This study was first taught on February 24, 2010

Topic: Not to Destroy, But to Fulfill (2)

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Background
Last week we saw what it was that the Lord did not come to do and what it was that He came to do. We also saw what the Lord meant by the expression, ‘the Law or the Prophets’; as well as by the words, ‘destroy’ and ‘fulfill’. We then were able to appreciate the implication of the statement: “think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill” as it concerns us, today’s Christians.

We reconstructed the Lord’s statement to read, “Do not think or imagine for one moment that I have come to throw down or dissolve or demolish or abolish or abrogate or repeal or cancel what God has established or erected as His standard for living, as contained in his word (the word and the prophets). Rather, I have come to accomplish, perform fully and fully satisfy all that it demands and requires.” It is clear that Lord Jesus did not come to abolish or void the requirements and contents of the scriptures or Old Testament; neither did He come to make void or circumvent the laws which He was instrumental to establishing; rather, He came to fulfill every last one of it; and by so doing, affirmed that the Law, one of the major parts of the Old Testament is good, holy and just.

We established that the Law cannot be done away with because it is beneficial in effecting righteous standards for living. However, its provisions and conditions must be satisfied. The issue therefore is not how to avoid the law, but how to satisfy its demands. We noted that a debt paid by someone else is a debt paid, not cancelled! This is what the Lord Jesus Christ came to do. Once He fully satisfied the requirements of the law, He became the way by which all men can be made right with God.

Scripture Text(s)
Matthew 5:17-20; John 5:39; Matthew 11:2-6

The issue for us is: did Jesus Christ fully satisfy the requirement of the Law and the Prophets, or are we to expect another? We must search the scriptures to prove whether or not Jesus is the Christ. He Himself said that our search of the scriptures will point us to Him as the Author of eternal life. Is this true? Was/Is Jesus the Christ? This is what the apostles, and the disciples after them, sought to establish in the hearts of many. This is what we shall attempt to do tonight.
Matthew 26:63; 16:13-19; John 17:3; 20:31; Acts 9:20-22;17:3; 18:5, 28; Luke 24:17-49; Matthew 1:18-24; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-38; General 3:15; 1 John 3:8; Galatians 3:19; 4:4; John 8:56-58; Genesis 22:1-19; Exodus 12:1-20, 28ff; Matthew 26:26-28; John 6:31-35; Leviticus 1-7; Hebrew 8:1-18; Acts 3:11-19.

Conclusion
The issue before us tonight has been to establish or refute the claims of Jesus as the Christ. Only the Christ would have fulfilled all that was written about Him. Our study today has therefore been to survey the scriptures with a view to finding out if Jesus is indeed the Christ. We have through many scriptures been able to confirm that indeed Jesus is the Christ, for He fulfilled all that was written of Him! (Luke 24:44)

Having confirmed this then, we can now comfortably look at what He did, and be bold to make up our minds to be part of Him in every respect. This has been another of the greatest challenges confronting Christians today. Since many are not so sure that Jesus is indeed the Christ, nor what the Christ came to achieve, they are going about trying to fulfill God’s laws, rather than coming under Jesus Christ, who has fulfilled them all! (Matthew 16:13-19).

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