Paul's View of the Torah
Lately I've been really struggling over this. I have all sorts of info running through my head. I can see that Tom Wright makes some points, but also I know that Doug Moo also makes some good points. Check this out.
Paul writes in Ephesians 2:14-15, "For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace."
And then in Romans 3:31, Paul writes, "Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law."
Jesus further complicates the issue in Matthew 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. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished."
Anyone else confused? Here's a good article that has helped me. What do you think?
Paul writes in Ephesians 2:14-15, "For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace."
And then in Romans 3:31, Paul writes, "Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law."
Jesus further complicates the issue in Matthew 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. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished."
Anyone else confused? Here's a good article that has helped me. What do you think?
posted by Daniel | 1:34 PM
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There is one disciple who saw exactly what was going on when it comes to the law and Jesus's place and purpose with the law.
"Philip findeth Nathanael and saith unto him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph" John 1:45
Notice something ...
The law of Moses was never the schoolmaster that leeds us to Christ but Christ in the law, it is Him that leads us to himself.
You can preach the law till the cows come home and yes we do say that the Law is good. Without the Spirit testifying to Jesus in the Law it is all in vain just look at the Jews for proof.
That's interesting.
I tend to think that the "schoolmaster" comment in Galatians 3 refers to the Law's role in redemptive-history as oppose to the Law as a witnessing tool.
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