THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW 5: JESUS FULFILLS THE LAW
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Old Testament Law
a) God gave the people of Israel His written law in the form of the Ten Commandments. He also spoke to these Israelites in order that He might teach, guide, and empower them to live as He wanted them to live. However, what about those who lived before the Ten Commandments were given? Did they have to live by God’s standards? Was there a Law of God before the time of Moses?
b) What is God’s law? What are the characteristics of this law? Is this law still important to Christians, and/or others, today? God, as creator, created us to live, and conduct ourselves, His way. As His creatures, we are obligated to relate to Him as our creator.
1. The Old Testament Law a) God gave the people of Israel His written law in the form of the Ten Commandments. He also spoke to these Israelites in order that He might teach, guide, and empower them to live as He wanted them to live. However, what about those who lived before the Ten Commandments were given? Did they have to live by God’s standards? Was there a Law of God before the time of Moses?
b) What is God’s law? What are the characteristics of this law? Is this law still important to Christians, and/or others, today? God, as creator, created us to live, and conduct ourselves, His way. As His creatures, we are obligated to relate to Him as our creator.
2. Jesus Fulfills The Law
a) When one becomes a follower of Jesus Christ, the oppressiveness of the law is removed. It is not that God’s law is no longer meaningful; Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). However, Jesus paid for our sins on the cross, and now we seek to do God’s will out of love for Him that comes from a clean and forgiven heart. Where the law once made us painfully aware of our sinfulness, it now gives us a standard by which we seek to please God from a, “…love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith” (I Timothy 1:5).
The End ...
a) When one becomes a follower of Jesus Christ, the oppressiveness of the law is removed. It is not that God’s law is no longer meaningful; Jesus said, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). However, Jesus paid for our sins on the cross, and now we seek to do God’s will out of love for Him that comes from a clean and forgiven heart. Where the law once made us painfully aware of our sinfulness, it now gives us a standard by which we seek to please God from a, “…love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith” (I Timothy 1:5).
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