WHAT DOES JEHOVAH ASK OF US TODAY?

"A voice out of the cloud [said]:  "This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved; listen to him.' " -Matthew 17:5.



JEHOVAH gave the nation of Israel the Law, with its many features.  Regarding them, the apostle Paul wrote:  "They were legal requirements pertaining to the flesh and were imposed until the appointed time to set things straight."   (Hebrews 9:10)  When the Law led a remnant of Israelites to accept Jesus as the Messiah, or Christ, it had fulfilled its purpose.  Thus, Paul declared: "Christ is the end of the Law." -Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:19-25; 4:4, 5.j

Does this mean that the Law is not  binding  upon us today?  Actually, the vast majority of humankind never were under the Law, as the psalmist explained:  "[Jehovah] is telling his word to Jacob, his regulations and his judicial decisions to Israel.  He has not done that way to any other nation; and as for his judicial decisions, they have not known them.  (Psalm 147:19, 20)  When God established the new covenant on the basis of Jesus' sacrifice, even the nation of Israel was no longer under obligation to obey the Law.  (Galatians 3:13; Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:13, 14, 16) If, then, the Law is no longer binding, what does Jehovah ask of those who desire to serve him today?

Next time: What Jehovah Asks

The Watchtower, 1999