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 additional curse came as the result of the first sin?
From what time does David say he himself was taught?
What admonition is therefore given?
What is said of the character of these scaled ones?
15. Then when miracles are performed by spirits purporting to be those of our dead friends, to what shall we attribute them?
How may grace and peace be multiplied in believers?
What only can overcome the world?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle