Sermon On The Mount

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Sermon On The Mount

• Lesson 5 Christ Fulfills The Law
• (Matthew 517-20)

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History

• Josephus said, The Pharisees appear more
  religious than others, and seem to interpret the
  laws more accurately.
• Pharisee means separated one.
• Pharisees were known for punctual observance of
  laws concerning ceremonial purity.
• Food or drink items could not be purchased from a
  sinner for fear of ceremonial defilement.
• A Pharisee could not eat in the house of a
  sinner, but could entertain a sinner in his
  home. Clothes would be provided to the sinner
  since his clothes would be impure.
• Washing of hands before eating bread was required
  (Mt. 153).
• Living in a changing culture of the Greco-Roman
  era required these laws to become workable.
• The world worshipped idols which were associated
  with sexual sins.
• A system of traditions was established to be
  applied to various circumstances.

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History

• The Talmud preserves 316 controversies between
  the schools of Hillel and Shammai.
• Liberal and conservative views are presented.
• These traditions began as commentary on the Law,
  but ultimately raised to the level of Law itself
  (Mt. 151-9).
• Justification of the Talmud was that the oral
  law was given by God to Moses along with the
  written law also known as Torah.
• Pharisaisim began well, but is a reminder of that
  self-complacency and spiritual pride are
  temptations which the pious are particularly
  susceptible.
• The Pharisees neglected the real intent of the
  Law (Mt. 153 2323). They were more concerned
  about the minutia of the Law.

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Introduction

• Appearing to be righteous and being righteous are
  two different things
• Do not judge according to appearance, but judge
  with righteous judgment. (Jh. 724)
• For the Lord does not see as man sees for man
  looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord
  looks at the heart. (I Sm. 167)
• Right or wrong is not based on our biases,
  opinions, traditions or predispositions, but on
  Gods standard.
• Compromise is the first step to drifting away.
  (Hb. 21)
• Traditions are not law, but can be viewed as law.
  Traditions can be right or wrong, based on Gods
  word (Mt. 153).
• hold the traditions which you were taught,
  whether by word or our epistle. (II Th. 215)
• Religious and pious people need to watch out for
  danger. We must worship God in spirit and in
  truth. (Jh. 424)
• Jesus explains the real purpose of the Law and a
  righteous life.

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Fulfilling The Law

• Jesus mission was to fulfill the Law.
• Fulfill means to complete its purpose.
• Destroy means to abrogate statues.
• The Law was not to be perpetuated.
• Types and Antitypes needed to be fulfilled
  (Hebrews).
• who serve the copy and shadow of heavenly
  things (Hb. 85)
• For the law having a shadow of good things to
  come, and not the very image of things (Hb.
  101)
• Type form and shadow (I.e. tabernacle, earthly
  High Priest, temple items, blood sacrifices,
  atonement, etc.).
• Antitype substance, image (I.e. church,
  heavenly High Priest, heavenly sanctuary, blood
  sacrifice, atonement, etc.).
• Over 300 prophecies needed to be fulfilled (Isa.
  21-6, Dan. 244 Mt. 1618 Ac. 227 Jer.
  3131).
• Once the Old Testament Law was fulfilled, it was
  no longer in effect. After it was fulfilled, it
  served its useful purpose.

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Purpose Status Of The Law

• The purpose of the Old Testament Law was to lead
  us to Christ and is to provide hope
• But the Scripture has confined all under sin,
  that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might
  be given to those who believetherefore the law
  was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we
  might be justified by faith. But after faith has
  come, we are no longer under a tutor. (Ga.
  322-25)
• For whatever things were written before were
  written for our learning, that we through
  patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have
  hope. (Ro. 154)
• We are under the New Testament Law today, the Old
  Testament Law is no longer in effect (I.e.
  sacrifices, feast days, ordinances, tithing,
  etc.).
• The Old Testament Law has been annulled, weak and
  unprofitable, with fault, obsolete, vanished
  away, grown old, nailed to the cross, abolished,
  and FULFILLED (Hb. 718 87, 13 Col. 214Ep.
  215 Mt. 517)
• The Old Testament Law was for the Hebrew nation.
  The New Testament Law is for all people as God
  promise Abraham.
• And if you are Christs, then you are Abrahams
  seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Ga.
  329 Ro. 416)

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What Is A Jot And A Tittle?

