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1 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57718 | ||
Dear NASB forum, Jesus said in Matt 5:17: Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Yet Paul writes in Eph 2:15: by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace. The verse in Matthew says that Christ didn't come to abolish the Law but the verse in Ephesians says that He did abolish the Law. How do we reconcile these two verses? Thanks. McGracer |
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2 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | jlpangilinan | 57839 | ||
Christ come not to abolished it. Yes that is right but Christ fulfill it with a deep meaning, He fulfill it not the same way of what the old testament people does. For example, in the law of moses, it is punisheable by death if you do works on sabbath, Christ do works on sabbath day, such us healing and other great works: Mt 12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Mr 2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. If we say that Christ is breaking the by doing those things mentions, did He imprudent and contradict His statement in Matt. 5:17 Jesus Christ gave us the two commandments to love God with all thy heart, soul, strenght and love our nieghboors as thyself! if we observe this two commandments there is no single teaching of law we are going to disobey. Christ Himself make an example to us how to observe the commandments, He want us to follow His example. If we remember when the scribes take a woman accused of adultery, adultery is punisheable by death under the law of moses but Christ did not allow them to kill the woman by stone. Joh 8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, Joh 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Thou shall not kill indeed is in the law! So if we follow the example of Christ of observing the commandments we are not abolishing the law but fulfilling it with a deep meaning. God bless, Johnny |
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3 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | McGracer | 57842 | ||
Dear Johnny, Thanks for your response. I do believe that He did fulfill the Law despite the things He did that seemed to go against how the Pharisees defined keeping the Law. The Law reflects the moral character of God and Christ, being God, could not have broken it. You wrote: Jesus Christ gave us the two commandments to love God with all thy heart, soul, strenght and love our nieghboors as thyself! if we observe this two commandments there is no single teaching of law we are going to disobey. I agree. If we observe these two commandments, we will keep the Law. The problem lies with the fact (I believe) that we can NEVER completely observe them. I have been a Christian for 30 years and I honestly admit that I have NEVER been able to love God with ALL of my heart, soul, and mind or to love my neighbor as completely as I do myself. Sure, I try. I make some progress in some areas. But the fact is that I have NEVER been able to do it PERFECTLY - 24/7. So why would God give the Law or Jesus issue to more "impossible" commands that He knows that we cannot keep? If I lived a perfectly moral life (which I admit I can't) and sinned only ONE time before I died, according to James 2:10, I would be guilty of breaking the WHOLE Law and I would die and go to hell. So why would God keep us under the Mosaic Law or the two new commandments if He knows that 1) we cannot keep them and 2) the wages of sin is death? I agree with your last statement: "So if we follow the example of Christ of observing the commandments we are not abolishing the law but fulfilling it with a deep meaning." I just find that I cannot consistently do it. McGracer |
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4 | Is the Law abolished or not? | Eph 2:15 | jlpangilinan | 57972 | ||
McGracer, You are welcome! You said"I just find that I cannot consistently do it." That is true, the two commandments is very hard to follow, but we have to do our best to follow Christ, dont worry that is my problem too. Just keep doing our part and let the lord God help us. God bless, Johnny |
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