Summer on the Mount with Jesus 6/4/2023
“Christ Came to Fulfill the Law” (Matthew 5:17-20 NLT)
1. What is the Sermon on the Mount? The first of five messages from Christ in the Gospel of Matthew.
· Mt 5-7 The Sermon on the Mount (a hill on the shore of Galilee)
· Mt 10 Sermon on discipleship
· Mt 13 Sermon on parables
· Mt 18 Sermon on community
· Mt 24-25 Sermon on future events
*The Sermon on the Mount emphasizes Jesus’ ________ teachings.
Christ Came to Fulfill the Law (Matthew 5:17-20 NLT)
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2. What is the law?
a. __________ commandments the Scribes (writers & teachers) and the Pharisees (strict followers) found in the Torah (five books of Moses).
b. The first Ten Commandments were those given to ____________ by God. (Ex 20:2-17; Deut 5:6-21)
c. By the time Jesus came, religious leaders had turned the laws into a confusing mass of rules, often misquoted and misapplied.
3. Types of Laws:
a. ____________ or judicial laws: guide our conduct and apply to daily living; are adapted to a civil society.
b. __________ laws: related specifically to Israel’s worship and their purpose was to point toward Christ. After His death & resurrection, they are no longer needed & were the shadow of His coming and were fulfilled by Him.
c. ____________ laws: such as the Ten Commandments which reveal the nature and will of God.
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Learn and live it:
· Jesus summarized the commandments. (Mt 22:37-40)
· Paul tells us that _____ fulfills God’s requirements. (Ro 13:9-10)
· Ceremonial requirements of the Mosaic Law were fulfilled in Christ and no longer need to be observed by Christians.
(Col 2:16-17) _________________________________________
· Christ fulfills or completes the law and God gives us a ________ covenant. (Heb 8:8-13; Ro 10:1-4) ________________________
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· The law was to teach us about ___________ (a schoolmaster). (Gal 3:13, 24-26) ______________________________________
· The law shows us how sinful we are and how we are made right with God by placing our faith in Christ. (Ro 3:19-22)
· By faith in Christ, we fulfill the requirement of the law. (Ro 3:31)
· The only way for us to love under the requirement of the law is by the ____________ of God through faith in Jesus Christ and His righteousness. (Ro 6:14)
· Some were “experts” at telling others what to do, but they missed the central point of God’s laws themselves. (Mt 23:2-4)
· The righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees was essentially external adherence to rules without allowing God to change their ____________. (Mt 23:23-26)
· A large portion of the Sermon on the Mount is the righteousness of the ____________ of Heaven in contrast to the Scribes and Pharisees interpretation of it.
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