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.
How did the aged prophetess Anna express herself at the sight of Jesus?
14. What instruction did Abraham give his servant Eliezer when sending him to select a wife for his son Isaac?
14. What did He say of those who should break one of God's commandments, or should teach men to do so?
What title of distinction is given the law of God?
What other reason is given for keeping the Sabbath?
Does the first commandment show who the author of the law is?
When the Jews rejected Paul's preaching of the gospel, what did he and Barnabas say?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle