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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In what psalm was the resurrection of Christ foretold?
How diligently should parents teach children God's Word?
What statement shows that sin was in the world before the law was given on Mount Sinai?
4. What was another memorial instituted to commemorate another signal providence in behalf of the Israelites?
Into what perplexity did Christ's working of miracles on the Sabbath throw the Pharisees?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle