(May 9, 2014 at 9:22 am)ThomM Wrote: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. (NIV, Matthew 5:17–18)
Jesus didn't abolish the law; he fulfilled the requirements of the law. Theoretically, there's two ways that we can be saved. One way is to perfectly follow the law and the other is to accept Christ's gift of salvation. When we "put on" Christ, as Paul explains it, we receive his imputed righteousness. We have fulfilled the requirements of the law through our faith in Christ. No one has ever received salvation by following the law because no one has perfectly observed all the requirements of the law.
