"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." - Romans 10:4
I love the song "10,000 Reasons". Here's the youtube link to this awesome song that we regularly sing at our 5 p.m. worship service -- http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E
And today's verse gives us one of the top reasons out of 10,000 why we sing to God -- "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." - Romans 10:4
Apart from Christ, the law is never ending because the law points out our sins and our shortcomings. With our sins and shortcomings in full view, we need the law to curb our sin and keep sin in check. Furthermore, the law just tells us what must be done, but it can't do anything for us. Therefore, the law creates a never-ending cycle that points out our sin but can't help us end our sin.
Christ, on the other hand, is the end of the law. This doesn't mean that we get a blank check to sin. To the contrary, the holiness and perfect love of Christ stand in stark contrast to and therefore reveal our sin and our guilt. However, Christ, unlike the law, is alive and personal, so Christ can live in us and work in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, doing for us what we can't do for ourselves, namely, cover our sin and pay for our sin and give us a clean slate and new beginnings.
This is why Christ is the end of the law -- because he does what the law does and more. He points out our sin, and he deals with it on our behalf.
But remember today's verse, Christ does this "to everyone who believes." If you don't believe in Jesus Christ, you're on your own, and the law will never end for you. But when you surrender to the Holy Spirit, which God sends to call us to faith, then Jesus comes faithfully and dwells in you so that you might have peace with God and a new life, characterized by humility, thankfulness, and the love of Christ flowing through you.
It's a lot to think about on a Saturday, but it's a better alternative to remaining under the law!!!
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes." - Romans 10:4
Happy Saturday!
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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