SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/9/2020 11:47 AM
My Worship Time Focus: “Accomplished
by Christ”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 5:17
Message
of the verse: “17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the
Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”
As we
continue to look at this verse we can see that there is a culminating reason
and that is for the law’s preeminence was its fulfillment by Jesus Christ, who
is God’s Son. He states “I did not come
to abolish but to fulfill.” We can see
this from His incarnation, and in that the work of His Holy Spirit through the
church, and in His coming again Jesus would fulfill all of the law—moral,
judicial, and ceremonial.
John
MacArthur writes “The Old Testament is complete; it is all God intended it to
be. It is a wondrous, perfect, and
complete picture of the coming King and His kingdom, and Jesus the King came to
fulfill it in every detail. Five times in the New Testament we are told of
Jesus’ claiming to be the theme of the Old Testament: here, in Luke 24:27, 44; John 5:39; and in
Hebrews 10:7.” Perhaps it would be good
for us to go over these verses beginning with Luke 24:27, and follow them in
the order given:
27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He
explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.
44 Now He said to them, "These are My words which I
spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written
about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be
fulfilled."
39 “You search the Scriptures because you think that in
them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;
7 Then said I, Lo, I am come (In the roll of the book it is
written of me) To do thy will, O God. (This one is from Phillips)
I
want to now talk about how Jesus fulfilled God’s Law. First let us look at the word “fulfill” in
the Greek: “from 4134; TDNT-6:286,867; v
AV-fulfil 51, fill 19, be full 7,
complete 2, end 2, misc 9; 90
1) to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full
1a) to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally
1a1) I abound, I am liberally supplied
2) to render full, i.e. to complete
2a) to fill to the top: so that nothing
shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim
2b) to consummate: a number
2b1) to make complete in every particular, to render perfect
2b2) to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out,
(some undertaking)
2c) to carry into effect, bring to realization, realise
2c1) of matters of duty: to perform, execute
2c2) of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass,
ratify, accomplish
2c3) to
fulfil, i.e. to cause God’s will (as made
known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God’s promises (given
through the prophets) to receive fulfillment.” (Italics added by me.)
I believe
that we can see a number of things in this rather long definition of the word “fulfill”
that help us understand exactly what Jesus Christ did to fulfill the law of
God.
We
conclude this SD with another quote from John MacArthur because in his
commentary he gave different views in how Jesus fulfilled the law of God but
not gives what he believes to be true. “But most importantly, as the
Spirit surely intends to emphasize here, Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament by
being its fulfillment. He did not simply
teach it fully and exemplify it fully—He was it fully. He did not come simply to teach righteousness
and to model righteousness; He came as divine righteousness. What He said and what He did reflect who He
is.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am always thankful that Jesus did fulfill
the law of God, to cause God to be satisfied with what He did, and the reason
is because I know everyday that I cannot do it.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Give thanks to the Lord for fulfilling
something that I could never do on my own.
7/9/2020 12:13 PM
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