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 I have a Captain Obvious statement to make this morning.

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 As you turn in your Bibles to Matthew 5,

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 we're going to be looking at verses 17-20.

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 And the Captain Obvious statement is this.

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 The Sermon on the Mount, it's a sermon.

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 It's Jesus preaching.

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 And so as we turn there, listen to the words of Jesus.

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 Listen to what He's actually saying.

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 It's phenomenal.

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 It's extraordinary.

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 It should blow your mind.

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 Hear the word of the Lord Jesus.

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 He's speaking about the whole Old Testament there.

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 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 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.

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 Therefore, whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same,

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 will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 How many sermons have you heard in your life?

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 I mean, if you've been a Christian for 10 years and you show up to, you know, 48 services, that's 480 sermons.

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 That's a lot of sermons.

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 You've probably got by now that there's three basic parts to a sermon.

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 There's the introduction, which is the hook that raises the need.

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 And then there's the body, which is the content.

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 And then there's the clothes, which kind of brings it all together and to bear in our lives.

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 Well, when you look at the Sermon on the Mount, you see all those elements.

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 You see the introduction.

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 Those are the Beatitudes.

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 Jesus is saying, this is my kingdom people.

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 This is the character of those who follow me.

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 And they're going to be salt and light.

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 And the disciples are wondering, well, then, how do you do that?

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 So he's hooked them.

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 And then there's the clothes of the sermon.

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 Would you flip over in your Bible to Matthew 7 and verse 13?

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 This is the clothes of the sermon.

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 And Jesus calls his listeners to make a decision.

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 And he says, hey, folks, there's two ways to live.

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 You can either live this way or live this way.

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 You can go through the narrow gate or through the wide gate.

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 You can be like a healthy tree or a diseased tree.

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 You can be one who does the will of the Heavenly Father.

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 You can be a worker of lawlessness.

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 Or the final one is, hey, you can be like a wise man who builds his house on the rock.

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 Or you can be like the fool who builds his house on the sand.

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 The point is, Jesus is saying, there's two ways to live.

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 You decide.

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 That's the clothes.

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 He calls his listeners to make a decision.

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 And in between the Beatitudes in those two ways to live is the body of his sermon.

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 And this morning, we're looking at the very start of the sermon.

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 This morning, I asked.

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 We started by opening up the Bible and said, turn your pages to Bibles to Matthew 5.

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 And then I read from you the passage that I'm going to be preaching on this morning.

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 Jesus does something very similar.

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 He calls his disciples to listen to what he's going to expound on from the Scriptures.

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 Now, let me just tell you something about Christian preaching.

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 What makes Christian preaching Christian versus Islamic or Jewish?

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 A Christian preacher is going to preach Jesus Christ from the God-inspired text of the Bible.

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 That's what makes Christian preaching Christian.

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 We preach Christ from the Scriptures.

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 And we see that happening.

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 This very first sermon of our King, it is distinctly Christian.

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 Let's ask Jesus a question.

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 Jesus, as you start the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus, what text are you using?

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 We want to open our Bibles, Jesus.

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 Would you show us the chapter and verse?

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 What book should we turn to, Jesus?

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 You know, if Jesus was here, you know what he'd say to us?

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 This morning, would you open up your Bibles to the entire Old Testament?

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 Because I'm going to preach from the Old Testament.

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 And then he's going to say something like this this morning.

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 Here's the topic of the entire Old Testament.

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 It's phenomenal.

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 It's like, here we are, everybody.

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 Here's the main point.

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 The Old Testament is fulfilled in me.

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 That's where he starts the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Text for this morning, Old Testament.

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 Point of this morning's sermon, the Old Testament finds its fulfillment in me.

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 Only God incarnate can pull that off.

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 Only God in the flesh can say something like that.

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 Only God can say, the Old Testament finds its fulfillment in me.

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 The sermon that Jesus is preaching in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 it's not the exposition of one verse or a paragraph or a chapter.

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 It's on the whole Bible of their time.

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 The Law and the Prophets.

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 Genesis through Malachi.

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 And so what this morning, I just want to be very clear,

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 is that you need to say is that Jesus is claiming to be the fulfillment

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 of all that the Old Testament points to.

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 It's all about him.

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 And our response is, who can say something like that but God himself?

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 So four things I want to help you see.

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 First is this, how Jesus understood the Old Testament,

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 his view of the Old Testament.

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 We'll see that in verse 18.

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 And then we'll come back to verse 17,

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 so you can see how Jesus thought about his relationship to the Old Testament.

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 And then we'll see in verse 19 is a bit of a warning.

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 And then verse 20, after he lays all this out about his relationship to the Old Testament,

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 he's going to call us to a kind of righteousness that has yet to be seen on earth.

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 A righteousness that exceeds that of even the scribes and Pharisees.

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 So let's look at Jesus' view of the Old Testament.

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 We're going to look at chapter 5, verse 18.

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 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,

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 not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

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 Up until this point, Jesus has already shown his view of the Scriptures.

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 Do you remember chapter 4?

