Sunday Morning SoundBytes – 4/12/2015
Sunday’s message from The Sermon on the Mount series was called Surpassing Righteousness, taken from Matthew 5:17-20. Here is a brief outline of the message:
I. Jesus came to fulfill the law and the prophets (17)
A. He fulfilled the demands of the law:
1) He lived a perfect life of obedience to the law (Heb 4:15)
2) He took the law’s punishment for our sin (Gal 3:13)
B. He fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies:
– Luke 24:25-27, 44; John 5:39-40
C. He revealed the true meaning of the law:
– “I tell you …” (throughout Matthew 5); Romans 13:9-10
II. Jesus affirmed the continuing authority of the law (18-19)
A. The word of God stands forever (Is 40:8; Matt 24:35; 2 Pet 3:18)
B. Every part matters (2 Timothy 3:16; John 10:35)
C. We must practice and teach all of it (Matt 28:20; John 14:15)
Note: What about the civil and ceremonial laws in the Old Testament?
– separated Israel from the nations around them
– provided specific applications for the nation of Israel
– pointed to Christ and fulfilled in his death on the cross
III. Jesus proclaimed the need for a greater righteousness (20)
A. The righteousness of the Pharisees and teachers of the law:
1) was self-serving (Matthew 23:5-7)
2) was partial (Matthew 23:23)
3) was external only (Matthew 23:25-28)
B. The greater righteousness:
1) was testified to by the law and prophets (Romans 3:21)
2) is credited to us by faith in Christ (Philippians 3:9)
3) is worked in us by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:4)
4) will get you into the kingdom of heaven (Matt 5:20)
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