06-16-2023, 05:47 PM
(06-16-2023, 05:27 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: You’re correct, this was a mistake on my part. Romans 10:4 declares that Christ is the end law, and for righteousness you must only believe. However, I looked up discussions on the intent of this passage and it is trouble with translation from Greek and the intent behind the message is different, communicating more that “Christ’s actions and thoughts fulfill the law”.
However, my prior points still stands.
maybe this will help from the gospel center.
First and foremost, we must think of the “law of God” in terms of God. The triune God is the law because his will and nature is the moral standard of the universe. For this reason, God alone has the right and authority to determine what is right and wrong, and to hold his moral creatures, both human and angelic, accountable to whether they have perfectly obeyed his commands.
Scripture first and foremost identifies “the law of God” with God himself. God alone is the Judge of the earth (Gen. 18:25), who always acts consistently with who he is. To fail to grasp this point is to misunderstand who God is and the entire rationale for God’s glorious plan of redemption centered in the obedient life and substitutionary death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As Creator and Lord, God rightfully deserves and demands perfect obedience and loyal love from his moral creatures, both human and angelic. In this context, the “law of God” refers to his specific commands and demand from us. In creation, this is reflected in God’s command to Adam (Gen. 2:16-17), which is more than a one-time command. Ultimately, God’s demand on Adam, his image-bearer and covenant creature, is to perfectly obey God in a relationship of love and trust.
