I did not come to destroy the law but to fulfil the law.
April 18th 2009 22:30
Once a person accepts that Christ is God made man, then a lot more of Sacred Scripture makes sense.
When the Jews said to Christ, “You are not yet even 50 years old, and yet you claim to have seen Abraham?’
Christ replied, “Before Abraham was, I am.”
Now, the Jews picked up stones to stone Christ for blasphemy (for claiming to be God). For ‘I am’ is the term God used to describe himself:
God said to Moses: I am who am. He said: Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: He who is, has sent me to you. (Exodus)
Even “Christians” don’t believe Christ was God-made-man. They only view Him as the Son of God. As one among many. As a man speaking on behalf of God, not God Himself clothed in human flesh. (Yes it’s a mystery of faith. It’s not about nutting it out. It’s about accepting it. That’s where modern people go horribly askew. They try to rationalise faith, whereas it would cease to be faith if you could rationalise it. There is no longer a need to have faith in something once it has been proven. You can believe it to be true but in terms of religious faith, it would cease. As it will in heaven. Along with hope. For once you possess the object of your desires/hopes you no longer need hope. As St Paul said, only charity will remain. For God is charity).
St John makes it blatantly clear in the beginning of his Gospel that Christ was God made man. “In the beginning … the word was God … and the word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.”
All of the Old Testament prefigured Christ. It has its fulfilment in Him. That’s what He meant by saying He came to fulfil the law. He was the embodiment of the law. He was God’s word; the walking, talking word of God in the flesh.
And that’s why He could say, “Which one of you can accuse me of sin?” Whereas all men born of flesh are born into sin. But Christ was free of sin. He was the immaculate lamb of God. God cannot sin. So many clues as to Christ’s divine nature. I don’t know what people read when they read Sacred Scripture. Maybe they approach it not to learn anything but to just use it for ulterior purposes. To prove God wrong? It will never happen.
To view Christ as just another man makes Sacred Scripture a pretty dry read. And makes a Christian a pretty dumb Christian.
When the Jews said to Christ, “You are not yet even 50 years old, and yet you claim to have seen Abraham?’
Christ replied, “Before Abraham was, I am.”
Now, the Jews picked up stones to stone Christ for blasphemy (for claiming to be God). For ‘I am’ is the term God used to describe himself:
God said to Moses: I am who am. He said: Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: He who is, has sent me to you. (Exodus)
Even “Christians” don’t believe Christ was God-made-man. They only view Him as the Son of God. As one among many. As a man speaking on behalf of God, not God Himself clothed in human flesh. (Yes it’s a mystery of faith. It’s not about nutting it out. It’s about accepting it. That’s where modern people go horribly askew. They try to rationalise faith, whereas it would cease to be faith if you could rationalise it. There is no longer a need to have faith in something once it has been proven. You can believe it to be true but in terms of religious faith, it would cease. As it will in heaven. Along with hope. For once you possess the object of your desires/hopes you no longer need hope. As St Paul said, only charity will remain. For God is charity).
St John makes it blatantly clear in the beginning of his Gospel that Christ was God made man. “In the beginning … the word was God … and the word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.”
All of the Old Testament prefigured Christ. It has its fulfilment in Him. That’s what He meant by saying He came to fulfil the law. He was the embodiment of the law. He was God’s word; the walking, talking word of God in the flesh.
And that’s why He could say, “Which one of you can accuse me of sin?” Whereas all men born of flesh are born into sin. But Christ was free of sin. He was the immaculate lamb of God. God cannot sin. So many clues as to Christ’s divine nature. I don’t know what people read when they read Sacred Scripture. Maybe they approach it not to learn anything but to just use it for ulterior purposes. To prove God wrong? It will never happen.
To view Christ as just another man makes Sacred Scripture a pretty dry read. And makes a Christian a pretty dumb Christian.
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