God's law is fallible?

High Tempo said...

spencer7593

"God stepped down from heaven to earth in a human body, and finished the work that the Law was unable to complete."

Work that the Law was unable to complete? I thought God's law was perfect. Are you saying that God's Law is fallible?

December 11, 2010 1:07 PM



@High Tempo

If you find a contradiction in what I have said, perhaps you have not understood what I was trying to say, perhaps you missed my meaning.

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; Psalm 19:7 (ESV)

The "law" serves as a schoolmaster, it teaches us God's perfect standard. God gave the "law" to his chosen people, the descendants of Jacob whom he rescued from bondage. He set apart and gave them the law, for his specific purpose.

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. Galatians 4:5

(redeem = to "buy back", to pay a specified price to re-acquire ownership of something)

(adoption as sons = Roman legal proceeding which allowed for an adopted son to attain full legal status (rights and benefits) as a heir and citizen)

God's purpose to was "buy back" those who belonged to His family.

The "law", by itself, is unable to do this. But the "law" was entirely suitable to God's purpose.

Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

Only one perfect man walked the earth, with no sin, and with no violation of God's law. Only one man, Jesus, perfectly satisfied the requirements of the perfect law.

Jesus did not abolish the law; he came to fill it out to its deeper meaning.

And because he was without sin, he was the perfect sacrifice. The sacrifice of Jesus was the "set price" for God to buy back those who belong to Him.

So, when I say "the work the Law was unable to complete", I am not meaning that the law is fallible. And I'm not saying that the "law" is not able to complete the task to which it is set.

My meaning was that there was work to be done other than what the "law" could complete by itself.

The "law" was necessary for the work, but something else was necessary too. The "law" by itself does not complete the work.

The work is now complete, in the sacrifice of Jesus. That's what Jesus meant by his words spoken on the cross, "It is finished". Jesus meant that the work had been completed.

I hope that helps answer your question.