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 is God ready to do for all who seek forgiveness?
After giving instruction by the use of parables, what question did Christ ask His disciples?
Through Christ, what has been opened to the house of David?
3. After the wise men had thus confessed their inability to do what the king required, who offered to interpret the dream?
How long will they live?
How does God anticipate the needs of His children?
When she persisted in her request, and fell down to worship Him, what did He say?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle