Daily God Walk Monday, March 15, 2009
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
The people had been struggling under the load of traditions that had been placed on the Law and they were overwhelmed with the enormity of it all. For the common man in Judea when one spoke of the Law they combined the Law and the traditions into one and no one could live it.
When Jesus came he spoke differently and his message offered hope. They were starting to believe that they could make it. Then he says that he did not come to destroy the Law. I am sure that what they were hearing initially was what they had been taught, that the Law and the traditions were one. What were they to think now?
Today we know that something about the Law certainly changed because of Christ, but what changed? The Law given to Moses set up a standard by which a person could be judged. The Law itself pointed out the distinction between God and man.
Man made his will clear at the fall and that was to pursue wisdom and fulfillment on his own. God recognized that and gave a pattern of life that would bring the fulfillment man sought. The problem was that man was driven by his soulish nature to fulfill the desires of the flesh. For 1000’s of years there was a standoff; God was saying, “You can have it but you have to obey me,” and man was saying, “I want it my way.”
Jesus told them that he didn’t come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. How did he fulfill the Law? Because the very purpose for which the Law was given was completed in Christ. The purpose of the Law was to lead man to submit his will to God and follow him to fulfillment. Jesus fulfilled the Law and now it is him living out the will of God in us.
The grace of God released upon believers is more than just being reconciled to God, our sins forgiven and given a hope for eternity. The grace of God is the righteousness of God being imputed to us and our hearts being changed to desire the will of God over our own will.
The purpose of the Law is fulfilled in those who trust Jesus Christ.
Principle: The purpose of the Law is fulfilled in those who trust Christ.
Affirmation: I am righteous before God because I have trusted Christ.
Prayer: Thank you Father for the Christ that now abides in me. Amen.
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