~
Did The Law Vanish Away? ~
Scripture ~ “‘For
if that first covenant had been
faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: ‘Behold,
the days are coming, says the Lord, when I
will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because
they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the
Lord. For this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put
My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God,
and they shall be My people. None of
them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no
more.’ In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what
is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away” (Hebrews
8:7-13).
Conclusion ~ Did
the Law vanish away? Yes!
Reference ~ You
may be interested in a previous “Abundant
Life Now” 14 post series entitled “10
Commandments Today” (from March 1 to June 28, 2018). “Abundant
Life Now” also posted a 12 post series entitled “Law vs. Grace” (from January 22 to December 24, 2013). The Key Passage in this series is: “Do not
think that I [Jesus Christ] came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill”
(Matthew 5:17).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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