Matthew 5:17- Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill.
First of all, Jesus fulfills the law by example. He fulfills it by His life. He said truthfully,”I do always those things that please My heavenly Father”. The father said,”this is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”. The Scritures say He was without sin; He fulfilled its every demand. What it said, He did. What it described, He was. He is both the Holy Son of God and perfect man at all the same time.
A Second way He fulfilled the law was not in His life, but in His death at the Cross. In that He was fulfilling the penalty of the law. The law said,”The soul that sins must die”. And we were all under the curse of the law and deserved death. He died on the Cross that separated Him from the Father-when all along it was we who deserved death. Thank God He fulfilled that law. Otherwise we’d have to fulfill that part ourselves. It would be all over. And eretnal death would be ours for the eternal crime of transgressing against an eternally Holy God.
The Third fulfillment of the law. Jesus fulfills the law by empowering us to walk day by day in godliness.
Colossians 1:27- To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Galatians 2:20-I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Romans 3:21-24-Also goes a long way toward telling us how Jesus fulfilled the law in the area of justification on our behalf.
Romans 3:21-But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; ***Pay close attention here-this is good news! May it be that these verses are used of God to bless your soul. The righteousness of God is there in the law for it says, be righteous just as God is righteous. ***The law of God tells us how righteous God is-and how righteous we ought to be. But here we note a righteousness that is apart from the law; it is wholly unavailable through the power of the law.
Romans 3:24- Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christs Jesus:
Romans 8:4-That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
I have really enjoyed sharing this lesson that I have been studying with you all. It makes my heart happy to know that God has provided a way to share His Word with all people. I hope this has been an inspiring lesson. I hope eyes were opened and hearts were touched. As a continuation to this lesson, I want to share the remaining Scriptures with you all from the lesson : Growing In the Grace of God that I recently posted.
Romans 6:14-For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
John 1:17-For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth come through Jesus Christ.
2Corinthians 3:7-8-But if the ministration of death, written an engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious?
John 1:16-And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
John 1:14-And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us(and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)full of grace and truth.
Galatians 2:21-I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Romans 3:24-Being justified freely, by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Titus 2:11-For the Grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Titus 2:12-Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world;
2 Peter 3:18-But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Acts 20:23-So now bretheren, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Hebrews 13:9-Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines,[that is, weird teachings contrary to the Word of God, often contrary to the grace of God.] For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods [that is, ceremonial, religious foods] which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
2 Timothy 2:1-You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:2-By whom we also have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 1:17-For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written,”Then the just shall live by fath”.
Romans 4:16-Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace.
(The Grace of God) (Growing In the Grace of God)
Romans 6:14 ; Hebrews 7:18,19
Grace Not Law: John 1:17,16 ; GALATIANS 2:21
GOD’S JUSTIFYING GRACE : Romans 3:24 ; Ephesians 1:7
GOD’s Sanctifying Grace : Titus 2:11,12 ; Hebrews 13:9 ; 2Peter 3:18; Acts 20:32 ; 2Timothy 2:1
Living By Grace : James 4:6 ; Romans 5:2 ; Romans 1:17
God is so good to me. He has given me the ability to write this, eventhough I have been having writers block for the past few days. Again, please take some time and just let God know what He means to you. He is an Awesome God! I just do not know where I would be if He were not in my life. His love will never fail, it will never run out, and HE will never give up on us; He loves us! I pray that God will continue to smile on this country. Don’t forget to tell someone that you love them. God bless everyone, Amen.
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