BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US AND NAILING IT TO HIS CROSS
(COLOSSIANS 2:14)
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
08033068549
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COLOSSIANS 2:14-15
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 5:17
v JOHN 3:16-17
v JOHN 3:18-21
v JOHN 12:31-32
v JOHN 14:30
v ROMANS 8:3
v GALATIANS 3:13
v GALATIANS 4:4-5
v COLOSSIANS 1:13-14
v COLOSSIANS 2:12
v HEBREWS 2:14-15
v 1 JOHN 3:8
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14)Blotting out the
handwriting of ordnances
that was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took
it out of the way, nailing it
to His cross
15) And having spoiled
principalities and powers,
He made a show of them
openly, triumphing over
them in it
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AND BLOTTING OUT THE
HANDWRITING OF
ORDINANCE
This refers to the writting
of the law of Moses,
appointing many ordnances
and observances, which is
the commandments that
pointed to right conduct ,
the record that was
cancelled contained the
legal demands of old
Testament law, the
burdensome requirements
of the Mosaic law, opposed
us by its demands for
payments for our sin, but
could not give life and
power to obey GOD, the old
covenant as a way to
salvation has been nailed to
the cross, that is abolished
and GOD established a
better covenant through
CHRIST by HIs Spirit, JESUS
CHRIST took the law of
Moses out of our way,
abolished and cancelled the
law by blotting it out, taking
it out of the way, that is He
wholly removed the
obstruction, so that it no
longer prevent the union
and Harmony between Jews
and Gentiles, He simply
nailed it to the cross so that
it would be entirely
removed out of our way and
annulled it’s penalty, so we
could have a new start in
life before GOD again, He
crucified the things that
brought guilt and death ,this
He did by fulfilling the
introducing of a more
perfect system, and
rendering their observance
of the Jewish Ceremonial
law as no longer necessary
JESUS CHRIST has taken the
law or list of charges in the
old Testament that was of
higher law for man, man is
now to look to JESUS
CHRIST and follow Him as
the ordinance against us
and nailed them to the
Cross,, that is CHRIST bore
the judgment and
punishment passed down
by the law upon man and
paid the penalty Himself, he
was able to do this by
keeping the law perfectly, in
obeying the law perfectly
CHRIST became the patten
and ideal for all men,
CHRIST took the law away
for man kept and fulfilled
the law perfectly, He lived a
sinful life as a Man upon
earth, by so doing He
became the standard and
ideal perfect man embrace
and covered all men, it is His
righteousness that is the
ideal righteousness, which
covers all men, it is the ideal
death or bearing of
judgment that is the ideal
life, when a person trusts
JESUS CHRIST as His Savior,
GOD removes the List of
Charges against the person,
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when CHRIST died upon the
Cross, He actually bore the
guilt and condemnation of
the charges for the person
and then the person stands
guiltless and sinless before
GOD ,all because CHRIST
took the list of the charges
and nailed them to the cross
with Him when He died
AND HAVING SPOILED
PRINCIPALITY AND POWER
JESUS CHRIST triumphed
over Satan by disarming all
the demonic powers and
authorities by His death on
the cross, He stripped them
of their powers to hold man
captives to the dominion of
evil against man’s will ,when
He had disarmed the rulers
and authorities, those
supernatural forces of evil
operating against us, He
CHRIST made a public show
of them exhibiting them as
captives in His triumphal
procession, having shown
that death is the work of
Satan, and never the
purpose of GOD, life is the
purpose of GOD, the
resurrection of CHRIST
openly shows this, haven’t
triumphed over them
through the cross He
conquered evil spirit and
forces by never giving in to
the Devils temptation
MATTHEW 4:1-11
and by never sinning, He
conquered evil Spirits and
forces by being raised from
the dead, again, as the ideal
Man, CHRIST’S resurrection
becomes the ideal
Resurrection, His
resurrection stands for and
cover every man
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COLOSSIANS 2:16-17
RELATED CHAPTERS
v ROMANS 3:21-22
v ROMANS 10:3-4
v ROMANS 14:17
v 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8
v COLOSSIANS 2:20
v 2 TIMOTHY 3:5
v HEBREWS 9:9-14
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16)Let no man therefore
judge you in meat, or drink,
or in respect of holyday, or
the new moon, or of the
sabbath days
17) Which are a shadow of
things to come; but the
body is CHRIST
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LET NO MAN THEREFORE
JUDGE YOU IN MEAT OR
DRINK
Seeing these things are
ceremonial law is now
abolished, since you have
been delivered by CHRIST
and have everything in Him
and free from the
observance of the Mosaic
Law, let no one sit in
judgment and condemn you
or claim the right to decide
for you in such matters , you
are not responsible to a
man for your conduct, but
to CHRIST and no man has a
right to impose that on you
as a burden from , which
CHRIST has made us free,
and no one should
judge you in the
observance with regards to
clean and unclean food and
drink , which some were
forbidden and not
forbidden ,the practice of
ceremonial imposition on
various kinds of food and
drink, to eat and drink or
not to and the part with
regards to the observance
of a festival or a new moon
or a Sabbath day, which is
applied on to the 7th day in
the Old Testament ,
concerning a good day, or
an Holyday, the beginning
of the new year and the
Sabbaths, the jubilee
Sabbat,, which is one year in
fifty; and Sabbath of the
Land, which is one year in
seventh years and seven
day Sabbath, containing
rules,, which were peculiar
to Jews , observed by the
Jews, which CHRIST had
nailed those decrees to His
Cross
We can never approach
GOD and become
acceptable , through rules,
laws, rituals or anything else
we can undertake on our
own efforts, rules and
regulation ritual and
ceremonies have taken over
the present day church,
many believers are riveting
back to the old testaments
rules , regulation and rituals
and judging others with
them, many false teacher
are diverting the attention
of believers away from
CHRIST they say rules and
regulation were to be the
focus of man’s attention
and life, that man become
acceptable to GOD by
keeping certain rules and
rituals, that man please
GOD by eating and drinking
the right food and by
keeping certain religious
rituals and holy days or
attending religious
ceremonies these teachings
led person to focus upon
rules and rituals instead of
CHRIST, which found root in
false teaching, people
approach GOD by keeping
rules and disciplines their
body, mind, and spirit, a
person feels that GOD will
accept him if he can
present himself to GOD
with, a body that is clean
and moral, a spirit that is
religious and that keeps the
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rituals and holy days of
religion
WHICH IS SHADOW OF
THINGS TO COME
The true approach to GOD
is CHRIST, rules and rituals
are only shadow in
approaching GOD; CHRIST is
the real body that enables
us to approach GOD and
please Him, CHRIST is the
perfect son of GOD, that is
He kept all the rules of GOD
never broke a single rule, He
was sinless, the perfect
man, the Pattern to whom
everyman is now to look,
unto we no longer have
rules and ritual to lead us to
GOD, CHRIST is to be the
focus and concentration of
our lives, therefore we no
longer, approach GOD
through rules and rituals,
but though CHRIST ,HE is to
be the focus and
concertation of our lives, we
are live and move and have
our being in Him, following
the ideal life and pattern He
has set before us, CHRIST is
our approach to GOD,
CHRIST is our acceptance by
GOD, focusing upon CHRIST
is the only way we can
please GOD, Such things as
rule and regulation were
shadows that were used by
GOD before CHRIST came,
they were used by GOD to
teach men that nothing
could provide real life, not
the real substance of life
that satisfies and gives
absolute assurance of living
forever with GOD, no rule
and ritual can give life and
assurance to man, only the
presence of GOD living
within the human heart can
satisfy man, CHRIST dwells
in the heart of the believer
in person of the Holy Spirit,
which makes the believer of
being acceptable to GOD
and living for ever with GOD
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COLOSSIANS 2:18
