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.
What estimate did Job place upon the words of God?
What is Christ's relation to this faith?
1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
What does Christ proclaim Himself to be?
What change is made in Satan's condition at the close of the one thousand years?
Whom did Christ indicate as fulfilling this prophecy?
How fully has God promised to supply our needs?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle