Subject: promises to the jews valid for christian |
Bible Note: Dear King T, It doesn't really matter who was being addressed in the sermon on the mount (though I disagree with your assertion that it was the Jews). Christ explicitly states that He is the fulfillment of the Law, and that the Law would not end, but be completely fulfilled. The Law reflects God's character; it is how we understand holiness and righteousness. Jesus is God come in the flesh. Christ and the Law are in full agreement. It is how we know His righteousness. Consequently, it makes perfect sense that Christ came not to abolish the Law, but to satisfy its requirements. In Him, Doc PS Scyalla and Charybdis is a metaphor from classical Greek mythology. What Scott was saying is that both extremes -- antinomianism and legalism -- are dangerous heresies. |