THE LAW OF GOD | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 10, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 22.

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THE LAW OF GOD.

Christ the End of the Law.

(Continued.)

(Lesson 10.—Sabbath, June 26.)

1. To whom is Christ the end of the law?

"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." Rom. 10:4.

2. For what purpose is he the end of the law to believers? "For righteousness."

3. What is righteousness? Obedience to the law. See Deut. 6:25.

4. What will those have who keep the law?

"For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them." Rom. 10:5. "And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God; but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Matt. 19:17.

5. Then since it was designed that men should keep the law, to what may the law be said to have been ordained or designed? It was ordained unto life. See Rom. 7:10.

6. But since all men have violated the law, what does it now bring them?

"And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death." "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 7:10; 6:23.

7. By what means has life again been brought to view?

"But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." 2 Tim. 1:10.

8. Who has life to bestow?

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself." John 5:25, 26.

9. For what purpose did Christ come to earth?

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10.

10. To whom will he give this life?

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.

11. Since the law, which was ordained to life, cannot, because of sin, give us life, who is now our life?

"When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." Col. 3:4.

12. Then how, as a whole, is Christ the end of the law? He secures to believers justification before God (Rom. 3:24, 25; 8:1); he enables us to keep the law (Rom. 8:3, 4), a thing that without him we could not do (Gal. 5:17; John 15:5); and as a consequence of our continued faith and obedience, he secures to us eternal life (John 3:16; Matt. 19:17; Rev. 22:14); thus enabling the law to fulfill its design, which was to give life (Rom. 7:10).

13. Then what may Christ truly be said to be to those who believe in him?

"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." 1 Cor. 1:30.

14. In whom alone can we be complete?

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power." Col. 2:8-10.