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Romans 10:4-5
Christ is the end of the law so that there may
be righteousness for everyone who believes.
Moses describes in this way the righteousness
that is by the law: "The man who does these
things will live by them."
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February 9
End of the Law
Nobody enjoys following rules. This was
precisely the problem with the law - it wasn't
kept and couldn't be kept. This brought
problems for the human race because no one was
righteous by virtue of following the law.
When Jesus came, He put an end to the burden of
the law. The law only served to point out
how unrighteous we were because we were unable
to keep it. It pointed to the fact that we
needed a savior to give us righteousness.
Once Jesus came, we no longer needed a reminder
because Jesus was our reminder.
Under the law we were trying to gain
righteousness by following rules that we
couldn't keep. Under Christ, we are given
righteousness by virtue of the fact that Jesus
kept the law.
It should be noted that Jesus did not say that
it was no longer important to follow the law.
The laws that God gave us weren't without
purpose, they were given with our best interest
in mind. What Jesus accomplished in the
end of the law is that righteousness is no
longer gained by following the law. Today
righteousness is only through Jesus and the gift
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