• A jot is the smallest letter of the Hebrew
  alphabet i (smallest mark or part)
• A tittle is a simple turn in which one letter
  is distinguished from another e
• All must be fulfilled by Jesus life before the
  kingdom can be established.
• Now when they had fulfilled all that was written
  concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree
  and laid Him in a tomb. But God raised Him from
  the dead. (Ac. 1329-30)
• And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in
  two from top to bottom and the earth quaked and
  the rocks were split open. (Mt. 2751)
• The material earth will pass away, but not until
  it served Gods purpose.
• Before the Old Testament Law was abolished, ALL
  of the Old Testament prophecies had to be
  fulfilled.

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Lesson To Learn

• We are no longer under the Old Testament Law with
  its ordinances, sacrifices, feast days, tithing,
  etc.
• This issue confronted the early New Testament
  church and continues today (Ac. 15, Galatians,
  Hebrews, etc.).
• The Old Testament Law has been abolished, made of
  no effect, nailed to the cross and FULFILLED!
• The new kingdom and law was promised and
  fulfilled
• Old Testament prophesied of a new kingdom the
  God of heaven will set up a new kingdom which
  shall never be destroyedit shall stand forever.
  (Da. 244)
• Jesus said, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is
  at hand. (Mt. 417)
• Jesus said, I will build my church. (Mt.
  1618)
• It came to pass, And the Lord added to the
  church daily those who were being saved. (Ac.
  247 Col. 113)
• Many acknowledged Jesus message, for we heard
  Him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy
  this place and change the customs which Moses
  delivered to us. (Ac. 614 749, 53).
• We can not be justified by the Old Testament Law,
  if we do, then you have fallen from grace. (Ga.
  54)

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Righteous Pharisees

• The Pharisees had established their own system of
  righteousness.
• For they being ignorant of Gods righteousness,
  and seeking to establish their own righteousness,
  have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
  For Christ is the end of the law for
  righteousness to everyone who believes. (Ro.
  101-4)
• Jesus pronounced Woes on the Pharisees in Mt
  23.
• They do works to be seen of men. (v. 5)
• They love the best seats. (v.6)
• For you devour widows houses. (v. 14)
• For whoever swears by the temple, it is
  nothing. (v. 16)
• You have neglected the weightier matters of the
  law. (v.23)
• For you are like whitewashed tombs. (v. 27)
• Jesus called them fools, hypocrites, lawless and
  blind.
• Jesus rebuke their traditions And in vain they
  worship Me, teaching as doctrines the
  commandments of men. (Mt. 159)
• They had proud, self-righteous and complacent
  attitudes (Lk. 189-14).

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Lessons To Learn

• There are two kinds of righteousness Mans and
  Gods.
• We can establish our own system of righteousness.
• We can be zealous for the wrong cause (I.e. Paul
  Ph. 31-6)
• We can know if we truly know God by passing the
  tests given to us by John (I John).
• Being religious does not mean we are
  righteous.
• The creeds and traditions of man are opposed to
  God.
• And in vain they worship Me, teaching as
  doctrines the commandments of men. (Mt. 159)
• What kind of creeds? Westminister Confession of
  Faith, Book of Mormon, etc.
• What kind of traditions? Family religion,
  changing worship service arrangements, etc.
• Acceptable worship to God is, in spirit and
  truth. (Jh. 424)
• BEWARE of the the Pharisee in You!

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Lessons To Learn

• Our interpretation of the law and establishment
  of traditions can result in the creation of our
  own system of righteousness.
• Pharisees used their traditions to challenge
  Jesus and His disciples Plucking grain on the
  Sabbath, Healing on the Sabbath, Washing hands,
  Corban, etc. (Mt. 121-8 151-20 Mk. 73-9 Lk.
  61-11).
• Watch Out! Beware lest anyone cheat you
  through philosophy and empty deceit, according to
  the tradition of men, according to the basic
  principles of the world, and not according to
  Christ. (Col. 28)
• We are redeemed from, aimless conduct received
  by the traditions from your fathers. (I Pt.
  118)
• We are not to heed fables, endless genealogies,
  profane and old wives fables (I Tm. 14 47).
• We must abide in the doctrine of Christ. (III
  Jh. 9)
• Traditions can be good or bad in reference to
  Gods word.
• Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me
  in all things and keep the traditions as I
  delivered them. (I Co. 112)
• hold the traditions which you were taught,
  whether by word or our epistle. (II Th. 215)

