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.
By what name was the cover of the ark known?
What assurance has God given of the judgment?
Under what threatened penalty is the worship of the image of the beast enforced?
What is the nature of the moral law?
By whom were all things created?
How does it propose that the matter of \"Sabbath desecration\" shall be dealt with?
Did this doctrine exist in ancient times?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle