Jesus said he came to fulfill the purpose of the law. What is that purpose?
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Asked March 23 2024
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Nancie Clementi
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Jack Gutknecht
Good question, Nancie! The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.”That is the purpose of the law! The law's function is to show man's sinfulness and need of a Savior. By functioning like a mirror (James 1:23), God's law reveals to us our sinfulness since “by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). Does this help? If not, Nancie, tell me; I have more.
Tim Maas
God had given the Law as a standard of perfect righteousness to show what He required of humans in order to abide eternally in His presence, but, at the same time, to also make them realize that perfect obedience to that standard was impossible because of their universal sin. Jesus, as both true God and true man, was the only One who could completely obey God's Law, and then offer Himself as a blood sacrifice that was capable of fully paying the penalty for sin demanded by God on behalf of all humanity, but that was efficacious only for those who would accept that sacrifice through faith, allowing them to appropriate for themselves the salvation and eternal life that He made possible through His death and resurrection.
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