[UntoHim]

“The Gospel does not abrogate God's law, but it makes men love it with all of their hearts.”
J. Gresham Machen
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Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
KJV
Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.
Darby
Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them.
Amplified
(Matthew 5:17)

Originally Posted by aron

Jesus kept the law. That is why his death was held as acceptable and substitutionary.

The simple truth is that "The Law of Christ" was nothing more, or nothing less, than the Law of the Father - AKA The Law that was referred to in the Torah since the beginning. When the Lord Jesus proclaimed "A new commandment I give unto you", he was neither destroying, making void or doing away with the basic tenets of The Law - in fact he was fulfilling the Law. Now, if the Lord Jesus, our example, did not destroy, make void or do away with "the perfect law of liberty" (James 1:25) - and neither did the original apostles - then how shall we even begin to think this would be our supposed assignment, much, much less mandate?

Yes, I believe Machen was right on - The Gospel does not abrogate God's law, on the contrary, it makes us love it with all our hearts. This is one of the reasons I think our friend aron can speak to this so convincingly here on this thread - the Psalms are full of The Law. One could argue that one of the main themes of the Psalms is the saints love for the Law. (aron can correct me on this for sure!) It never ceases to amaze me how so many of the (successful) governments of the world are based on laws - - yet many of us modern day Christians seem to think that God's government is not as strictly based on laws? Just sayin...
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