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Respect For Gods Law

• How do we show respect for Gods Law?
• We must pay attention to details - whoever does
  and teaches them (Mt. 519)
• We must hear and do what God says (Mt.
  715-28).
• How do we show disrespect for Gods Law?
• Thinking it is a trivial matter to break little
  laws
• therefore whoever breaks one of the least of
  these commands, and teaches men so, shall be
  called least in the kingdom of heaven (Mt.
  519)
• Youwho teach another, do you not teach
  yourself? (Ro. 221)
• For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
  stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. (Jm.
  210)
• Condoning sin those who practice such things
  are worthy of death, not only do the same, but
  also approve of those who practice them. (Ro.
  132).
• Twisting the Scriptures to our own destruction
  (II Pt. 316-18).
• Establish traditions of men as law and habitual
  disobedience.

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Lessons To Learn

• The person who is unfaithful in that which is
  little will be unfaithful in that which is
  great. Sin is sin. There are no degrees of sin
  in Gods sight.
• sin is lawlessness. (I Jh. 34)
• whatever is not from faith is sin. (Ro. 1423)
• All unrighteousness is sin (I Jh. 517)
• We can fall short of the grace of God. (Hb.
  1215)
• Sin is deceitful. (Hb. 313)
• Whoever practices sin is the slave of sin. (Ro.
  616)
• Satan is the Father of evil desires such as
  murder, lying, etc. (Jh. 844)
• The process of practicing sin or righteousness
  starts with desire. (Jm. 114-15 Mt. 56)
• A true spirit of obedience seeks to do all the
  commands of God.
• For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
  stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. For
  He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said,
  Do not murder. Now if you do not commit
  adultery, but you do murder, you have become a
  transgressor of the law. (Jm. 210-11)

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The Intent Of The Old Law

• Greatest commandment is LOVE.
• You shall love the Lord your God with all your
  heart, with all your soul, and with all your
  mindon these two commandments hang all the Law
  and the Prophets. (Mt. 2235-40)
• Review the 10 commandments and how they are
  restated in the New Testament. For example
• Murder has been wrong through all dispensations
  of time (Ge. 95-6 Ex. 201-17 Mt. 521-22 Ga.
  519-21)
• All the 10 commandments have been restated in the
  New Testament, except for remembering the Sabbath
  day.
• The ordinances, sacrifices, feast days,
  circumcision, etc., are no longer in effect.
  (Col. 214 Hb. 87-13)
• We have a Law written in our hearts, not tablets
  of stone.
• I will put my laws in their mind and write them
  on their hearts (Hb. 810)
• You are our written epistle of Christ, known and
  read by all menwritten not with ink, not on
  tablets of stone, but on tablets of flesh, that
  is, of the heart. (I Co. 32-3)

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Lessons To Learn

• Focus on the quality of being a Christian, not
  just the quantity of commands we keep.
• Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees (Mt.
  166 Ro. 101-4)
• Dont neglect the weighter matters of the law.
  (Mt. 2323)
• We have one of four types of hearts (Lk.
  811-15).
• The purity of our inward thoughts will be linked
  to our outward actions.
• Deeds such as hospitality, producing fruit of
  teaching, praying for enemies, compassionate
  acts, enduring suffering, speech, etc.
• Our actions are a reflection of what is in our
  heart.
• For out the heart proceed evil thoughts,
  murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false
  witness, blasphemies. These are the things that
  defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does
  not defile a man. (Mt. 1519-20)
• A good man out of the good treasure of his heart
  brings forth good things, and an evil man out of
  the evil treasure brings forth evil things. (Mt.
  1335)

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Summary

• We are no longer under the Old Testament Law
  because it has served its useful purpose. It has
  a new purpose.
• For whatever things were written before were
  written for our learning, that we through
  patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have
  hope. (Ro. 154)
• The New Testament is the new will of Jesus. It
  is in effect and we will be judged by His words.
• He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
  words, has that which judges him the word I
  have spoken will judge him in the last day.
  (Jh. 1248)
• We must have respect for Gods authority by
  hearing and doing what He says. Anything less is
  disobedience.
• Traditions can be good or bad. Dont elevate
  traditions of men to the status of law.
• Beware of having a Pharisee living in you!