A question on fulfilling the law.
Jesus held to all the precepts and comands of the laws, fulfilling them. Even to go further and fufill them for our sake by dying for our salvation. Fulfilling both Jesus's innocence before the law and being a spotless lamb, as well as fulfilling the sacrificial offerings that are part of the law to make us right by God along side repentance.
This shows that Jesus fufilled the laws but as it's been mentioned before does that mean Jesus's actions abolished the law? I don't know about that one and would ask a question on fulfilling the laws.
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Does following Jesus and believing in Him also mean we should follow His footprints and fufil the law in our own lives as well?
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A few thoughts (I am asking because I don't know the answer right now):
•Jesus said to be perfect as the Father in Heaven is perfect. He said that the law will stand and not one Jot be removed from it tio all things are finished. He also said yo the disciples following him at one time, challenging them by saying "why do you cell me Lord if you don't follow my comands."
•On the other hand, the laws have been lessened for us by one of the first Christian consuls, when Paul brought up from his travels the growing split over Jewish Christians demanding obedience to all the laws, with gentile Christians that weren't Jewish and weren't asked to become Jewish inorder to recieve Jesus's salvation. In that meeting Peter gave his accounts from a dream he had before being led by the Spirit to a group of Gentiles that then recieved the Holy Spirit and showed the outward sign of speaking in tongues. The result of this consol was that the demand of the laws was lessened. With this in mind the context of Pauk's letters makes more sense to be free from the law and under the authority of Grace. (Though Paul also repeatedly warned to not disobey because of receiving grace).
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The question again is whether as Christians we are asked to fufil the law as well because Jesus did, as an act of following Jesus; or if Jesus fulfilling the law nullified our need to commit to any of it.
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