Continuing with the sermon on the mount and jesus exposition of the beatitude blessed are you who are persecuted because of righteousness, jesus explains the righteousness he has in mind. Up to this point, jesus has been describing the citizens of the kingdom. The gospel of matthew table of contents introduction to matthew 4 the genealogy of jesus christ 1. Turn in your bible, if you will, to matthew chapter 5, and tonight i want us to share just an opening message on one of the most marvelous passages of scripture we could ever study.
My sense is that the vast majority of rules and regulations that seek to govern our lives was hatched in the mind of someone who wanted to see things in the world get better. These verses serve as the introduction to the six great antitheses of 5. Read matthew 5 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. Do not think that i have come to abolish the law or the prophets. Matthew 5 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Matthew wrote from the perspective of old testament prophecy to demonstrate new testament fulfillment in the person of jesus christ. In his own list of the 12, he explicitly calls himself a. Their wishes became ideas became motions became legislation became laws, rules, and regulations.
Tools like the gospel transformation bible will help. Ongoing teaching through the gospel of matthew by pastor paul leboutillier of calvary chapel ontario oregon. In the gospel of john, jesus tells his listeners that he receives his very words and actions from the father. The mercy revealed in the gospel leads the believer to still deeper selfabhorrence.
We are continuing in our study on the sermon on the mount, and today we begin a new section where jesus begins to teach us about the law. Wikimedia commons debates concerning jewish identity following the siege of jerusalem and the destruction of second temple in 70 ce at the hands of the romans form the backdrop of matthew s assertions of the jewish character of jesus life and teachings. Historical context for matthew the core curriculum. What jesus teaches here is the critical foundational teaching of the gospel of the kingdom upon which the rest of the sermon all the way through chapter 7 hang. Parables material taken from 30 days to understanding the bible by max anders the nature of parables. For truly i tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the law until everything is accomplished. Ordinary people in his day revered the apparent righteousness of the religious leaders and could not.
It contains the first portion of the sermon on the mount, which will also take up chapters 6 and 7. Introduction to the gospel according to saint matthew the synoptic gospels matthew, mark and luke are usually known as the synoptic gospels. They knew that in order to be in relationship with god and expect him to. Matthew 5 john the baptist prepares the way 3 h in those days i john the baptist came preaching in j the wilderness of judea, 2 k repent, for l the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Crossword and word search puzzles gospel of matthew. Matthew 5 commentary william barclays daily study bible. What does it mean that the rain falls on the just and the unjust. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them. Law and prophets was typical way of referring to the scriptures, what we call the old testament. For verily i say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Instead, we find jesus repeatedly using phrases more likely to refer to oral teachings and interpretations rather than the written word of god. For truly i tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any mea. The gospel of matthew sermon outlines based on the gospel of matthew.
The sermon on the mount is the contents of this gospel proclamation of the kingdom. During his ministry, jesus was accused of playing fast and loose with some traditions and religious laws. Beginning in the first chapter of his gospel, matthew has taken great pains to point to jesus as the christ, who came in fulfillment of old. I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Gospel of matthew verse by verse ministry international. No man ever preached the way jesus christ preached. The context is that of eschatological judgment and its avoidance, and this with matthew s removal of reciprocal mercy, indicates that matthew may well be using the parable with a similar intent to mark.
A case in point is the ban on eating pork leviticus 11. And perhaps you look through ahead and see what passages are coming up, and what topics will be covered in those passages. One typical definition of a parable is a saying or story that seeks to drive home a point the. A number of important books have been written over the last fifty or so years that prophesied the moral condition we are in today. No sinner partakes of christs justifying righteousness, till he repents of his evil deeds. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama.
This is a muchdebated topic, and thus we will carefully draw conclusions that accord well with the entirety of scripture. We continue in our verse by verse bible study in the gospel of matthew on sunday mornings with pastor gino geraci at calvary south denver. Hughes then in verses 1720 jesus gives a summary description of the radical righteousness of the kingdom, also introducing six great examples of how this righteousness is in continuity with the old testament law. Chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 digression 3 judge not chapter 8 digression 4 let the dead bury their dead digression 5 legion and the gadarene pigs chapter 9 digression 6 the table manners of jesus chapter 10 digression 7 matthew 10. When jesus finished the sermon on the mount, the bible says. It was certainly the concern of the jews of jesus time. Jesus did not come to affirm the laws that the pharisees had made in an effort to build a wall around the law.
The beatitudes come before in verses 112, and they summarize the characteristic attitudes of those who would follow jesus. For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes matt. The gospel and the religious mind an attempt to distinguish the mind of christ from the ordinary religious mind. I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. The gentiles now had an opportunity to be subjects of the king as the gospel went global. We must never look on life as a kind of battle between the past and the present. If you had been in the audience when jesus spoke the words weve studied today, would they have inspired hope, hopelessness, or.
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture is taken from the new king james version. They also explain how we can live out the beatitudes of 5. Delivered sunday, september 19, 2004 at bethany bible church. One of the most debated verses in the gospel, this verse begins a new section on jesus and the torah, where jesus discusses the law and the prophets. The subjects of jesus kingdom are to be rightly related to gods abiding law.
Lets take a brief look at the context of our passage, matthew 5. I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Feb 25, 2016 many of the prohibitions and requirements in the old testament, seem pointless to the modern western mind. Jan 31, 2011 verse 17 is a very important point for matthew and for jesus. Think not that i am come to destroy the law or the prophets from verse 3 to the 10th inclusive, our lord seems chiefly to respect the whole body of his true disciples and followers. This statement is situated within the sermon on the mount, the first of five great discourses in the gospel. The spirit of the law and reconciliation matthew 5. You know each week as we go through a book of the bible, we cover a different passage of the bible. Matthew, meaning gift of the lord, was the other name of levi 9. Matthew s gospel is wellknown for its distinctive features like the jesus birth story, the beatitudes in the sermon on the mount, jesus confrontations with the pharisees and his indepth explanations of end. Continuing with the sermon on the mount and jesus exposition of the beatitude blessed are you who are persecuted because of righteousness, jesus explains the righteousness he. In this sermon, jesus explores the meaning of the law for his contemporary reality, not desiring for its discontinuation cf.
Think not that i am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. Amen, i say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. The law that is being discussed in the passages of matthew 5. The next section details the righteousness of the kingdom. Did jesus mean we should literally pluck out our eyes and cut off our hands in matthew 5. Pilate presents jesus to the public in antonio ciseris 1871 masterpiece. The issue of personal righteousness is a matter that should be of great concern to all christians. For truly, i say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Portions are similar to the sermon on the plain in luke 6, but much of the material is found only in matthew.
Why did jesus warn against saying the word raca in matthew 5. Matthew 5 is the fifth chapter of the gospel of matthew in the new testament. Some of these books are very philosophical or intellectual in their approach and therefore have not been very popular with most people. Study the bible online using commentary on matthew 5 and more. Some have felt that they are in contradiction to jesus more liberal attitude to the law1 attested in marks gospel and elsewhere. In the beatitudes jesus taught us about a christians character.
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