Fulfilled, Not Forgotten: Why We Are No Longer Under the Law

A message to Believers

There’s a lot of confusion in the modern Church about the Law of Moses and whether believers in Christ are still bound to it. Some say Jesus fulfilled the law but didn’t abolish it—as if fulfilling something somehow means you’re still under its terms. Others treat the law like a spiritual fallback plan, just in case grace isn’t enough. But here’s the truth: the law was never meant to be a permanent system—it was a shadow of what was to come. And what came was Christ.

This blog isn’t about throwing away the Old Testament or dishonoring God’s commandments. It’s about rightly dividing the word of truth and understanding covenant. We’re going to explore, through Scripture and reason, why fulfilling the law doesn’t mean continuing under it—and why trying to live under an old covenant after it’s been fulfilled is not faithfulness; it’s legalism.

Let’s break it down.

Jesus never said we are still under the law. He never taught that fulfilling the law means keeping it in force. What He did say, clearly and repeatedly, was that He came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets—not to abolish them, but to bring them to their intended completion. And when something is fulfilled, it is no longer pending. It is no longer awaiting completion. It is finished.

In Luke 24:44, Jesus Himself clarified that everything written in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms concerning Him had to be fulfilled. Not everything in the Law, period. Just the things written concerning Him. In fulfilling those things, He satisfied the requirements of the Old Covenant. That means He didn’t destroy the Law—He completed it. He fulfilled the terms of the agreement. And once a covenant is fulfilled, it is no longer active. Just as a contract, once fully executed, is no longer in force, so too the Old Covenant, having been fulfilled in Christ, is no longer binding.

The contract doesn’t get shredded. It is kept for record, for reference, and for testimony. But you are no longer bound to it. You can look at it. You can appreciate what it meant. You can learn from it. But you are not under its terms. That is what Jesus did—He fulfilled the terms.

Amos 3:7 says the Lord does nothing without first revealing it to His servants the prophets. And in Jeremiah 31:31-33, the Lord said that a new covenant would come. Not like the one made with Israel when they came out of Egypt. This new covenant would not be written on tablets, but on hearts. It would not be imposed from the outside in, but from the inside out.

The New Testament writers confirmed this shift. Paul wrote in Romans 6:14 that we are not under law, but under grace. In Galatians 3:25, he said now that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster, referring to the law. Romans 7:6 says we have been released from the law. Galatians 2:21 says if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain. Ephesians 2:15 says that Christ abolished the law of commandments expressed in ordinances. Colossians 2:14 says He took the handwriting of ordinances that was against us and nailed it to the cross.

Over and over, the message is the same: the law has served its purpose, and we are no longer under it. The covenant has been fulfilled. The contract has been completed. Salvation is no longer administered through keeping commandments written in stone, but through faith in the One who kept every requirement on our behalf.

Paul preached Jesus from the Law and the Prophets—not because we’re still under them, but because they point to Him. He taught from them to reveal how Christ fulfilled them. He didn’t preach the law to bind people to it. He preached it to free them from it by showing how it led to Jesus.

Yes, Paul kept feast days and Sabbaths at times, but not out of obligation to the law. He became all things to all people so that he might save some. He said plainly that he was not under the law, but under the law of Christ. The law of love. The law of liberty.

And most importantly, the law is still read and known, but not for bondage. It is read for understanding. It is studied for revelation. It is referenced for context. But it is not enforced for salvation. That job belongs to Christ alone.

To say we are still under the law after Christ fulfilled it is to say the contract was never completed. It is to act as if His blood was not enough. It is to bind ourselves to an agreement God has already signed off as finished. That is not reverence—that is rebellion against grace.

We are not under law. We are under Christ. The Law pointed to Him. He fulfilled it. The Old Covenant was completed. The New Covenant is in force. And it is written on hearts, not tablets. Kept in spirit, not letter. Lived by love, not law. And that truth is irrefutable.