The Spirit of the Law - Part 3

Jesus Fulfilled the Law

We are no longer under the law because Jesus came to fulfill the law and He stated that once the law was fulfilled, it would pass away.

"Think not that I AM COME to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but TO FULFILL. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till ALL BE FULFILLED." Matthew 5:17-18

"For Christ is the END OF THE LAW for righteousness to every one that believeth." Romans 10:4

"In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to VANISH AWAY." Hebrews 8:13

"Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He TAKETH AWAY THE FIRST, that he may establish the second." Hebrews 10:9

"For there is verily A DISANNULLING OF THE COMMANDMENT going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof." Hebrews 7:18


What does it mean to "not be under" the law? For the law to have ended? To have been abolished? To have passed away? To vanish away? To be taken away??? To be disanulled??

I really don't see how any stronger or clearer language could be used. How can anyone look at these verses and still contend that ANY of the law is the governing authority for Christians today?

Consider this as well:

"Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter." Romans 7:1-6

Do we really hear what the Scriptures are saying here? We are either betrothed to God via the old covenant of the new covenant. It is only one or the other.

In fact, trying to stay faithful to the law and at the same time be faithful to Jesus makes one an adulterer God says. You cannot be married to Jesus Christ if you are still married to the law.

Those who tell you that you must be still under the law are leading you into spiritual adultery.

I don't want to get sidetracked here, but it is so important that people who place themselves under the law understand the fullness of what God says in the matter.


Spirit of the Law Series

The Spirit of the Law – Part 1, Are Christians Under the Law?

The Spirit of the Law – Part 2, What the New Testament Says About the Law

The Spirit of the Law – Part 3, Jesus Fulfilled the Law

The Spirit of the Law – Part 4, Christians Must Still Follow the Ten Commandments

The Spirit of the Law – Part 5, God Says “Keep My Commandments”

The Spirit of the Law – Part 6, All of God's Commandments

The Spirit of the Law – Part 7, Love, the Fulfillment of the Commandment

The Spirit of the Law – Part 8, The Law Has Been Magnified

The Spirit of the Law - A Summary