Laura
Puritan Board Junior
I look to Christ to fulfill the law perfectly, I don't understand how I can perfectly honor the day of rest as you prescribe here.
Do I need to read and discuss apologetics the whole day? Sing hymns in the shower and refrain from any escapist thoughts or conversation not emphasizing the sermon of the day? What standard is there for me, has Christ not come to fulfill what I cannot possibly satisfy?
Um. Check out Matthew 5:21-48. Especially 48. "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect." Christ's perfection on our behalf does not excuse slothfulness any more than the perfection of the law drives those who truly hope in God to despair. In other words, the standard for us is the same as it was for Christ. Titus 2:11-15 says that He in fact gave himself "that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works." Where do we learn what good works are? In the law of God.