The Fulfilment of the Law in Christ
Mat.5:17-18: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 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.” In this passage, the Lord Jesus Christ establishes His relationship with the Mosaic Law during His earthly ministry to Israel. We must realise that while the Law was a perfect standard, it could never justify a man; it only served to expose sin. Christ did not come to abolish the Law’s requirements but to fulfil them perfectly in His life and eventually through His sacrifice. In the current dispensation of grace, we see that the Law’s demands were met at Calvary. Rather than being under the Law’s tutelage, the believer is now under grace, where the righteousness of the Law is fulfilled in us as we walk after the Spirit. Our Saviour honoured every jot and tittle so that we might be found complete in Him, free from the condemnation that t...