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.
5. What further statement of Christ seems to lay the responsibility for the origin of sin upon Satan and his angels?
Upon what condition may one expect answers to prayer?
What is the great purpose of Christ in His work of reconciliation?
14. What does the \"psalm for the Sabbath day\" suggest as proper acts and themes for thought and meditation on the Sabbath?
What has been one great characteristic of the Papacy?
8. After the fall of Western Rome, what power in the East arose to harass and overrun the Roman world, East and West?
What does Christ promise overcomers?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle