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.
Can man of himself, unaided by Christ, keep the law?
While God is merciful, does this clear the guilty?
What two covenants are contrasted in the Bible?
Was the Sabbath designed to be a day for public worship?
What did Christ say would be the moral condition of the world just preceding His advent?
When were the sun and moon darkened?
Why are its gates not to be closed?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle