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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Fulfilled!
"Don't think that I have come to destroy the law {of Moses}
or the {teaching of the} prophets. I have not come to destroy
their teachings. I came to give full meaning to their
teachings."
-- Matthew 5:17 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Jesus' statement is shocking! To the devoted Jewish believer, nothing
was more sacred than the Law. But Jesus comes and says he is the
fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. In other words, he is claiming
that the goal of Scripture is found in him. This incredibly audacious
claim of Jesus leaves no middle ground. He is either self-deluded or he
must be taken seriously. If we are to understand the heart, the
character, the holiness, the righteousness, and the will of God, Jesus
claims that we must look to him. He embodies and completes what the Law
had as its goal. He didn't come to offer some cheapened form of grace
(cf. Jude 4 & 2 Tim. 3:2-5). Instead, God wants us to look to Jesus and
see what he intended in his Law -- he wanted to benefit us with his
righteousness and bring us closer to him!
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Holy and Righteous God, thank you for sending Jesus. While I can read
and understand your demands for character, holiness, and righteousness
in your Law, in Jesus I see more fully your call to me to be righteous.
Please, dear Lord, work your work of salvation, and conform me to the
character of Christ. In the name of my Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, I
pray. Amen.
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