The Law and Christ

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 11, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 10.

The Law and Christ

1. What prophetic announcement was made concerning the attitude Christ would maintain toward the law?

"The Lord is well pleased for His [Christ's] righteousness' sake; He [Christ] will magnify the law, and make it honorable." Isa. 42: 21.

2. What does the psalmist say of the affectionate way in which Christ would hold His Father's law?

"I [Christ] delight to do Thy [the Father's] will, O My God: yea, Thy law is within My heart." Ps. 40: 8.

3. What is said of making void the law of God?

"It is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void Thy law." Ps. 119: 126.

4. When Christ began His ministry upon earth, what striking statement did He make concerning His attitude toward the law?

"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.

5. In what manner did Christ show the people of His time that they were setting aside the commandments of God?

"For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things ye do. And He said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." Mark 7: 8, 9. See also Matt. 15: 1-9.

6. What did Christ say is the sum and substance of both the law and the prophets?

"All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Matt. 7: 12.

NOTE.— Then according to the teaching of Christ, the "Golden Rule" is the summing up of both the law and the prophets. And because the law is the embodiment of such wonderful principles, therefore the Master enshrined it in His heart, so that He affectionately obeyed it.