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Jesus Was
Born Under Law
But when the
time had fully come, God sent his Son, born
of a woman, born under law, to redeem those
under law, that we might receive the full
rights of sons (Galatians 4:4,5).
Jesus Taught The Law
Jesus faithfully taught the law. He
rejected the unbiblical traditions of the
Scribes and Pharisees.
On one
occasion an expert in the law stood up to
test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must
I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is
written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you
read it?" He answered: "Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your strength and with all
your mind' and, `Love your neighbor as
yourself. (Luke 10:25-27)
Jesus Was Also Sinless Under The Law
Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?
If I am telling the truth, why don't you
believe me (John 8:46)
Jesus, as the
promised Messiah, came and fulfilled the Law
of Moses. He testified.
Do not think
that I came to destroy the Law or the
Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to
fulfill (Matthew 5:17).
Jesus
Kept The Law
Jesus is the
only person who has ever kept the law
perfectly. He did everything the law
required, never once breaking any of its
commandments. Because He was sinless, Jesus
was able to meet the requirements of the law
to be the perfect sacrifice. His death
redeemed humanity from the curse of the law.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of
the law, having become a curse for us (for
it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs
on a tree') (Galatians 3:13).
The Curse Of The Law Was Removed By
Jesus' Death
The curse that
the law had over humanity was now removed.
The death of Christ meant that those who
were previously slaves under the law could
become the children of God and heirs to His
promises.
God sent forth his Son . .
. to redeem those who were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption as sons.
And because you are sons, God has sent forth
the spirit of his Son into your hearts,
crying out, 'Abba Father!' Therefore you are
no longer a slave but a son, and if a son,
then an heir of God through Christ
(Galatians 4:4-7). (See also: Romans 6:14; 7:4; Hebrews 10:1;
Romans 3:21-26; John 1:17; Romans 10:4;
Philippians 3:9; Galatians 3:13; 5:1; Ephesians 2:14-15; Colossians 2:13-17;
2 Corinthians 3:3; Galatians 3:21-22; Hebrews 7:19)
Christ Has
Taken Away The Bondage Of The Law For The
Believer And Given Freedom In Place Of
Slavery. (See: John 8:32; 36; Acts 15:10; Romans 8:15; Galatians 2:4; 3:25; 5:1)
Those who
have become Christians are now under the Law
of Christ.
A new command I
give you: Love one another. As I have loved
you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34).
Paul wrote.
Carry each
other's burdens, and in this way you will
fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2).
Jesus is the only person who has ever
lived who has perfectly kept God's law.
Because He fulfilled the law, Jesus was able
to become the perfect sacrifice for sin.
Those who put their faith in Him are freed
from the bondage of the law and have become
God's children.
Paul Was A Jew. He
Taught Us To Keep The New Covenant. Paul
Said The Old Covenant Was Fading Away And
Ready To Vanish.
Romans 1:16
For I
am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the
power of God for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek.
The Gospel Was Meant
To Go To The Jews First!
Paul would always go into a new town and
seek out Jews first. Acts says this was his
custom. Where do you meet the local Jews? At
the synagogue! After finding any Jews that
would follow the Gospel message he would
reach out to the Gentile community.
Paul was a Jew, his whole life. He never
renounced Judaism! But the gospel to the
gentiles did not require gentiles to become
Jews. The New Covenant has none of the
Jewish ceremonies that the Old Covenant
required of Jews.
That is how Paul
could say,
“For though I am free from
all men, I have made myself a slave to all,
so that I may win more. To the Jews I became
as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those
who are under the Law, as under the Law
though not being myself under the Law, so
that I might win those who are under the
Law; to those who are without law, as
without law, though not being without the
law of God but under the law of Christ, so
that I might win those who are without law.
To the weak I became weak, that I might win
the weak; I have become all things to all
men, so that I may by all means save some. I
do all things for the sake of the gospel, so
that I may become a fellow partaker of it.”
(1 Corinthians 9:19-23 NASB)
While
Paul taught in the synagogues up to 84
times, the Bible never say he kept the
Sabbath. If Paul's action of preaching to
non-believers 84 times in the book of Acts
on the Sabbath make him a Sabbath keeper, is
a Seventh-day Adventist pastor a Sunday
keeper if we invite him for 84 Sundays in a
row to teach us about God's word?
Seventh-day Adventists hold “Prophecy
Seminars” on Sundays. Does that make them
Sunday worshipers?
Why is the Sabbath
the only one of the Ten Commandments that
are said to be "throughout your
generations", the usual phrase that
indicates it was a temporary ceremonial law
only for the Jews? There no example of
exclusively Gentile Christians coming
together on the Sabbath day as a church or
prayer meeting after the resurrection of
Christ?
There is no command in the
New Testament for Christians to keep the
Sabbath holy!
New Covenant
Was Given To All People. All Christ
Followers, Jew And Gentile.
Luke 22:20
And in the same way He took
the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This
cup which is poured out for you is the new
covenant in My blood.
Romans 11:27
"THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I
TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS."
The
Gospel Commission Given To “All Nations”.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came up
and spoke to them, saying, "All authority
has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age."
(The
imperative (make disciples, that is, call
individuals to commit to Jesus as Master and
Lord) explains the central focus of the
Great Commission, while the Greek
participles (translated go, baptizing, and
“teaching”) describe aspects of the process.
all nations. Jesus’ ministry in Israel was
to be the beginning point of what would
later be a proclamation of the gospel to all
the peoples of the earth, including not only
Jews but also Gentiles. (ESV Study Bible)
The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) is
preceded by a reference to Jesus' authority
and followed by the promise of Jesus'
spiritual presence among us. Both are
necessary if we are to fulfill our God-given
mission.
(Roman, Gentile
Christians and Jews living under one "New"
Covenant)
Romans 10:11-13
For the Scripture says, “Everyone who
believes in him will not be put to shame.”
For there is no distinction between Jew and
Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all,
bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
For “everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved.”
1 Corinthians 11:25
In the same way He took the cup
also after supper, saying, "This cup is the
new covenant in My blood; do this, as often
as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
(Corinthian Gentile Christians
and Jews living under one "New" Covenant)
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also made us
adequate as servants of a new covenant, not
of the letter but of the Spirit; for the
letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds
were hardened; for until this very day at
the reading of the old covenant the same
veil remains unlifted, because it is removed
in Christ.
The New Covenant
Is Superior To The Old Covenant In Every
Way!
Hebrews 7:22
so
much the more also Jesus has become the
guarantee of a better covenant.
Hebrews 8:6
But now He has obtained a
more excellent ministry, by as much as He is
also the mediator of a better covenant,
which has been enacted on better promises.
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first
covenant had been faultless, there would
have been no occasion sought for a second.
Hebrews 12:24
and to Jesus, the
mediator of a new covenant, and to the
sprinkled blood, which speaks better than
the blood of Abel.
Hebrews 13:20
Now the God of peace, who brought up from
the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep
through the blood of the eternal covenant,
even Jesus our Lord,
All
Christ Followers, Jew and Gentile Live under
one "New" Covenant, the "Eternal" Covenant.
Romans 6:3-4
Or do you not
know that all of us who have been baptized
into Christ Jesus have been baptized into
His death? Therefore we have been buried
with Him through baptism into death, so that
as Christ was raised from the dead through
the glory of the Father, so we too might
walk in newness of life.
Revelation 5:9
And they *sang a new song, saying,
"Worthy are You to take the book and to
break its seals; for You were slain, and
purchased for God with Your blood men from
every tribe and tongue and people and
nation.
The Blood of Jesus
Christ covers any and all who accept him.
That is the New "Better" Covenant.
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