“For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Rom. 10:4
The Law can never impart righteousness to a fallen man, for the wages of sin is death and the consequences of a broken Law is condemnation. It was the perfect life of Jesus Christ that qualified Him to be our Savior and only His sacrificial death is sufficient to pay the legally required penalty for sin.
Christ took the statutory punishment we deserve and so to all who trust in His name, He has become the end of the Law for righteousness.
Christ is both the fulfillment of the Law and also the end of the Law. We are no longer judged on the basis of law-keeping. True, the standard used for us is the righteousness of God, but this is a standard that Jesus meets in us and for us by being the sin offering for us and by sending the Holy Spirit to empower us. This demonstrates that God can declare us righteous while at the same time transforming us to strive toward being righteous in the way we live. The purpose of the Law is fulfilled and finds its completion in Christ as his salvation transforms us.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank You for sending the Lord Jesus Christ to be the end of the Law to all who trust in Him as Savior. I confess that of myself I can do no good thing, but praise Your holy name that I can do all things through Christ, Who has become my righteousness, and in Jesus name I pray. AMEN.