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 3:31
v JOHN 13:13
v ROMANS 14:9
v EPHESIAN 1:20
v PHILIPPIANS 2:9
v COLOSSIANS 1:18
v HEBREWS 1:4
v HEBREWS 3:3
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18)Let no man beguile you
of your reward in a
voluntary humility and
worshiping of angels,
intruding into those things
which he hath not seen,
vainly puffed up by his
fleshly mind
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LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU
OF YOUR REWARD IN A
VOLUNTARY HUMILITY
Let no man deceive you
subtle argument who please
and delight himself in
humility, to cheat over you
of your reward of heavenly
price, through false teaching
by drawing you away from
CHRIST, by following those
who teach that there is
another approach to GOD
other than CHRIST, the false
approach to GOD is
spiritism, the worshiping of
GOD through angel or Spirit
vison, false teachers were
saying that angels should be
called on and worshiped as
mediators in order for
people make contact with
GOD, some of the believers
were claiming all kind of
Vison of Spiritual realm, into
a world other than the
physical world, claiming all
kind of spiritual being and
of angels today the belief
that JESUS CHRIST is not the
intermediary between GOD
and Humans is promoted in
the practice of worshiping
and praying to angel dead
Saints, which rob CHRIST of
His supremacy and
centrality in GOD’S
redemptive plan, worship
and pray to anyone other
than GOD the FATHER, our
LORD JESUS CHRIST and the
Holy Spirit are unbiblical
and must be rejected
Men tend to feel that GOD
is far off in outer space
someplace unreachable
dimension of being, they
feel the need for
intermediaries who can
represent them to stand
between them and GOD,
who can present their life
situation to GOD, as a result
man terms to pray for lesser
being such as angels, or
spirit of departed Saints in
order to know GOD, a
person who approach GOD
through vision and Spirit is
claiming that he cannot
approach GOD himself, he
need other to appear before
GOD for him, it is false
humility, there was a
voluntary self-imposed air
of humility about them that
really came across as being
more spiritual than other
believers, spiritism focuses
their attention upon the
Spiritual experience the
angels, Spirits and vision not
on GOD’S appointed way to
approach him which is
through CHRIST, a person’s
mind is centered on the
Spirit and angel than on
CHRIST,
CHRIST is relegated to a
lower position in the
persons life , while the Spirit
take first place, the person
seek to have vision of Spirit
more than seek CHRIST no
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spirit or angel can do what
CHRIST can do , CHRIST
alone have access to GOD’S
presence in behalf of men,
CHRIST alone stand as
representative of men, the
true approach to GOD is
through JESUS CHRIST the
head, the only mediator
who can stand before GOD
for man, man cannot
approach GOD nor receive
the help of GOD through
any other means other than
His SON JESUS CHRIST, who
secure the love and care of
man and give man life
eternity.
No spirit or angel and no
vision can bring the
supporting and nourishing
power of GOD to men, Only
JESUS CHRIST GOD’S SON
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COLOSSIANS 2:20-22
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 7:6
v MATTHEW 7:21
v JOHN 6:29
v JOHN 8:34
v ROMANS 6:16
v ROMANS 7:23
v ROMANS 14:17
v 1 CORINTHIANS 8:8
v TITUS 1:16
v HEBREWS 9:10-14
v 2 PETER 2:19
v 1 JOHN 3:23
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20)Wherefore if ye be dead
with CHRIST from the
rudiment of the world, why,
as though living in the
world, are ye subject to
ordinances
21)Touch not; taste not;
handle not
22)Which all are to perish
with the using; after the
commandments and
doctrines of men?
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WHEREFORE IF YOU BE
DEAD WITH CHRIST FROM
THE RUDIMENT OF THE
WORLD
You have died with CHRIST;
CHRIST’S death on the cross
marked his victory over the
spiritual powers, so we who
participated in His death
have likewise been set free
from the basic principle of
the world, if you be dead
with CHRIST, having been
free from the elementary
rules of this world and its
rudiments,, why then be
subject to them any longer?
