April 20, 1952 JESUS AND THE LAW Matt. 5:17-20; Mark 10:17-22 Pointers on the Lesson
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This is an introductory lesson to the quarter’s series, which will deal with the relation of Jesus’ teachings to the Ten Commandments. Our Lord’s relation to the Old Testament law in general will be under consideration in these lessons. Some of the contrasts between law and grace will also be noted. Today’s mem ory verse indicates a distinct difference: “ The law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17 R.V.). One thing is certain, Christ did not come to destroy the law. Some in our Lord’s day evidently thought that He was destroying it. The religieus leaders in Israel had so covered the Word of God with their own man-made traditions that when Jesus came presenting the Word in its original purity and sim plicity, they thought that He was doing actual violence to the Scriptures. But instead of attempting to destroy the law our Lord strongly affirms that He came to fulfill it. What does it mean to fulfill the law? The original Greek verb means to fill up. In other places in the New Testament it is translated by such words as to complete, to make full, to perfect, to accomplish, and to preach fully. Our Lord came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets, in the first place, by Himself becoming the Anti-type of many of its types and prophecies; in the second place, by exposing the inner meaning of much that is contained in the Old Testa ment Scriptures; and, third, by bringing revelation to its fullness and comple tion, as when “ He removes from the ancient Law concessions to man’s hard ness of heart, like certain divorce privi leges, and returns to the original divine plan” (A. J. McClain). Verse 18 says that not a jot or tittle (small marks used in Hebrew writing) of the law and prophets shall be left unfulfilled. In Christ they all shall have their completion. In verses 19 and 20 the standards of God’s law are set very high. We are godi#***Wff . ..to work for Him even if you cannot go to foreign lands. Christ’s Relation to the Law Matt. 5:17-20 »
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