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 accompanies repentance?
Upon what did he rest his hope for forgiveness?
When will the gifts of the Spirit he no longer needed?
In view of the judgment, what exhortation is given?
Did this doctrine exist in ancient times?
When Christ sent out the seventy, what did He tell them to do in the cities whither they went?
What only can overcome the world?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle