Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy rather to fulfill [1] satisfy [the requirements of the Law] Colossians 2:14 18: For truly I say to you Till heaven and earth pass one yod or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be satisfied John 19:30 [2] 19: Whosoever then shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach any so they shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven [3]
[1] Matthew 5:17 Jesus said he
came to fulfill the Law. Did he do that? Which part[s] did he fulfill?
While Jesus hung on the cross, he cried out “It is finished,
paid, completed, fulfilled.” What did he mean by that?
[2] Matthew 5:17-18 Jesus said
he came to satisfy the requirements of the Law. Did he?
Paul wrote that these requirements were against us Colossians
2:14.
Jesus said he came to satisfy the requirements of the Law (pay the
debt), and he did that with his death on the cross John 19:30.
[3] Matthew 5:19 Before the
cross, Jesus had not yet satisfied all the requirements of the Law John
19:30. Context: In Matthew 5:17-19 (and in Luke 16:17), he was
speaking from the position of still being under the Law. The
requirements/sin debt had not yet been paid when he said this.
To say that after the requirements were satisfied [the debt was paid] at the Cross John 19:30, all are still required to observe the Mosaic Law which guarded and protected until faith came, misleads by taking this statement of Jesus out of context. When Jesus said he had not come to abolish the Law, he was clarifying his motivation. He then stated his purpose, which clarified the fine line between destroying something and fulfilling it. Jesus came to fulfill the requirements of the law that were against us, to take them out of the way by nailing them to his cross (Colossians 2:14). Did he accomplish his purpose?
Galatians 3:24-25 the Law nomos was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ that we might be justified by faith 25: But after that faith is come we are no longer under a schoolmaster [1]
[1]
Galatians 3:24-25 is not speaking of the traditions of the elders. It was the
acts of the law nomos that led to Christ and not the extra
scriptural traditions. Nomos was the schoolmaster that pointed to the
Messiah. No tradition of the elders could ever do that. Jesus said the
traditions nullified the Word of God and made it of no effect.
New Covenant believers, first called Christians at Antioch, have never been required to perform the acts of the law. The Bible says God's Law is written on our hearts. Jesus said when we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and strength, and we love our neighbors as ourselves, then we have fulfilled all the Law nomos and all the prophets. This is the Law nomou of Love (Romans 13:10).
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