Christ kept the law perfectly

Rom 9:31  But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

They kept the law.  They were adamant about keeping the law. They even made extensive additions to the laws, meant to keep that law more fully in the way they thought God wanted.  The truth was- they made additions to the law because they wanted more control over the people. The priests turned to pleasing themselves not God and God knew this.  The law of righteousness was the very law our Savior was able to keep which kept Him sinless.   Jesus attained the law of righteousness.

Jesus came and revealed the love in the law. Jesus revealed LOVE in its purest form.

We need Jesus because He is our righteousness.

We need Jesus to be our righteousness.

We need our Savior because when we try to follow the law of righteousness on our own we fail miserably. Selfishness gets in our way at every step. We have to seek to serve Christ, not self.

In all our ways we have to acknowledge CHRIST, so He can direct our paths.

Pro 3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

This is TRUTH.

Do we acknowledge God in all our ways?

Do we trust HIM to be our righteousness?

We must, we really must. 

The law CAN be a stumblingstone for  ALL who attempt to keep the law without Christ.

Doing away with the law is IMPOSSIBLE.

To do away with the law is to say Christ was sinless because there was no law.  And if there were no law there would be no sin, so WHY would our Savior tell people to 'sin no more'?  If you couldn't sin, if it were impossible to sin, because there was no law to sin against, NO ONE would have to be told to sin no more because they couldn't sin. 

Do you understand, the law remains, there is no doing away with the law because it embodies LOVE.  And to do away with love is to do away with God.

The law of righteousness, the law of love--  keep LOVE in the law, seek love and you keep the law.

Please Father in Heaven, please keep us in YOU in YOUR love, in the Law of your LOVE.  All through Jesus Christ may we live in You and Christ's righteousness!

Amen.