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DID JESUS FULFILL THE LAW?
Just what does the Bible say?
MATTHEW 5:17-18 "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. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH NOT LAW
ROMANS 3:21 But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been
made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This
righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who
believe. There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
DIED TO THE LAW, RELEASED FROM THE LAW
ROMANS 7:4-6 So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body
of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from
the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were
controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law
were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6 But now, by
dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we
serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written
code.
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW
ROMANS 10:3,4 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes
from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's
righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be
righteousness for everyone who believes.
THE LAW THAT WAS WRITTEN IN STONE FADED AWAY
2 CORINTHIANS 3:7-11 Now if the ministry that brought death, which was
engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites
could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading
though it was, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more
glorious? 9 If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more
glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! 10 For what was
glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And
if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of
that which lasts!
THE LAW CALLED WEAK AND MISERABLE PRINCIPLES
GALATIANS 4:8-10 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves
to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God--or
rather are known by God--how is it that you are turning back to those weak
and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over
again? 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!
11I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.
LAW ABOLISHED IN CHRIST’S FLESH
EPHESIANS 2:14-16 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two
one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by
abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His
purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making
peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through
the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES BY FAITH NOT LAW
PHILIPPIANS 3:9-10 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of
my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in
Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10I want to
know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of
sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
LAW CANCELED
COLOSSIANS 2:14-16 having canceled the written code, with its
regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it
away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and
authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by
the cross. 16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or
drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a
Sabbath day.
LAW CHANGED; HEBREWS 7:12 For when there is a change of the priesthood,
there must also be a change of the law.
LAW WEAK AND USELESS; HEBREWS 7;18,19 The former regulation is
set aside because it was weak and useless 19 (for the law made nothing
perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
OLD COVENANT OUT, NEW COVENANT IN [READ IT] HEBREWS 8:7-8 For if there
had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been
sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said : "The
time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
LAW OF MOSES OBSOLETE; HEBREWS 8:13 By calling this covenant "new," he
has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon
disappear.
LAW ONLY A SHADOW; HEBREWS 10:1 The law is only a shadow of the good
things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it
can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make
perfect those who draw near to worship.
LAW SET ASIDE; HEBREWS 10:9 Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to
do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second.
NOT UNDER LAW BUT GRACE; Romans 6:15 What then? Shall we sin because we
are not under law but under grace? By no means!
BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS; 1 TIMOTHY 1:6 Some have wandered away from
these and turned to meaningless talk. :7 They want to be teachers of the
law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so
confidently affirm.
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