Believers are dead to the
basic principle of the world,
crude notions or primitive
ideas of men about the
universe , from principle
which are worldly in nature,
we cannot keep rules and
laws, no matter what way
we choose to reach GOD,
we are automatically
rejected because of our
imperfection , imperfection
cannot live in the presence
of a perfect GOD once we
have broken the rules and
the law we stand guilty
before GOD, therefore we
must be judged,
condemned, and punished
for broking the law, we are
law breakers therefore rules
, laws and rituals cannot
make us acceptable to GOD
they can only lead us to
condemnation and guilt,
down through the centuries
men have posed all kinds of
force, energies, powers,
principalities , spirit, angels
standing behind the
universe and life, as a result
men committed their life
and worship all sorts of
creatures and forces of
elements and materials,
there is nothing in the
universe that can save man
because all are corrupted ,
aging, dying, deteriorating
and decaying, therefore
there is nothing that can
save man all is the way of
death.
Those who claim to have
been given visions or
revelations by the Spirit
world still have the same
problems of imperfection,
unrighteousness, death, no
angels, no Spirit any
intermediary has ever taken
care of the problem of sin ,
death and eternal life for
mankind, that is why the
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message of Salvation, this is
the glorious gospel, GOD is
love, eternal, so He has
done all this for us, He did it
through His SON JESUS
CHRIST
TOUCH NOT TASTE NOT
HANDEL NOT
Their program of their
ordinance is touch not this
you will be unclean,
Leviticus 15, taste not this
for you will be unclean
LEVITICUS 11 and handle
not it is forbidden
Deuteronomy 14 all such
things are to perish with the
using, that man can please
GOD by controlling the
violation and weakness of
the flesh, that man cannot
secure GOD’S approval by
presenting a clean and pure
body to GOD, therefore,
they began to come up with
all necessary rules to eat the
right food, and take care of
their bodies and to live a
clean life a person can have
the healthiest and most
moral body and pure body
in the world, it is not what
make us acceptable to GOD,
but that person is still
imperfect and still dies,
health and morality, no
matter how clean and pure,
do not keep us from aging
and dying, we are still
corruptible and are still
going the way of all flesh,
the way of death and
separation from GOD
Life in CHRIST is not slavery
it is freedom, life in CHRIST
is a life free from
corruption and death , a life
which is already acceptable
to GOD, and which has
already been given eternal
life by GOD, life in CHRIST is
enslave by nothing,, it is set
free from all the elements
and materials of this world
including death, it is set free
to live and move and have
its being face to face with
GOD Himself, not because
we are worthy or merit it,
but because of JESUS
CHRIST and what He has
done, GOD loves CHRIST so
much that He accepts
anyone who comes to Him,
man is to focus upon CHRIST
not upon the enslaving
elements and materials of
this world, which are to
perish for even the
ceremonial law, being now
abolished, though originally
of GOD, yet the imposition
of it, as necessary to
salvation was a
commandment and
doctrine of men and
tradition of the elders and
various rules and decrees,
what ever is of men; and
not of GOD, ought to be
rejected
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MATTHEW 5:17
RELATED CHAPTER
v MATTHEW 20:28
v JOHN 1:14
v JOHN 3:17
v JOHN 8:45
v JOHN 10:10
v JOHN 12:47-48
v ROMANS 3:20-22
v ROMANS 10:3-4
v 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21
v GALATIANS 2:19-20
v GALATIANS 3:23-24
v COLOSSIANS 1:15
v HEBREWS 1:3
v HEBREWS 7:26
v HEBREWS 10:15-16
v 1 PETER 1:18-19
v 1 PETER 2:21-23
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17)Think not that I am
come to destroy the law or
the prophets; I am not come
to destroy, but to fulfill
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THINK NOT THAT I AM
COME TO DESTROY THE
LAW OR THE PROPHETS
JESUS said He was neither
contradicting nor abolishing
the old testament scriptures
nor standing against them,
He was to fulfill them,
complete them, bring out
what it implies, think not
that I am come, JESUS
CHRIST was just entering
His work, it was important
for Him to state what he is
to do, that he did not come
for the abrogate, annul or
end of the law, but really to
fulfill or accomplish what
was in the law and the
