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 relationship to God is established by faith?
What prophetic declaration foretold this truth?
How did He encourage His disciples to look for the fulfilment of prophecy?
5. What did He say of those who should break one of the least of God's commandments, and teach men so to do?
After resting on the seventh day, what did God do?
How universal is the worship of this power to become?
How does the Sunday law of Charles 11, of 1676, read?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle