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.
In the interpretation of the vision, how is this self exaltation set forth?
How is sin defined?
Under what figure was the Christian church represented to the Apostle John?
15. What commands obeyed would bring about a peaceful solution to this wide-spread and growing conflict?
What will He say to those on His right hand?
7. What spirits stand ever ready to deceive and ruin those who are off guard or bent on going astray?
What therefore follows?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle