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.
Under what striking emblem was He prophesied of by Balaam?
In whom has God made us accepted?
What did Pilate propose to do when Christ was again brought before him?
What result is to be obtained by the exercise of the gifts in the church?
Who opens the judgment and presides over it?
9. What prophetic period extends to the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary, or the investigative judgment?
In view of this fact, what does Christ tell us to do?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle