Nobody Lives a Completely Righteous Life (TMF:2979)
Thursday, October 08, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
Previously was mentioned the fact that the Jewish Law could not make, or cause, a person to be, or become, righteous before God. And why is that? It’s because no one can keep that law perfectly. And no one did, as all sinned at one point or another. Even today, all of us are flawed, and perfection cannot be attained in our current lives. The Jewish Law showed truth. It displayed what was right and wrong, and even had extra laws and rituals that are no longer practiced, things that made a person ceremonially pure before God. Practices that were necessary at that time since the Christ hadn’t come yet. The full manifestation of grace reached its height by what Christ stated, by the fulfillment of the Jewish Law, and not by the abolition of it. Jesus noted in Matthew’s account: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17, ESV).