prophets, this two divisions
here seem to
comprehended the old
Testament, JESUS says He
come not to do away or
destroy the authority of old
Testament, As GOD’S SON,
He is the, revelation of the
truth and complete
meaning of the scripture
I AM NOT COME TO
DESTROY BUT TO FULFILL
Before CHRIST, the law
demanded punishment for
disobedience, if a person
broke the law, he was to be
punished, but CHRIST
fulfilled and completed the
law, he paid the maximum
price, He bore the
punishment of the law for
every man’s disobedience ,
He took the law the
punishment of the law upon
Himself, He freed all men
from the penalty of the law,
He completed the design; to
fill up what was intended; to
accomplish what was
predicted in them, which He
did doctrinally, by setting it
forth fully, and giving the
true meaning of it; and
practically yielding perfect
obedience to all the
commandment, whereby He
become the end of the law
of Moses, as contained
many sacrifices and rites
which were designed, they
were fulfilled when He came
and offered Himself as
sacrifice for mankind and
the prophets contained
many predictions
representing His coming and
death, these were all to be
fulfill and fully accomplished
by His life and His death
The law that the believer is
obliged to keep consist of
the ethical and moral
principles, these laws
reveals GOD’S moral nature
and His will for the lives of
His people and, therefore,
still apply to day, old
Testament laws that applied
directly to the nation of
Israel, such as the sacrificial,
ceremonial, social or civil
law, are no longer biding ,
believer must not view the
law as a system of legal
commandments by which to
obtain merit for forgiveness
and Salvation, through faith
in CHRIST, believers, by
GOD’S grace and the
indwelling Holy Spirit are
given an inner compulsion
and power to fulfill the law
of GOD, we fulfill it by living
according to the Spirit, the
Spirit helps us to put to
death the misdeeds of the
body and fulfill GOD’S will
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ROMANS 3:20-21-23
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20)Therefore by the deeds
of the law there shall no
flesh be justified in His sight:
for by the law is the
knowledge of sin
21)Even the righteousness
of GOD without the law is
manifested, being witness
by the law and the prophets
22)Even the righteousness
of GOD which is by faith of
JESUS CHRIST unto all and
upon all them that believe:
for there is no difference
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THEREFORE BY THE DEEDS
OF THE LAW THERE SHALL
NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED
For no person will be
justified free of guilt and
declared righteous in His
sight by trying to do works
of the law, it is in vain to
seek for justification by the
works of the law, the
corruption in our nature will
forever stop our justification
by works, that by law , can
make a man be justified;
that there was no form of
obedience which could be
rendered, that no flesh be
justified in His sight, it
would not justify people in
the sight of the Holy GOD
for through the law we
become conscious of sin,
the law shows man that he
is sinful, the purpose of the
law is not to justify, not to
make one righteous, but to
point out sin, to tell man
that he is a sinner, the law
was given to tell man of his
sin, no one will be declared
righteous by doing what
GOD requires in the law,
No one escapes, all the
world stands face to face
before GOD stand
imperfect, stand short of His
glory, stand guilty of sin,
the Law declares no one
righteous, no law and no
deed of the law will ever
justify or make a man
righteous make Him
acceptable to GOD, man
cannot be justified or made
righteous by keeping any
law or work, man cannot be
justified or made righteous
by any good deed of his
own,
EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD IS MANIFESTED
WITHOUT THE LAW
That is the manner of
becoming righteous which
GOD hath appointed;
without the law, without
that perfect and previous
obedience which the law
requires: without reference
to, or dependence on, the
law ceremonial, ritual ,is
manifested in the Gospel
being attested by the law
and prophets, the examples
of Abraham’s justification
by faith, recorded GENESIS
15:6 and David , PSALM
32:1-2 AND ROMANS 4:1-8
are clear testimony, from
the law and the prophets,
that there is a righteousness
without the law, which GOD
accept, and that the method
of justification revealed in
the Gospel was the method
in which men were justified
