Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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 5:17-18).
A“jot” or yod was the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, like the Greek “iota.” A “tittle” (really “little horn”) is one of those tiny spurs or projections that distinguish certain Hebrew letters.
The scribes and the Pharisees were for the most part worthy men leading strictly moral lives according to appearances. Their faults were the weaknesses of the religious formalist everywhere—spiritual pride and self-righteousness. Of these faults they were unconscious—that is the deadly malice of these diseases of the soul—but they did strive to fulfil the law, as they understood it. Jesus knew this, and he gave them credit for it. Here he warns his followers that unless their practical conduct is better than that of these people, they need not suppose that they are engaged on the spiritual path.
Any religious leader, scholar or believer who follows the law while sacrificing its premises of love, tolerance, forgiveness, grace and mercy has failed to follow God’s will. No matter how pious, devout and upright they appear, their spiritual blindness has led them astray; and they are unaware that they are lost. This fits the old saying of “the blind leading the blind”.
Let nothing lead your astray from love, peace and joy. We must follow in spirit, the intent of God’s law as well as the words. Then we will be on the true course to our gardens.
On course,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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