Do the words of Jesus apply today?

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Do the words of Jesus apply today?

• MMLJBC not New Testament
• (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Before Cross)

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Why this doctrine?

• To allow and accept into fellowship those in
  second marriages regardless of the cause of the
  previous putting away, Matthew 5 31-32 196-9

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Why this doctrine?

• Christs Old Testament teaching on marriage,
  divorce and remarriage in Matthew 19 is not New
  Testament doctrine, but his restatement of the
  true law of Moses in contrast to the false
  rabbinical traditions of the Jews on marriage,
  divorce and remarriage.
• Dan Billingsly http//www.biblestudiesbydanbilling
  sly.org/page6.html

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Jerry Bassett (Rethinking Marriage, Divorce and
  Remarriage)
• It is often assumed that Jesus used The
  Beatitudes to introduce new qualities which would
  characterize primarily, if not exclusively, those
  who would become citizens of the spiritual
  kingdom he came to establish. Truly, these
  qualities are required of Christians

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• however, on the particular occasion when Jesus
  delivered the Sermon of the Mount, he addressed
  Jews who were still obligated to the Law of
  Moses. His purpose, as at other times in
  teaching the Jewish multitudes, was to call them
  to repentance with reference to the law under
  which they lived, the Law of Moses.

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• In so doing, Jesus was preparing them for
  acceptance of the kingdom which God had sent him
  to establishWe should not be surprised, then, if
  we find Jesus directing the Jews back to the
  teaching of Moses, and of the Old Testament in
  general

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• in The Beatitudes everything Jesus declared to
  be essential to the enjoyment of spiritual
  happiness had alreday sic. been enjoined on his
  hearers, the Jews, by the teaching of the Old
  Testament.
• (Pages 13-14, emphasis added)

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Jerry Bassett (Rethinking Marriage, Divorce and
  Remarriage)
• The contention that Jesus words were intended
  to point the Jews to a higher, more spiritual
  plane than had Moses may be well intended, but it
  is false and misleading.
• (Page 23, emphasis added)

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Samuel Dawson (Taped sermon The Sermon on the
  Mount, the Law of Moses, and the New Covenant,
  4/15/90, Sumner, WA)
• -On Matthew 517ff a section that obviously
  is not part of the new covenant teaching. Jesus
  teaching Jews, bringing them back to the Law of
  Moses and Hes going to be reinforcing exactly
  what Moses said. (emphasis his)

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Samuel Dawson (Taped sermon The Sermon on the
  Mount, the Law of Moses, and the New Covenant,
  4/15/90, Sumner, WA)
• -On Matthew 519 The new covenant was not
  going to be revealed for three more years!

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Samuel Dawson (Taped sermon The Sermon on the
  Mount, the Law of Moses, and the New Covenant,
  4/15/90, Sumner, WA)
• -On Matthew 532 Jesus is teaching the same
  thing in 532 that Moses taught in Deut. 241-4.

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Samuel Dawson (Taped sermon The Sermon on the
  Mount, the Law of Moses, and the New Covenant,
  4/15/90, Sumner, WA)
• Dont assume that Matthew 5 and Matthew 19 is
  addressed to Christians It wasnt spoken to
  Christians. He was speaking to Jews, and He was
  saying it in a context of I didnt come to throw
  Moses out, I came to get you back to Moses the
  way you ought to have been.

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Dan Billingsly
• Jesus revealed no New Testament doctrine during
  the thirty-three years of the Old Testament age
  described in MMLJBC.
• -Letter to Dennis Ross, Nov-Dec, 2004

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Sermon on Mount Teaches OT

• Dan Billingsly (www.biblestudiesbydanbillingsly.or
  g)
• Explains in detail why Malachi is not the last
  book of the Old Testament and why Matthew is not
  the first book of the New Testament. Explains
  why Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23 and John 19
  describe the end of the Old Testament, and why
  the New Testament begins in Acts 2.

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Do the Words of Jesus Apply Today?

• Do MMLJBC belong to the Old Testament (the Law of
  Moses)?
• Do MMLJBC belong to the New Testament (gospel of
  Christ)?

