The LAW - - 2 of 3

The LAW is perfect converting the soul, it is light, the commandment a lamp. The New covenant confirms that the LAW is good' when used lawfully, holy, spiritual, and delightful to the inward man. The weightier matters of the law [Matthew 23:23] are JUSTICE, MERCY and FAITH. And Jesus said:

Matthew 5
17 Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.
....I did not come to destroy but to fulfill
18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
.... one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Jesus says he did not come to destroy the law but to fulfill the law. To fulfill TORAH [law].
'Justice, mercy and faith' are the weightier matters OF THE LAW.

Jesus did not come to destroy / do away with the law, but to 'write it on our hearts'.

LAW – TORAH

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John 6
27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures
....to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you,
....because God the Father has set His seal on Him."

Romans 2
13 (for NOT the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God,
.....but the DOERS OF THE LAW WILL BE JUSTIFIED;
15 WHO SHOW the work of the LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS,
.....their conscience also bearing witness,
.....and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)

LOVE is the fulfillment of the LAW. DOERS who show the work of the law (the love life of Christ), 'written on their hearts' are JUSTIFIED.

What is the 'work of the law'?

John 6
28 Then they said to Him, "What shall we do,
....that we may work the works of God?"
29 Jesus answered and said to them,
...."This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."

REDEMPTION is through the blood of Jesus [Eph 1:7; Col 1:14]
FORGIVENESS is by the blood of Christ according to grace.
JUSTIFICATION is by grace - the life of Christ [Rom 3:24]
SANCTIFICATION is by the blood. [Heb 10:29]

Romans 2
25 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you
....are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26 Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements
....of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
27 And will not the physically uncircumcised, IF HE FULFILLS THE LAW,
....judge you who, even with your written code and circumcision,
....are a transgressor of the law?
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that
....which is outward in the flesh;
29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart,
....IN THE SPIRIT, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.

Romans 3
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight,
....for BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN....
21 But now the righteousness of God apart:
....[choris: besides, separate: the space lying between two places or limits; chasm]
....from the law is revealed,
....being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith
....apart [separate from] from the deeds of the law


31 DO WE THEN MAKE VOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH?
.....CERTAINLY NOT!
.....ON THE CONTRARY, WE ESTABLISH THE LAW.