17. How is this same teaching expressed in another place?
“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” Rom. 10:4.
Note.—Murdock's translation of the Syriac New Testament renders this passage: “For Messiah is the aim of the law, for righteousness, unto every one that believeth in Him.”
18. In what statement is there a similar use of the word end?
“Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” 1 Peter 1:9. See also 1 Tim. 1:5; James 5:11.
Note.—In the ceremonial law there was “a shadow of good things to come,” a type of the mediatorial work of Christ, our great High Priest. The moral law makes known sin, places the sinner under condemnation, and forces him to Christ for pardon and cleansing. The ceremonial law was abolished by the work of Christ, but the moral law was established by both His life and death.
19. What testimony did Christ bear concerning His relation to the law and the prophets?
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matt. 5:17.
Note.—“Christ kept the law. If He had ever broken it, He would have had to die for Himself; but because He was a Lamb without spot or blemish, His atoning death is efficacious for you and me. He had no sin of His own to atone for, and so God accepted His sacrifice. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. We are righteous in God's sight because the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ is unto all and upon all them that believe.”—“Weighed and Wanting,” by D. L. Moody, pages 123, 124. See also notes on pages [374], [375], [382], and [389].