rom 10v04 Christ is the End of the Law
It has always been man's desire
to establish his own righteousness before God by the works of the law. Many who
would abhor the doctrine of justification by the law continue to teach the
self-righteous doctrine of sanctification by the law. "Are ye so foolish?
Having begun in the Spirit; are ye now made perfect by the f1esh?"
Though men accuse us of horrible crimes for doing so,
we must insist upon the truthfulness of Paul's plain statement – "Christ
is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth".
Christ is the end of the law's types and prophecies, the end of the law's
commandments and requirements, the end of the law's curse and penalty. Christ
is the end of the law's domain and the end of the law's purpose. "The law
was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ."
By now, having come to Christ by faith, I am dead to
the law! In Christ the law has no claim upon me! I am free! We have no
condemnation by the law and no covenant with the law. We most greatly honor and
magnify the law of God by confessing our inability to obey it, and by resting
upon Christ's perfect obedience for all our righteousness. Those who
self-righteously claim to obey the law as a rule of life is faith in Christ.
Our motive for service is the love of Christ. And our only law is Christ
himself. This is the perfect law of liberty!