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 are some of the attributes of God?
How completely does God wish to separate sin from us?
Whose destruction was made certain by the death of Christ ?
7. What reason does God give for the Sabbath's being an everlasting sign between Him and His people?
How does Paul again express this same truth?
What complaint is made against Sunday trains and Sunday newspapers?
11. Should we allow ourselves to be influenced by signs or wonders performed by those who would try to lead us away from God and His law?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle