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To: editor-surveyor; Greetings_Puny_Humans; metmom
>>Nothing in any scripture says that the Law is “fulfilled”<<

Wrong once again.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Galatians 3: 23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

Ephesians 2:15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,

fulfill them.

Of special significance in this study is the word rendered “abolish.” It translates the Greek term kataluo, literally meaning “to loosen down.” The word is found seventeen times in the New Testament. It is used, for example, of the destruction of the Jewish temple by the Romans (Matthew 26:61; 27:40; Acts 6:14), and of the dissolving of the human body at death (2 Corinthians 5:1). The term can carry the extended meaning of “to overthrow,” i.e., “to render vain, deprive of success.” In classical Greek, it was used in connection with institutions, laws, etc., to convey the idea of “to invalidate.”

It is especially important to note how the word is used in Matthew 5:17. In this context, “abolish” is set in opposition to “fulfill.” Christ came “...not to abolish, but to fulfill.” Jesus did not come to this earth for the purpose of acting as an opponent of the law. His goal was not to prevent its fulfillment. Rather, He revered it, loved it, obeyed it, and brought it to fruition. He fulfilled the law’s prophetic utterances regarding Himself (Luke 24:44). Christ fulfilled the demands of the Mosaic law, which called for perfect obedience under threat of a “curse” (see Galatians 3:10, 13). In this sense, the law’s divine design will ever have an abiding effect. It will always accomplish the purpose for which it was given.

Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/abolish-fulfill-law.html#ixzz36ANjXJxH

716 posted on 06/30/2014 4:04:20 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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To: CynicalBear
Again another FReeper that has no reading comprehension doesn't understand what Romans 10:4 plainly says.

Christ is our source for the payment for sin, so to solve by substitution, as you learned in Algebra when you were 12 years old, “payment for our sins is the end (IOW reason)for obeying the law.”

Like it or not, that is what Paul is telling us.

1John 5:

[1] Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
[2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
[3] For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.


Keep on picking and choosing which verses to believe; Yeshua plainly says in Matthew 7:23 that he will pick and choose which of those that claim to believe in him to be saved.

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717 posted on 06/30/2014 4:31:41 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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