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.
For what spiritual gift did the Apostle Paul pray?
Who was the Rock that went with them?
How may we receive this same imputed righteousness?
12. Because of Christ's healing a woman of an infirmity on the Sabbath, what did the ruler of a certain synagogue say?
How is the conflict between Christ and Satan described?
What is implied in a knowledge of God and Jesus Christ?
What is God called in the Scriptures?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle