Quiz: The God-Man Jesus Christ

This test is a study guide that can only provide some preliminary information for a personal encounter with Christ. The purpose of human life is not just to learn about Christ, but to know Christ, to get to know Him, and to fellowship with Him.

• 1. How did Christ treat the ceremonies, the Temple in Jerusalem, and the houses of worship?
  1 He preferred to ignore the Temple, synagogues, and rituals
  2 He honoured the Temple and all Jewish ceremonies, because He did not come to break the law, but to fulfil it (Matthew 5:17)
  3 He honoured the Temple, but He argued that not all Jewish rituals were God-pleasing
  
  Correct answer: №3
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  Comment:

  Regarding the requirements of the Law, Christ clearly said that He did not come to break it, but to fulfil it (Matt. 5:17). Meanwhile, the Gospel reports repeated cases of the Jews accusing Christ of breaking the Law. The point is that the Law was originally intended not only for the current life of the Jews, but also for their preparation for the future Coming of the Messiah. If they had understood the Law correctly, if they had obeyed it correctly, they should have recognised the Messianic dignity in Christ. But many, including the reprovers of Christ, did not. Why?

  They called themselves zealots of the Law, but in reality, they were zealots of the requirements and rituals that were formed on the basis of their interpretation of the Law. Those requirements and ceremonies that were in conformity with the true meaning of the law were treated by Christ as divinely established; and those that were inconsistent, or even contradictory, were treated by Christ as distorting or perverting its inner meaning.

  Furthermore, since the ceremonial requirements of the Law were temporary, they were abolished with the establishment of the New Covenant.

  "And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. (Luke.4:15) So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. (Luke.4:16)". (Also see, e.g., Mt.4:23; Mk.1:39; Lk.4:44; Mt.9:35).

  "Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, (Luke.19:45),saying to them, «It is written, «My house is a house of prayer,́ but you have made it a «den of thieves.»́ (Luke.19:46) And He was teaching daily in the temple... (Luke.19:47)

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