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 is the true basis of the brotherhood of man?
I. What does Jesus declare Himself to be?
What view of the judgment scene was given Daniel?
How many lawgivers are there?
How is the law fulfilled?
When was the union of church and state formed from which the Papacy grew?
By what name are those composing the family in heaven commonly known to us?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle