What happened to the laws against us when Christ was crucified?
The handwriting of ordinances that were against us and contrary to us were taken out of the way and nailed to the cross. When Christ hung there on the cross, the laws and ordinances that were against us were nailed there as well, ending them. He thus became the fulfilling of the law.
Les explains that the handwriting of ordinances that were against us and contrary to us were taken out of the way and nailed to the cross. When Christ hung there on the cross, the laws and ordinances that were against us were nailed there as well, and that ended it. That is why He was the fulfilling of the law. Les then connects this to love: what put Him on the cross was His love, and as Romans 13 shows, love fulfills the law. Christ fulfilled the law by His love, the ultimate, by being nailed to that cross. The context then turns to Colossians 1, where Paul speaks of rejoicing in sufferings for the church and being made a minister according to the dispensation of God.