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Originally Posted by Blueridge Baptist "CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW."
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the termination of the law. Yes, you read the sentence right. Christ is the end of the law in the sense that he is the termination of it. Dead is just about as terminated as you can get; and Paul tells us that if we are truly married to Christ we are dead to the law (Rom. 7:1-4).
Christ has terminated the law as a covenant of life - "We are not under the law, but under grace." Christ has terminated the law's curse and penalty (Gal. 3:13). In Christ, every believer has a just, righteous claim of merit upon all the blessedness of everlasting glory (Psa. 32:1-2).
Do you see the sweet mystery of salvation by the substitutionary work of Christ? The law has no claim upon those for whom Christ died. The curse spent itself on our Redeemer. We are dead to the law. We are righteous, justified, guiltless, innocent in Christ.
The law of God has nothing to do with the believer. | Fortner is preaching the Gospel of Grace here, elevating it to where it belongs. We must also remember Fortner is aggressive and zealous when he speaks. As Martin llyod Jones said;" If a preacher is never accused of being antinomian, he better look at his message to make sure he is preaching the free grace of God contained in the Pauline corpus." ( or something like that  ) |
Thanks for your input brother. If the law is "termitnated" has he says, how do we determine what sin is? Afterall, John says that sin is the transgression of the law. If there is no law there is no sin.
__________________ 1689 Baptist Confession
Psa 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psa 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
James Farley, Wilderness Road Baptist Assembly.
Husband of Melissa and father of Ann. www.wildernessroadbaptist.org |