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“But I [Jesus] say to you...until everything is fulfilled.”

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  When a man is humbled by the law, and brought to the knowledge of himself, then follows true repentance (for true repentance begins at the fear and judgment of God), and he sees himself to be so great a sinner that he can find no means how he may be delivered from his sin by his own strength, endeavor, and works.(Romans 3:19; 7:14; 11:32; Galatians 3:22 ) Martin Luther Elliot Ritzema, 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Reformation, Pastorum Series (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2013). Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God 1 Cor. 1:24 Jewish writers knew Wisdom was grammatically feminine in Hebrew (“she”; “her”). This was the  reason for the use of feminine pronouns in descriptions of Wisdom. Some Jewish theologians  made much of the fact that the word for “law” (torah) was also grammatically feminine. This led  some to identify the Law itself as Wisdom. This meant that, to many Jews, the Torah (Wisdom)  was divine.   Consequently, whereas Ne...