Fulfilled in Christ

I just finished reading Exodus 20-24 and an idea stuck out to me. We often say that the law was fulfilled in Christ. This is true, and reading through Exodus helped me understand this principle. Just as God gave the Jews the law so that they would obey Him, we are to obey Him. The law was put in place to show that we will sometimes fail do what is right and when we do disobey, we must pay a price to pay for our wrongdoing. When Christ went to the cross, He paid the price for all the sins we have committed and will commit. The law is fulfilled in Christ. The law shows that we must pay when we sin, but when we are in Christ, when we sin, the ultimate judge, God, will see that each sin is repaid in full by His perfect son, Jesus Christ. The law and Christ work together to show the sins in our life and our righteousness in Christ. We are no longer held under the law because Christ has set us free by giving the perfect sacrifice to the one we have sinned against (God) so that we can have His righteousness.