[My
precaution was] because of false brethren who had been secretly smuggled in [to
the Christian brotherhood]; they had slipped in to spy on our liberty and
the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might again bring us into
bondage [under the Law of Moses]. To them we did not yield submission
even for a moment, that the truth of the Gospel might continue to be
[preserved] for you [in its purity]. Galatians 2:4-5
When
He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in
sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings—all of which are
offered according to the Law—He then went on to say, Behold, [here] I
am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and annuls the first
(former) order [as a means of expiating sin] so that He might inaugurate and
establish the second (latter) order. Hebrews 10:8-9
He
then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no
more. Now where there is absolute remission
(forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking],
there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin. Therefore, brethren,
since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of]
Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Jesus, Hebrews 10:17-19
For Christ is the
end of the Law [the limit at which it ceases to be, for the Law leads up to Him
Who is the fulfillment of its
types, and in Him the purpose which it was designed to accomplish is fulfilled. That is, the purpose of the
Law is fulfilled in Him] as the
means of righteousness (right relationship to God) for everyone who trusts in and
adheres to and relies on Him. Romans 10:4
So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully
met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways
of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the
dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit]. Romans 8:4
For
no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable)
in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For [the real
function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin [not
mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance,
faith, and holy character]. Romans 3:20
For
we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of
and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law). [The observance
of the Law has nothing to do with justification.] Romans 3:28
For
the Law results in [divine] wrath, but where there is no law there is no
transgression [of it either]. Romans 4:15
[To
be sure] sin was in the world before ever the Law was given, but sin is not
charged to men’s account where there is no law [to transgress]. Romans
5:13
For
sin shall not [any longer] exert dominion over you, since now you are not under
Law [as slaves], but under grace [as subjects of God’s favor and mercy].
Romans 6:14
Likewise,
my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified]
body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised
from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. When we were living
in the flesh (mere physical lives), the sinful passions that were awakened and
aroused up by [what] the Law [makes sin] were constantly operating in our
natural powers (in our bodily organs, in the sensitive appetites and wills of
the flesh), so that we bore fruit for death. But
now we are discharged from the Law and have terminated all intercourse
with it, having died to what once restrained and held us captive. So now
we serve not under [obedience to] the old code of written regulations, but
[under obedience to the promptings] of the Spirit in newness [of life].
Romans 7:4-6
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