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Jesus Preached (Luke 1616)

• The gospel of the kingdom (Mk. 11 Matt. 423,
  17 Lk. 442-44)
• Parables, Matt. 1310, 16-17
• His church its foundation, Matt. 1616-18
• Keys of the kingdom (not keys of Israel), Matt.
  1619

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Jesus Preached (Luke 1616)

• The gospel of the kingdom (Mk. 11 Matt. 423,
  17 Lk. 442-44)
• New birth into kingdom (not into Israel), Jno.
  33-5
• Solving problems in the kingdom (the church),
  Matt. 1815-17
• Apostles preached the kingdom before the
  cross, Matt. 105-7

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Jesus Preached (Luke 1616)

• The new covenant (Jer. 3131-34 Heb. 86-13
  915-17)
• Christs blood dedicated the new covenant He had
  preached
• Preached a memorial supper eaten in the kingdom,
  Matt. 2629

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Jesus Preached (Luke 1616)

• A different message (Jno. 117-18 746)
• Jesus revealed the Father to man, not Moses
• Jesus, not Moses, provided true manna through
  His words, Jno. 632-35, 51, 63
• If Jesus taught Moses, how is it the Jews knew
  Moses but did not know Jesus? Jno. 928-29

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Jesus Preached (Luke 1616)

• He His teaching is superior to to be
  preferred over the Law of Moses (Matt. 175)
• But I say to you, Matt. 522, 28, 32 729
• Words contain eternal life (Jno. 663, 67-68)
• If Jesus was teaching LOM, then eternal life was
  in the Law of Moses (Gal. 221 321)

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Jesus Preached (Luke 1616)

• He His teaching is superior to to be
  preferred over the Law of Moses (Matt. 175)
• His word the standard of judgment the source of
  life, Jno. 1248-50
• Moses spoke of Jesus, not the other way around!
  Jno. 546-47

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The Apostles Said

• Jesus preached gospel, not Law of Moses
• Jesus preached peace to Israel, Ac 1036-37
• What peace? Remission of sins, Acts 1338-39
  (not the LOM, Rom. 320)
• The peace Jesus preached reconciles Jews
  Gentiles to God in one body
• The church of Christ, not Israel
• The gospel, not the LOM, Eph. 214-18

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The Apostles Said

• Jesus preached gospel, not Law of Moses
• Jesus spoke salvation (not Law of Moses), Hebrews
  21-3
• Why did the Holy Spirit need to bring to their
  remembrance what Jesus taught if it has no
  authority or power after the cross? John
  1426

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MMLJBC Old or New Covenant?

• Were apostles ministers of death or life? 2 Cor.
  35-8
• If MMLJBC old covenant, then writing them
  ministered death (buton stones, 37)
• Did Matthew minister old covenant after cross?
• Was book of Matthew passing away? (37-8)
• Did Luke write old new covenant? Lk. 11-4
  Acts 11

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MMLJBC Old or New Covenant?

• Were apostles ministers of death or life? 2 Cor.
  35-8
• Were Jews reading Matthew as part of OT?
• Does Matthew keep the Jews from turning to the
  Lord?
• Or, did Matthews book try to lift the veil that
  remained when OT read? 2 Cor. 314-16

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MMLJBC Old or New Covenant?

• What writing of requirements was nailed to the
  cross? Col. 214
• A writing not verbal teaching of Jesus
• This is not MMLJ (they were written decades after
  the cross)
• LOM is the the law of commandments, Eph.
  214-15

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If MMLJBC is not Gospel, Then

• Disciple of Christ is not permitted to appeal to
  the very words of His Master to authorize His
  conduct (Lk. 640)
• Personal teachings of Jesus before the cross
  never apply to men after the cross
• But, Paul applied them, 1 Cor. 710 Acts
  2035

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MMLJBC Belongs to New Testament

• Dedicated by Christs blood in force today
  (Heb. 915-17)
• Contain the authority of ChristHear Him (Matt.
  175)
• We can hear do the words Jesus spoke (Matt.
  724)
• What Jesus taught on MDR applies to all