Christ is the end of the law.

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Christ is the end of the law. (Romans 10:4-8)

Believing in Jesus as the Lord and Christ,  the Son of God, is revelation (Matthew 16:16-17), and also believing that Christ is Emmanuel within us as the Spirit of truth is also revelation.

That is why you cannot believe in Jesus as your personal Lord without the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:3)

The words, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house." (Acts 16:31)  actually mean that you must believe in Jesus as Lord.

So Peter said , “God has made Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.” He preaches to those who ask what to do, repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.(Acts 2:38)

So, the Acts are the acts of the apostles in whom the work of the Holy Spirit occurred and the gospel of the kingdom of God was spread because they believed in Jesus as Lord and Christ.

If we believe in Jesus, receive the Holy Spirit, and write down the history of the Acts, we are going astray.

Therefore, believing that Jesus is both Lord and Christ, repentance to the Lord, and through baptism, we move from the place of sin and death to the place of righteousness and life in Christ and become free from sin. 

So the Holy Spirit is present and works within us, only when we know the truth and the words calling on the name of the Lord are accurately conveyed will the words that the righteous live by faith become a reality.

Q. Is Jesus the end of the law? Is it Christ?

“Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes.” (Romans 10:4)

A. Many people do not know that Christ is the end of the law.

How many people say they believe in Jesus but say they must keep the Ten Commandments?

Because (Gar) they do not know that Christ is the end (theros) of the law.

The new covenant in which Christ lives within us is so simple, but we do not know it.

However, it takes time for reason to accept Emmanuel, the Spirit of Christ.

There is an anecdote that Moody often took off his watch when explaining faith.

When Moody explained that 'God gave his only begotten son, Christ', he gave his watch and told him to take it, and some students took it and some did not.

Since Moody explained the faith in such a simple way, it is said that many pastors came out under Moody.

Actually, we don't accept faith because it's too easy.

We are not obeying.

All human beings born in Adam are poisonous from the knowledge of good and evil. They have to pay for something in order to be satisfied. Therefore, if you say it is free, they hesitate.

Christ is the end of the law to become righteousness (principle) in every believer.

When Christ comes into us, sin comes to an end.

Sin is a state that is related to the law.

So, if you fulfill that law in Christ, it becomes a principle.

Righteousness is the state of departing from the law and remaining within the principle by which the law is fulfilled.

After the Lord redeemed us from the curse of the law through the cross, He became Emmanuel in us as Christ, freeing us from the law of sin and death through the Holy Spirit of life, enabling us to think spiritually.

By following the spirit and not the flesh, the new covenant, which is the principle of love as required by the law, is activated.

Accepting this fact is called faith.

However, when you say, 'Believe in Jesus and be saved, believe in Jesus and go to heaven,' there is no righteousness in it and there is no principle for achieving love, so the name Christianity is in vain.

Christ is Emmanuel to achieve righteousness ‘for all who believe’ (parousia)

If He is in us, there is righteousness; if He is not in us, there is no righteousness.

Therefore, the eyes of those who have been saved change very sensitively depending on whether they are speaking the word of God or their own words, whether in public or in private.

If we hear the word of Christ and receive Christ with faith, God will believe in us and give us His righteousness.

Q. What did Moses say?

“For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which does those things shall live by them.’” (Romans 10:5)

A. Moses is the representative of the law (John 1:17)

So, the righteousness of the law becomes righteousness only if you live within it and keep all of it.

Then and now, the Jewish way of life is captured by the zeal to follow it.

However, there are many who think that this kind of faith is an example.

However, faith brings God's righteousness into us, and everything is accomplished through that righteousness.

Again, Augustine classified the work of the Holy Spirit into prevenient grace and accompanying grace.

He speaks of the power of the Holy Spirit, which motivates us and leads us to faith, and enables us to bear the Word.

Q. Why does faith not require going up to heaven or going down to the deep?

“But the righteousness which is of faith speakes on this wise, ‘Say not  in your heart, ‘Who shall ascend into heaven?’’ (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)(Romans 10:6-7)

A. Because God has already given the promised only begotten Son, Christ.

God gives, so we receive.

That is what I call reception.

The problem is that if you try to believe in Jesus and receive the Holy Spirit from the place of sin without baptism through the cross of Christ, you end up foaming at the mouth.

By believing in Christ, the only begotten Son, as Lord, you will receive eternal life. (John 3:16)

So the salvation of believing in the only begotten Son and gaining eternal life occurs after the Son of Man Jesus is lifted up. (John 3:14)

Heaven refers to the firmament in Genesis 1 and is waters above.

It is the place where the Lord said I was born from above.

Hades is the sea, the waters under, and spiritually it is the deep.

Faith is the opposite of the term works of the law.

This means that there is no need for zeal to ascend to heaven and descend into the deep as if doing the law.

It's not like a movie mission where you climb up a cliff to get your sins forgiven.

At that time, Paul was like hitting the rock of the law with the egg of faith.

For Jews, the law is absolute.

In this situation, Paul is talking nonsense called faith.

To briefly talk about toil and blessings, Adam's descendants live by toil.

They must take the trouble of ascending to heaven and descending into the deep.

However, the descendants of faith through Christ live by blessings.

The problem is that human greed never contains blessings.

Just like a rich young man...

Only the Word of God contains blessings.

The righteousness that comes from faith is ‘Who will ascend to heaven? 'Who will bring Christ down to the earth?' he don't say such troublesome things.

Who will go down into the deep, that is, into hades? he can't say this.

Who can raise Christ up from the dead?

There is no one.

Erroneous Adventists are trying to bring down Christ from heaven.

The current weakness of the United States is the cause of global anxiety.

A conspiracy to seize hegemony after the United States is in full swing right now.

So, as the world order is reorganized, beast-like superstars may be born in the future.

Christ has come in us now and exists as light, life, and love.

It was God who sent Christ from heaven and raised us from the dead, and we should not try to pull Christ down on his own.

All you have to do is believe and accept God’s word.

We should not speak as if God comes and goes as our pleases.

Q. Then how does the word of faith come to us?

“But what says it? The word is near you,  even in your mouth, and in your heart, that is, the word of faith, which we preach” (Romans 10:8)

A. The word comes closer to us.

‘The word (torema) is near (parousia)’ is our Savior Jesus Christ, who died on the cross, rose again, sat at the right hand of God, and became Emmanuel through the Holy Spirit.

He is always the one who gives us life.

The first coming of Jesus is the Passover lamb sacrifice.

He is the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

Because of this offering, the execution of our sins has been suspended.

This offering is a deposit for sinners and is like a bail.

Then, the word comes closer to those in Christ and they receive Christ (John 1:12). This is the amazing mechanism of God's decree and providence.

The saying that the word is in the mouth refers to the mouth of the ear, which is enlightenment.

We eat the word with  our mouths of our ears.

And the realization that ‘it is in the heart’ comes into the heart.

It is digested and becomes food.

Through this process, words of faith become words that can be believed.

That is why it is said to be a living word.

This is the word (Leema) that said, ‘The words spoken to you are spirit and life’ (John 6:63)

The process is to hear it with your ears, digest it with your heart, and then it becomes words of faith.

‘It is the word of life.’ This means that Christ, the word, becomes life.

These words become faith, and that faith becomes righteousness.

Because of that righteousness, we come confidently before God, and the Word is fulfilled.

It is the word of faith that is spread, the word of Leema.

Therefore, the servants of the Lord who testify that Jesus is Lord and Christ must focus on this Reema ministry.

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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