The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum "fullfill" in Matthew 5:17

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Hence the Westminster Assembly did not see this text as teaching a fulfillment in the way of abrogation, but in confirmation.</font><hr></blockquote><p>I'm quite sure that Carlos is not arguing for a meaning of "fulfill" as an abrogation of the law, (I'm sure Carlos will affirm this! [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img] ), but rather that Christ was going far beyond "affirmation", i.e., He was first re-establishing the moral law (not civil as Bahsen would have us believe), i.e., confirming the perpetuity of the moral law but much more establishing Himself as the perfect "Law-doer"; as the second Adam and representative of those for whom He came to redeem. Thus, as Matthew shows in his recording of Christ's teachings, He sets forth the depth and spirituality of the moral law in contradistinction to the corrupted teaching of the law as was taught by the Pharisees and the tradition that was handed down to them over many generations.<br><br>In His Grace,