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Matthew 5:
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has
committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Many who read these comments of Jesus think that He was changing the Law, but this is not the case. The Lord is defining the reaction of a righteous person to the Law. This is what the apostle Paul refers to as “the righteous requirements of the Law”.
Romans 8:
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending
His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
What Paul is teaching is actually very simple.
Commandment: You shall not commit adultery.
Judgment: Anyone found guilty of adultery is put to death.
We see how the Law can inform us of sin, as well as ones that are unto death.
1 Timothy 1:
8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,
9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person,
but for the lawless and insubordinate…
On the other hand, if someone lived their life without ever committing adultery,
can they be declared righteous? Absolutely not!
Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law,
then Christ died in vain.
So then what is the righteous requirement of the Law pertaining to adultery?
“Don’t even think about it!”
Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not!
For if there had been a law given which could have given life,
truly righteousness would have been by the law.
By living in righteousness, the Saints establish and magnify the Law and make it honorable unto God.
Isaiah 42:21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has
committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Many who read these comments of Jesus think that He was changing the Law, but this is not the case. The Lord is defining the reaction of a righteous person to the Law. This is what the apostle Paul refers to as “the righteous requirements of the Law”.
Romans 8:
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending
His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
What Paul is teaching is actually very simple.
Commandment: You shall not commit adultery.
Judgment: Anyone found guilty of adultery is put to death.
We see how the Law can inform us of sin, as well as ones that are unto death.
1 Timothy 1:
8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully,
9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person,
but for the lawless and insubordinate…
On the other hand, if someone lived their life without ever committing adultery,
can they be declared righteous? Absolutely not!
Galatians 2:21 I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law,
then Christ died in vain.
So then what is the righteous requirement of the Law pertaining to adultery?
“Don’t even think about it!”
Galatians 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not!
For if there had been a law given which could have given life,
truly righteousness would have been by the law.
By living in righteousness, the Saints establish and magnify the Law and make it honorable unto God.
Isaiah 42:21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Romans 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
