What would Jesus do?

Matthew 5:17-19: "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished. 19 Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
 
We often see “WWJD” on ties, lapel pins, bumper stickers, etc. Of course, “WWJD” means “What would Jesus do?” After reading Matthew 5:17-19 I think we can answer this question. He would carefully abide by “the smallest letter or stroke” of “the Law or the Prophets.” Additionally, he would condemn “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others” and see to it that they are “called least in the kingdom of heaven.” He taught that “whoever keeps and teaches them [the Law and the Prophets], he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
 
This is consistent with Jesus’ response when “one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”  (Mat 19:16) Jesus answered him, “if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”  (Mat 19:17)
 
We are told that Matthew 28:19-20 is the Church’s “great commission.” Jesus met  with “the eleven disciples” in “a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.” (Mat 28:16) The number was eleven because Judas had hung himself after his betrayal.  Later, God would lead the Apostles to replace him with Matthias (Acts 1:26). But getting back to the so called “great commission.” Speaking to the eleven, Jesus says, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
 
Earlier Jesus had told the twelve “Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Mat 10:5-7)
 
Now here is my question: If we who are the Church which is His body are supposed to  “teach all nations”  to “observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you” why do we NOT teach them to abide by “the smallest letter or stroke” of “the Law or the Prophets?” Why do we not teach them that “if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments?”  Why do we not “go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” leaving out the Gentiles and Samaritans?
 
Could it be that “the Church which is His body” (Eph. 1:22-23) is a “new man” (Eph 2:15) and a “mystery [secret], which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God” [meaning it could not be found in “the Law and the Prophets.”] and that since Jesus “abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances” (Eph 2:15), that maybe the commission which was given to the Jewish apostles to proclaim to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” was not intended for us in the dispensation of the age of grace. Maybe Jesus meant it when he told the twelve apostles: “enter ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not” (Matt 10:5-6). Maybe he told them that because they were to preach “The kingdom of heaven is at hand” and “the kingdom” is for the Jews and not for the  Gentiles or the Samaritans.
 
Maybe the message that the Apostles were to take to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” was something different then the grace given to Paul, “the apostle to the gentiles” (Rom 11:13, 1 Tim 2:7, 2 Tim 2:11). Paul was given a new revelation. Unlike the twelve, Paul was commanded to “preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable [not to be found in the OT] riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery [secret], which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ.” (Eph 3:8-9) Notice that what was given to Paul was a secret hid in God from the beginning of the world. The mystery cannot be found in the Old Testament! The twelve knew nothing of the mystery. This mystery was not unveiled until Paul was in prison in Rome some 35 years or more after the twelve were told to take the “good news” of their Kingdom to “the circumcision” [Jews].
 
When we who are the Church which is His body attempt to bring what was meant for the Jews into the dispensation of the age of grace, we cause all sorts of confusion:
 
·        We lead people to believe that they can heal, speak in tongues, cast out devils, and so on.
 
·        When we confuse dispensations we lead people to believe that they must be baptized to become a Christian based on Mark 16:16, Act 2:38, etc.
 
·        Because we mix dispensation we teach people that when Jesus said “But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness” (Mat 8:12) that what he was saying is that if a Christian does not led a “holy life” he can lose his salvation.
 
There are many other examples that could be sighted but all of these confusing messages come not from the letters written during Paul’s prison ministry for the benefit to the Church but from those epistles written to and for the Jews. Or from those written during the Acts period (AD 33-58), to the gentiles that were being grafted into Israel to “partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree” (Rom 11:17) in order “to provoke them [Israel] to jealousy” (Rom 11:11) .
 
When we attempt to bring what was meant for The Kingdom into the Church Age, we make God a liar, bring dishonor on Church and cause unbelievers to reject His Word!
 
Maybe it is time for The Church to abide by our apostle’s [Paul] command to “rightly divide the word of truth” (2 Tim 2:15)!
 
Allen