But dear people, through Christ, the Law is only fulfilled and not abolished.
The righteous requirements of the Law are only met in us through Jesus Christ, but it is nowhere nullified.
Here are some scriptures that will help us understand how Law is only fulfilled in love and thereby how we are controlled by the Spirit, only to fulfil the requirements of the Law:
'' Matthew 5:17-19
Do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 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.
Anyone who breaks one of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.''
'' Romans 7:6
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. ''
Here are some scriptures that will help us understand how Law is only fulfilled in love and thereby how we are controlled by the Spirit, only to fulfil the requirements of the Law:
'' Matthew 5:17-19
Do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 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.
Anyone who breaks one of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.''
'' Romans 7:6
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. ''
'' Romans 8:3,4
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law are fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature, but according to the Spirit. ''
'' Romans 3: 28 -31 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. ''
'' Romans 13:8,9
Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the Law.
''Do not commit adultery,'' ''Do not murder,'' '' Do not steal,'' ''Do not covet,'' and whatever other commandment there may be are summed up in this one rule: ''Love your neighbor as yourself.'' Love does no harm to his neighbor. Therefore Love is the fulfillment of the Law.''
Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the Law.
''Do not commit adultery,'' ''Do not murder,'' '' Do not steal,'' ''Do not covet,'' and whatever other commandment there may be are summed up in this one rule: ''Love your neighbor as yourself.'' Love does no harm to his neighbor. Therefore Love is the fulfillment of the Law.''
'' 1 John 5:3 This is Love for God: to obey his commands. ''
May the grace of God abound us in keeping His commands so that the righteous requirements of the law are fully met in us, through His Son and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
God Bless You.
