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6. Jesus Taught the Law
Jesus faithfully taught the law. He rejected the unbiblical traditions of the Scribes and Pharisees.

Luke 10:25-27 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what
must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" He
answered: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength
and with all your mind' and, `Love your neighbor as yourself.

7. There Is the New Law of Christ
Those who have become Christians are now under the law of Christ.

John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another.

Paul wrote.
Galatians 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Summary
Jesus is the only person who has ever lived who has perfectly kept God's law. Because He fulfilled the
law, Jesus was able to become the perfect sacrifice for sin. Those who put their faith in Him are freed
from the bondage of the law and have become God's children.

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The Messiah Offers Himself up as the Sacrificial Lamb

"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John
1:29). When John the Baptist saw Jesus approaching, this is what he
proclaimed. So, what does it mean that Jesus is the Lamb of God?

Lambs play a major role in the Old Testament sacrificial system as well as
in Messianic prophecy. Exodus 29:38-46 describes the twice-daily
sacrifice of year-old lambs. God said, "It shall be a regular burnt offering
throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting
before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there"
(Exodus 29:42). The offering of the lamb symbolically atoned for the sins
of the people so that they could commune with God.

Jesus' sacrifice does the same for us. The writer of Hebrews says, "But when Christ appeared as a high
priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with
hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood
of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood
of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the
purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore
he is the mediator of a new covenant" (Hebrews 9:11-15a). It is Jesus' blood that atones for our sins and
restores our relationship with God. It is because of His death and bodily resurrection that we can meet

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