SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/13/2020 9:07 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
Jesus Fulfilled the Judicial Law
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Matthew 5:17
Message of the
verse: “17
"You must not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have not come to abolish them but to complete them.”
I promised to have a very short SD
for today and so we will look at how Jesus fulfilled the Judicial Law as we
look at our last SD from the 17th verse of Matthew chapter five.
The first thing we want to look at
is what this judicial law was all about.
God’s judicial law was given to provide unique identify for Israel as a
nation that belonged to God. This is
spoken of in many OT passages, the fact that God was the owner of Israel, and
for that matter He owns everything, especially Israel as the OT shows that
Israel was married to God. MacArthur
writes “The laws relating to agriculture, settlement of disputes, diet, cleanliness,
dress, and such things were special standards by which His chosen people were
to live before the Lord and apart from the world.” Jesus fulfilled this law as He died on the
cross. The crucifixion of Jesus Christ
marked Israel’s ultimate apostasy in the final rejection of their Messiah as
seen in Matthew 27:25 “And all the people said, "His blood shall be on us
and on our children!” That is a
statement that causes me to cringe whenever I read it, knowing that those who
expressed that statement will one day be very upset that they did it such anger
over the very One who was dying for them.
Let us now look at another verse to help us understand that the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ marked Israel’s ultimate apostasy as they rejected
their Messiah: “So they cried out,
"Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate said
to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered,
"We have no king but Caesar” (John 19:15).
This is another sad statement given by some angry people that they will
regret. Israel had spent almost 2000
years regretting these statements, and it was not until God fulfilled prophecy
spoken by Ezekiel and also Moses that by God’s grace and mercy He allowed
Israel to become a nation again in the same place where God called them to
live. They are still not ready to claim
their Messiah, but I hope shortly that this will happen as I do believe that
the very end times are very close.
John MacArthur writes “With that the
judicial law passed away, because Israel no longer served as His chosen nation. Before His crucifixion Jesus warned the Jews,
‘I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you’ (Matt. 21:43). Praise God, He will someday redeem and
restore Israel (Rom. 9-11), but in the meanwhile the church is His chosen body
of people on earth (1 Peter 2:9-11). All
the redeemed—those who receive the work of His cross—are His chosen ones.”
In
closing we will look at 1 Peter 2:9-11 “9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal
PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s
OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called
you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were NOT A
PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now
you have RECEIVED MERCY. 11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to
abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am thankful that God sent His Son to take
my place on the cross so that I have received eternal life, and that eternal
life begin on January 26, 1974.
My Steps of Faith for Today: That God will show mercy to me to get some
problems with my computer and phone taken care of today.
7/13/2020 9:32 AM
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