Understanding the Law - Christians *
Understanding God's Law and Christianity It isnt that Christianity is different from the Old Testament. It is just that Jesus, in his teachings, clarified it for the Jews under the Judaism religious leaders of that time who had perverted it; it was apostate(*). *The rulers added things to the Law that God never required, causing them to have burdens they werent meant to be under(**). They were man made laws and traditions(*). So the Messiah has come who was not only revealed, but revealed "the spirit of the Law"(*), and fulfilled the whole Law on the believers behalf(*). While Jesus work (*) was necessary to accomplish because no fallen man; no sinner could ever pay the penalty for their own sins. [As only someone perfect could do that, like God himself, putting on human flesh]. The Law was simply meant to show us or teach us that only God is perfect, only God is Righteous, only God is Holy(*). He is the standard. The Law was simply as Scripture says, a schoolmaster to...