BY THIS STANDARD-Greg L. Bahnsen

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by CalledOut238

This form literal legalism is painfully incorrect and is nothing more than modern day Judaizers. This literal interpretation is when one uses English denotation in place of Greek connotation to create their doctrinal construct. When examining the usage of fulfill and fulfilled in these two verses; Christ is not referring to progression, rather He is proclaiming the law coming to a completion. To believe that Christ did not fulfill the law on the cross is blasphemy.

Christ did fulfill the law on the cross, his shed blood means there is no more need for the sacrifice of bulls and goats. Christ shed his blood for the remission of sins. He gave us the Holy Ghost and wrote the law on our hearts, without the Holy Ghost it is impossible to obey the commandments of God.

But, the ethics of the bible are still the same whether OT or NT, Idolatry, adultery, murder, homosexuality, covetousness, etc are all still sin, what the OT gives us is case law and judicial law for practical applications for federal, state and local government rather than using the humanistic philosophies of men.

We still live in a world where there is a need for judicial and legislative government like it or not, and it might as well be patterned according to God's law.

God's law would not be legalizing abortion and gay marriage. God's law would do away with our worthless penal system and institute restitution and capital punishment.