August 22

Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth”— Romans 10:44For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Romans 10:4).
HE has met all the claims of the violated law and is Himself the One typified in all its sacrifices. He is thus the end, in the sense of being the fulfillment, of the law. This is realized only by believers. Every righteous claim of God’s throne has been met, and the believer is thenceforth not under law, but under grace, and as he walks in the Spirit the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in Him (Rom. 8:44That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:4)). The law proposed a certain manner of life to those with whom the legal covenant was made, and promised life to those who walked in obedience to it. This was a testing of man in order to demonstrate his utterly lost and sinful condition. No man ever met its claims until the Man Christ Jesus came and fulfilled its every demand.
“Jehovah lifted up His rod―
O Christ, it fell on Thee!
Thou wast sore stricken of Thy God;
There’s not one stroke on me.
Thy tears, Thy blood, beneath it flowed;
Thy bruising healeth me.
For me, Lord Jesus, Thou hast died,
And I have died with Thee;
Thou’rt risen: my bands are all untied;
And now Thou liv’st in me.
The Father’s face of radiant grace
Shines now in light on me.”
—Mrs. Cousins.