teachers explain; authors define. Jesus defines—because the Law is His work.
OBJECTION 10:
Jesus didn’t abolish the Law—why not, if He wrote it?
REBUTTAL:
Because He chose fulfillment, not repeal. Restraint is not weakness—it’s sovereignty.