Okay, we are now facing what the Lord Jesus Christ meant when He stated this as recorded by Matthew in chapter 5 verse 17 here's what the KJV states: "'Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but* to fulfill.'" Remember that in Matthew, He also gave to those who would accept His yoke of learning, of who or what, of Him. Not man's religion but rather "of Him." So now what is meant by this phrase, "to fulfill" what does the Strong's Greek have to say in the G4137 assigned to it, then I shall call upon Pastor Hoekstra for some more insight from my e-Sword program. We have looked at Romans 3:31, 10:4 and Galatians 3:17-24 among many others to overflowing Grace and the abundance of His Life restored within our original identity by His stripes we are the healed of the LORD, this seen in Gal. 2:19-21, For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto GOD. For I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; Yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of GOD (the fulfilling of Mat. 5:17), Who loves me, and gave Himself for me. I do not frustrate the Grace of GOD: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ died humanity's death in vain.
The Strong's Greek G4137: plēroō play-ro'-o From G4134; to make replete, that is, (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.: - accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfill, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply. [G4134: plērēs play'-race From G4130; replete, or covered over; by analogy complete: - full. G4130: plēthō play'-tho, pleh'-o, A prolonged form of a primary word πλέω pleō (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated form of πίμπλημι pimplēmi to “fill” (literally or figuratively [imbue, influence, supply]); specifically to fulfill (time): - accomplish, full (. . . come), furnish.]
Now for a look at Pastor Hoekstra's thoughts with a little editing by the Holy Spirit, Christ within me and you; The ultimate ability of the law of GOD is its capacity to tutor people to Christ. "The law was our tutor to bring Humanity to Christ." This was the plan of GOD to use His law to inform humanity about our need for Christ. Remember the summaries of the law of GOD: "be holy, be loving, be perfect." The law deeply ingrained within our being says to us , "be holy." This described in Leviticus 17:11 where it states this; "For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul." For the law requires all to be loving, and when we are not loving it speaks; "You need Christ." For the law insists that we are to be perfect as our Father is perfect. Again, "you need Christ." In this way the law functions as our tutor (schoolmaster or child-trainer) instructing humanity of their need for what only Christ can provide, His Grace!
Once we respond to the law's tutoring work, we are no longer under the rule of the tutor's controlling. For we have placed our trust or our measure of faith in Christ and we are no longer under the law's influence, "for after faith has come, humanity is no longer under a tutor." Once we were told by the law to be holy, now instead we look to Christ for our holiness. "But of Him we are all in Christ Yeshua....Jesus, Who has become for us....."righteousness and sanctification." (1Cor. 1:30)
Again, as we were once told by the law to be loving, now we look to the Spirit of Christ for all the love that our lives requires. "But the fruit of the eternal Spirit is love" (Gal. 5:22)
And again, once we were told by the law to be perfect, now we look to Christ for all of the perfection of the perfecting process. "Being confident of this every good thing, that He Who has begun a good work in you will complete it (the fulfilling) until the day of the LORD Christ." (Phip. 1:6) Where we find G2005 for complete: epiteleō ep-ee-tel-eh'-o From G1909 and G5055; to fulfill further (or completely), that is, execute; by implication to terminate, undergo: - accomplish, do, finish, (make) (perfect), perform (X -ance). Remember G4137, G4134, and G4130 in our first look at Mat. 5:17.
Now for the cross references to the one word connection the word, "but*," Mat. 3:15; Psa. 40:6-8; Isa. 42:21; Rom. 8:4; Gal. 4:4-5; Col. 2:16-17; and Heb. 10:3-12.
From here we can jump to Romans 3:21-24 where we find our being justified by His Grace once again.
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