Personally, I've never heard this expression used by anyone in these forums yet: "Jesus killed the law". So, I don't know where your coming from by saying this is what is taught by some people in the CC. What I've heard taught is what Jesus said, He came not to destroy (kill) the law, but to fulfill it. Which means He came to make the "once for all" last blood sacrifice for our sins, so that once we believe in Him, all of our sins, past, present, and future sins, are all wiped out forever.
Let's see what else is taught in the CC.
if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Gal 2:21)
What do you know? This is also a bible verse. The inspired word of God. But sometimes it's necessary to look at bible verses in the right context because so many people misinterpret them because they don't agree with them. So what does it mean when it says that if righteousness comes by the law then Christ is dead in vain? Of course, it means that if obedience to the law could make anybody righteous then Christ wouldn't have had to die for us.
if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law(Gal 3:21)
Being obedient to the law does not make one righteous, you do not become righteous by obeying the law, obeying the law cannot save you and cause you to deserve to go to heaven, obeying the law does not give you life. I wander how many different ways I have to say it before people finally get the point? Only believing in Jesus can save you and give you life, and make you righteous, because Jesus forgives your sins, translates you from death unto life, and then righteousness is automatically imputed upon you by faith.
To say that obeying the law cannot save you, as the bible clearly states, is synonymous with saying that disobeying the law will not cause you to lose your Salvation. If righteousness does not come by
obeying the law, then
unrighteousness does not come by
disobeying the law.
For those who think they have to obey the law or they will lose their Salvation let me remind you of something else:
[SUP]2[/SUP] Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, (If you believe you have to keep even one part of the law such as circumcision) Christ shall profit you nothing.
[SUP]3[/SUP] For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. (Gal 5:2-3)
Here Paul mentions circumcision but it can apply to any aspect of the law. Many people say, sure we know we don't have to keep all the ceremonial laws and a lot of that other stuff but we do have to keep the moral code and the 10 commandments. But that's not possible because here Paul is saying if you feel you have to keep even one part of the law in order to be saved or to stay saved, then Christ will profit you nothing, and you will have to keep every other little tiny aspect of the law, as well. And James also wrote some thing along the same lines:[SUP]10[/SUP] For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
[SUP]11[/SUP] For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
One last point: Since Jesus fulfilled the law then we who believe in Jesus are fulfilling the law by believing in Him. We are obeying every jot and tittle of the law by believing in Jesus. Belief in Jesus fulfills the law in you.
That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (We walk in the spirit because we believe in Jesus and trust in Him for our Salvation, We walk in the flesh when we trust in the legalism of obedience to the law to save us or to keep us saved.)
[SUP]8[/SUP] Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
[SUP]9[/SUP] For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[SUP]10[/SUP] Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Jesus loved us by dying for us to save us, and we love Him back by trusting in Him for our Salvation and by loving one another
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.