Matthew 51726 Suppose you were to die and stand before God and He were to ask you Why should I let you into my heaven what would you say Conventional wisdom You get in if you perform ID: 589206
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Living the Law
Matthew 5:17-26Slide2
Suppose you were to die and stand before God and He were to ask you, “Why should I let you into my heaven,” what would you say?Slide3
Conventional wisdom: You “get in” if you perform.Slide4
“I didn’t come to do away with the Law or the Prophets.”Slide5
Matthew shows how Jesus fulfilled the prophetic Scriptures:
1:23
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manner of his conception and birth
2:6
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place of his birth
2:14,15
– flight into Egypt
3:3
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ministry of the forerunner Slide6
Jesus fulfilled the Law (Moses’ writings):
Leviticus
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the sacrificial system that finds
fulfillment in God’s Messiah -
Yeshua
Genesis
– entrance of sin into human race and the promise of redemption through the Seed of the Woman
Exodus
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the Passover Lamb
Numbers
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the Rock in the wildernessSlide7
The Law
:
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holy, righteous, and good
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a timeless expression of the holiness
of God
and of how He desires His people to liveSlide8
What does inner goodness look like in ordinary life?Slide9
6 contrasts between the outer goodness of the Pharisees and true inner goodness
#1
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related to the 6
th
Commandment:
VI. Thou shalt not commit murderSlide10
A few choice
words: twit, jerk, idiot
Raca
= blockhead, imbecile
Fool = moronSlide11
Contempt and anger = murderSlide12
How should I respond when someone irritates me?Slide13
Two illustrations:
Interrupt worship to make
reconciliation
vs
23
Forego retaliation to make
reconciliation vs 25-26 Slide14
Valuing the lives of even those who irritate us is only possible because of a connection to Jesus.
Given permission, He will live His life through us, producing the genuine inner goodness that the Law intends Slide15