Wonder Of Advent #5 - The Wonder of Advent Devotional
Wonder of Advent #5
Read: Matthew 5:17-20
Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.
Matthew 5:17
A LITERAL TRANSLATION of Romans 10:4 says Christ is the “end of the law.” But does that refer to the abolition of God’s law or the fulfillment of it? If the latter, which seems to be the clear meaning in light of Jesus’ words, then our salvation implies change. Jesus not only lived up to the law’s requirements; he also puts a righteous nature within us. He did not come to tell us to be good; he came to make us new. The law gave us a standard but no power to meet it. Jesus came to transform us from within.
REFLECTION
Why is it necessary for us to be made new? How does the Incarnation—the divine nature in the flesh—foreshadow what God wants to do in us?
