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NASB | Matthew 5:17 ¶ "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:17 ¶ "Do not think that I came to do away with or undo the Law [of Moses] or the [writings of the] Prophets; I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. |
Subject: SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH |
Bible Note: Beja Yes, that is exactly what I have said. Jesus is the only one to ever keep the law, why then would James teach that we should be doers of the law? If that is what is being taught, then we should be able to keep the law also, according to James. Jas 1:22,23 22) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23) For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: Would we not be deceiving ourselves if we thought we could keep the law? The following scripture tells us metaphorically what the law is, and it's purpose. Gal 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Gal 6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. After our being justified, why then try to keep the law that Christ has already kept for us.This was the reason we needed a savior, because He did keep the law, we are justified in Him. It is by Grace through faith, and that not of ourselves. Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. Rom 2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Gal 3:23-27 23) But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24) Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25) (BUT AFTER THAT FAITH IS COME, WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SCHOOL MASTER). 26) For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27) For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Verse 25 tells us we are no longer under a school master, its purpose has been fulfilled in Christ. Therefore it is not the law, but the engrafted word, the perfect law of liberty, and our abiding in it, that we will be blessed. Grace be unto you lightedsteps |