Jesus Christ the Moral Legislator
Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.


I. lie fulfilled the law by spiritualizing it.

II. He fulfilled the law by developing it.

III. He fulfilled the law by generalising it and making it universal.

1. Breaking down class distinctions.

2. He abolished national distinctions in morality.

3. He abolished sex distinctions in morality.

(J. C. Jones.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

WEB: "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.




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