What did Jesus say of His attitude toward the law?
Answer
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." Matt.
5: 17.
NOTE-The word "fulfil" as here used is taken by many to mean that Christ brought the law to an
end. But the meaning of the word varies according to its usage, as is evident from the definition in the
Concise Oxford Dictionary: "Fulfil. Bring to consummation, carry out, (prophecy, promise) satisfy (desire,
prayer) perform, execute, do, (command, law) ; answer (purpose) comply with (conditions) bring to an end,
finish, complete, (period, work)."
In the sermon on the mount, so far from abolishing the law, Christ set forth its eternal,
unchangeable character, and the deep spirituality of its requirements, entering as they do into the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
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Who did He say would be called great in the kingdom?
In what instruction did He emphasize the importance of keeping the law?
Of what does God say the keeping or hallowing of the Sabbath is a sign?
Whom did Christ indicate as fulfilling this prophecy?
What will be the fifth plague?
What does Christ give His followers?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle