6. Jesus And The Law (1)

Jesus and the Law

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.

Matthew 5

1 The Ten Commandments Today?

a not a question of modern relevance

b but a question of covenants/testaments

2 Born Under the Law

a unusual characteristic of messianic figure

b not come to abolish

c but to fulfil

d prophets

3 The Prophets

a Jeremiah 31:31-34

b Ezekiel 36:22-32

c Pharisees

4 In and Enter

a least and great in

b never enter

5 The Sermon on the Mount

a popular because of miracles

b persecuted because different

c different in good works

d the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 5:17, 6:12)

e not miracle workers of lawlessness

6 The Six Illustrations

a You have heard it that it was said

b But I say to you

c minimizing and maximizing

d God inspired good works

7 You Must Be Born Again

a Pharisaic teacher of Israel

b the work of the Spirit