The Law told the people of God what they must not do.
The Way of Jesus tells us what we're now actually able to do - through Him. The Law frustrated, and eventually cut off, most forward movement for fear of overstepping its outer bounds of propriety. The Way of Jesus is only possible through a continual moving forward; a movement that is just like His own, because He now lives His life, all over again, in us and through us. "The Law never succeeded in producing righteousness — the failure was always the weakness of human nature. But God has met this by sending his own Son Jesus Christ to live in that human nature which causes the trouble. And, while Christ was actually taking upon himself the sins of men, God condemned that sinful nature. So that we are able to meet the Law’s requirements, so long as we are living no longer by the dictates of our sinful nature, but in obedience to the promptings of the Spirit." Romans 8:3,4 The end of the Law and the life of the Way are now - right now - today - this minute! - already alive within you because of the presence of His Holy Spirit. Thank you, Jesus!
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