under the law, and before
the law, established from
the very beginning of the
world
EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD
GOD righteousness for men
is revealed in JESUS CHRIST,
when CHRIS came to earth
he come to reveal the
perfect righteousness of
GOD, JESUS came and live
sinless life, the prefect life
that which GOD hath
appointed to be, by faith of
JESUS CHRIST, by such
affirm, heartly, lively belief
of CHRIST’S being what the
Gospel declares him to be
Divinely Commissioned
between GOD and onto all,
which way of justification is
provided for and freely
offered unto all bestowed
upon all of them that
believed whether Jews or
Gentiles
for there is no difference,
righteousness is for all who
believes
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ROMANS 6:23
RELATED CHAPTERS
v ROMANS 5:12
v ROMANS 6:23
v JAMES 1:5
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23) For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of GOD is
eternal life through JESUS
CHRIST our LORD
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FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS
DEATH
The wages of sin is death,
sin is acting against GOD,
acting against His very
nature, what a man earns or
deserves; what is his proper
pay, or what he merits, as
applied to sin, it means that
death is what sin deserves
what will be its proper
reward; death is called the
wages of sin is death, if the
sinner is lost, he will serve
to die, he will have his
reward, he will suffer only
what shall be the just due of
sin , true justice demand
that sin receive its payment
or its wage, since sin is
opposed to GOD’S nature
and actually rebellious
against GOD.
Sin strikes out against
GOD, acting against His
very nature and tear down
GOD’S nature of purity, and
morality, of Holiness and
glory, of justice and
righteousness, of love and
grace , sin is rebellious
against, rejecting GOD,
ignoring GOD, disobeying
GOD, denying GOD and
refusing to live for GOD , sin
stand opposed to eternal
life
BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS
ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST
Eternal life is the wages of
righteousness, but that it is
the gracious or free gift of
GOD, and it is only through
JESUS CHRIST, that eternal
life is the gift of GOD
through CHRIST, which is a
great and glorious truth of
the Gospel, eternal life itself
which is bring unto; this is
CHRIST who come through
justifying righteousness, of
CHRIST ,suffering and death;
is bestowed by Him,
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ROMANS 10:4
RELATED CHAPTERS
v 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30
v 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21
v GALATIANS 3:24-25
v EPHESIANS 2:15
v PHILIPPIANS 3:9
v COLOSSIAN 2:14
v COLOSSIANS 2:17
v HEBREWS 9:9
v 1 PETER 1:18-19
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4)For CHRIST is the end of
the Law for righteousness to
every one that believeth
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FOR CHRIST IS THE END OF
THE LAW FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
GOD righteousness is JESUS
CHRIST, JESUS CHRIST put
an end to man seeking
righteousness through the
law, man no longer have to
work and work to be
acceptable to GOD, man no
longer has to live under the
enslaving power of sin,
under guilt, shame and
punishment, for the validity
of the law has come to an
end in CHRIST, in order that
every believer may be a
partaker of righteousness,
justification cannot be
obtained by our own
righteousness , but by faith
in CHRIST, for the
righteousness brings
everlasting righteousness; a
righteousness justifying in
the sight of GOD; the
righteousness of JESUS
CHRIST is the end of the
law, so that there may be
righteousness for everyone
who believes, CHRIST ended
the law in that He is the
object towards which the
law pointed, all the
ceremonies, sacrifices,
offerings, and purification,
they all led and pointed
towards CHRIST
CHRIST ended the law in
that He fulfilled and
completed the law
perfectly, CHRIST lived
under the law and kept it
perfectly, CHRIST was
sinless, obeying rule and
requirement of the law, by
fulfilling the law, the law
find perfection in JESUS
CHRIST, CHRIST destroy the
penalty and condemnation
of the law against man,
CHRIST end the law for only
to those who believe, a man
is justified that is, counted
righteous by GOD, only, only
if he truly believes that
JESUS CHRIST is the
righteousness of GOD
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