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. TO EXPOUND ITS SPIRITUALITY. II. TO EMBODY ITS PRINCIPLES. III. TO HONOUR ITS BREACH. 1. It had been broken in the practice of man, and He. came to atone for it. 2. It had been broken in the estimation of man, and He came to show him its glory. IV. To SECURE ITS FULFILMENT. 1. By the presentation of a sufficient motive. 2. By the impartation of Divine power. (T. Baron.) I. The greatness of the assumption here made by Christ. Christ accepts the prophecies of the Old Testament as Divine, and points to Himself as their fulfilment. II. These words of Jesus reveal the historical continuity of Christianity. III. These words teach us the permanent authority of the moral principles of the Jewish law. Nothing that is moral can be destroyed. We do not need the light of stars when the sun has risen; but the stars are shining still. (G. S. Barrett.) 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. |
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