God gave to Israel through Moses a law of complex and strict conditions which became the basis of his Covenant with them. I have been asked many times whether we need to obey all commands in the Old Testament. The short answer regarding the law is that all of the Old Testament 10 commands/laws were fulfilled in Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:17-18). This does not mean that we do not love and value the Old Testament law. It was necessary to show us as sinners that we are dead in our transgressions and sins, and as a tutor to lead us to Christ. But, if we are a believer, it does mean that we are no longer under it. The Ten Commandments are described as “the ministry of death, or ministry of condemnation”! They were given to Israel with the words: “Cursed is every man that continues not to do all the words of this law” (Deut. 27: 26; Gal. 3: 10). God promises that we are a new creation if we have received the reconciliation in Christ, and that there is no condemnation for us who are eternally secure in Christ! Rom. 8:1-4: “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” “ For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God {did:} sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and {as an offering} for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit”. Notice what the law could not do! The law had a purpose and there are some things it cannot do. It cannot justify, it cannot change the heart of a sinner, it can only make one guilty, and it can’t pardon or redeem or save. It was the weakness of the flesh that prevented it, so it can only bring conviction, guilt and curse. What it could not accomplish the Son of God did by condemning sin in the flesh and fulfilled it himself, because he alone could live the law perfectly. As a believer in Christ you are not under law, and God is not counting your sin against you. It has been cast into the sea of forgetfulness!!!!!. Rom.10:4-5 Truly “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Our new life begins and ends in Christ not in the Old Covenant of law. Let us not be burdened down with religion, and let us sit a the feet of our savior and experience His Rest! Let us always give Him praise. Pastor Michael
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:18:25 +0000
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