| (Copyright 09-29-2024) by Rod Reynolds (Wentzville, Missouri) |
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| The Apostle Paul warned that “in the last days perilous times will come” (II Timothy 3:1). Jesus warned that as the time for his second coming approaches “because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold” (Matthew 24:12). Certainly, we are living today in increasingly “perilous times,” and witnessing increasingly pervasive lawlessness of historical proportions. Unfortunately, popular “Christianity,” while historically having some moderating influence on the natural human tendency toward lawlessness, and encouraging moral restraint, has at the same time tended to encourage lawlessness through erroneous teachings regarding the laws of God. One rather common misunderstanding is the idea that Jesus “fulfilled the law” for us, so we don’t have to, although the idea may not necessarily be stated in such stark terms. This has been by no means necessarily a teaching of all professing Christian Churches or ministers but is nevertheless a misunderstanding among many who view themselves as Christians, that has been fostered at least partly by doctrines taught within their churches. What is the real meaning of Jesus’ statement concerning fulfilling the law, and how does that affect your obligations concerning God’s word? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Sermon Link: Did Jesus Fulfill the Law? | COGMessenger ————————————————————————————————————————- See Rod Reynolds’ other articles at: Reynolds, Rod – The “New” Church of God Messenger (church-of-god-bismarck.org) Reprinted with permission from: Messenger Church of God https://www.cogmessenger.org/ ————————————————————————————————————————- |
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