Christ Fullfilled the Law and Prophets

God's word cannot fail. Christ fulfills all of the word of God. He is the Word: He is the source of it, He is the revelation of it, and He is the fulfillment of it. He fulfilled all of the law and the prophets in His redemption work on the cross, Romans 8:1-4; 10:4; Jer. 23:6; Isaiah 45:24; Psalm 71:16.
But man by nature will make the law serve himself in his attempt to exalt himself in the eyes of God and man. He will modify the law to achieve his evil goal. This evil springs from his proud heart. Never is this more hateful to God and hurtful to himself than in his spiritual pride of self-righteousness, Proverbs 6:16-19; Romans 10:3.
Christ fulfilled the greatest commandment to love God with all of His heart, soul, mind and strength, and His people -- His neighbor -- when by Himself He offered Himself to God and put away the sins, covered, removed and cleansed us from our sins by His own blood, Revelation 1:5; John 15:13; Hebrews 9:26.
Christ is the only One who kept every law continually, perfectly, so that only of Him can it be said that He did not break the least commandment, and teaches us to keep the law by looking to Him, Romans 3:31; John 6:29.
We must have a perfect righteousness to enter heaven. Lev. 18:5; Deut 27:26 prove this can be accomplished only by continual, complete and perfect keeping of God's holy law. But the law was never given that man might attain the righteousness of the law by his own law keeping. The Gospel is that Christ has honored God by keeping the whole law in love and honor to His Father, and for His people in love to them. He magnified the law (Isaiah 42:21), by keeping it perfectly, as Law-giver, and by His obedience unto death.