Apologetic_Warrior
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That's exactly how we read the Scriptures. But we should never read Jesus in light of the Law and Prophets. As Luther said, we should not turn him into "another Moses".
The quote you attributed to me as having said, is not anything I've stated. As highly as I think of the man and respect him and agree with on many many things, I do not follow Luther, and much of what he wrote pertains to the time in which he lived and dealings and disputes with the Roman Church. What we should be concerned with, is what did Jesus Christ himself have to say about the law and the prophets in Scripture? In Matthew 5 starting with verse 17 we read:
Mt 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
Mt 22:37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
What Jesus spoke in Mt 22:37-39, was NOT anything new, it has ALWAYS been the case, but do not take my word for it, search the Old Testament Scriptures please.
Concerning reading Jesus into....Jesus Christ the eternal Son of God is Lord of what is called the Old and New Testaments, He is Lord of the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace, and Christ made it clear that He did not come to abolish the law. For all of those in Christ, He fulfilled the righteousness of the law, and His substitutional atonement for all who are in Christ, means He made us who are unrighteous, righteous by His blood, so it is not a righteousness we can claim as our own, but the righteousness of Christ He imputes to everyone that is in Him. (If I had more time I would get into Sanctification and the work of the Spirit in believers but I'm pressed for time.) At the same time, those who are not in Christ, are under the Covenant of Works, meaning the law of God, still applies to all societies today (enforced or not). I feel as though I have oversimplified more than I would have liked, so much more could be said, but hope this will be read by at least one person.
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