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 Satan comes out in the wilderness.

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 Satan comes out in the wilderness.

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 He squares off on Jesus and tempts Jesus three times.

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 And Jesus pulls out the shield of faith.

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 Pew, pew, pew, pew.

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 Blocks his shots.

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 Brings down the sword of the Spirit.

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 And he quotes three times from the book of Deuteronomy.

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 Jesus had a high view of the Bible.

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 And it functioned in his life.

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 You see him battling in chapter 4 with God's Word.

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 He was already using the Mosaic Law.

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 He believes in it.

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 He trusts it.

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 He's living by it.

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 And so what Jesus is going to talk to us about this morning

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 is his relationship to the Old Testament.

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 And so at the beginning of verse 18, he says,

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 truly I say to you, for truly I say to you,

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 and that's his distinct way of saying,

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 listen to the truth I'm about to say

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 because you can bank your life on it.

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 And then he says,

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 until heaven and earth pass away.

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 Until heaven and earth pass away.

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 Not an iota.

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 Not a dot will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

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 That little phrase,

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 until heaven and earth pass away,

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 well it's an expression.

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 Meaning,

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 it's timeless.

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 It's permanent.

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 It's going to be here for the rest of time.

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 And then when he starts talking about those,

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 what is an iota?

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 What's he talking about that?

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 An iota?

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 What's that?

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 What's a dot?

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 What's he talking about?

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 Well he's talking about this.

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 God has inspired the Old Testament.

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 It originated in his mind.

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 And what Jesus is getting here is

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 the Old Testament's permanent.

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 It's from God.

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 And it's all from him.

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 It's going to be here.

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 And then he says this.

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 Just in case you're wondering,

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 it's not inspired just in idea only.

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 Every iota,

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 every little dot

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 originated in the mind of God.

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 And what those are,

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 are the very smallest pen strokes

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 strokes of the Hebrew alphabet.

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 They're the tiniest of details

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 in the Hebrew language.

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 And what God,

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 what Jesus is saying is,

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 it's all from God.

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 It's permanent.

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 In the details.

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 Not just the ideas.

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 But the very words,

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 the very strokes themselves,

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 originated in God's mind

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 and is for our benefit

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 now.

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 And then he says,

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 this law,

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 the law and the prophets,

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 the Old Testament,

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 hey,

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 it's not going to pass away

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 until all

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 is accomplished.

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 Well that's getting at the

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 prophetic nature

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 of the

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 Old Testament.

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 Do you know what a three point

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 stance is in football?

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 Guys get down like this.

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 They're getting ready.

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 They're like poised to pounce.

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 The Old Testament is like

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 a coiled spring

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 ready to

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 make known something.

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 It's prophetic in nature.

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 All of it.

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 So whether it's the prophets,

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 whether it's the judges

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 or Ruth

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 or 1 and 2 Samuel,

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 those narratives,

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 whether it's wisdom literature

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 like the Psalms

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 or Proverbs,

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 even the Mosaic law itself,

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 all those regulations,

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 all of it

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 is aimed.

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 All of it

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 is poised.

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 All of it

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 is anticipating something.

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 It's all prophetic.

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 It shows up in different ways.

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 But it's all designed

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 to point

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 to something

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 until all

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 is accomplished.

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 accomplished.

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 The Old Testament

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 reveals God's plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time.

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 And that plan

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 comes into clarity

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 in the New Testament.

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 So,

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 the Apostle Paul

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 talked about it this way

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 in Ephesians 1.10.

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 God has this plan

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 for the fullness

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 of time

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 to unite

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 all things

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 in

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 Christ.

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 the Old Testament

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 is going to find

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 its ultimate fulfillment,

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 its ultimate

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 yes and amen

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 in the person

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So,

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 Jesus' view

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 of the Old Testament,

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 it's permanent

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 all the way down

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 to the details.

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 It's prophetic.

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 It's pointing

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 at something.

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 He's going to say

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 it's pointing

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 to Himself.

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 And it's binding.

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 God's law,

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 His moral law

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 is to be obeyed

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 by all

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 for all humankind.

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 And so,

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 what God outlines

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 in the Old Testament,

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 His will

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 for men and women,

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 His moral will,

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 that doesn't change

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 as culture changes.

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 It's permanent.

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 He's always been

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 a holy God.

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 And so,

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 to sum up

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 Jesus' view

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 of the Old Testament,

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 it is

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 permanent,

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 it's prophetic,

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 it's binding.

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 Why?

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 Because

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 the Old Testament,

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 the words

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 of the Old Testament

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 are God's words.

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 All Scriptures

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 breathed out

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 by God,

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 says Paul.

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 And he's talking

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 about the Old Testament.

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 Now,

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 if Jesus had

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 this view

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 of the Old Testament,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 what's your view

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 of the Old Testament

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 like?

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 Is it like,

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 take it or leave it?

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 Yeah,

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 if I had to choose,

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 I'd just go

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 with the New Testament.

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 What Jesus is saying

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 is that

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 the Old Testament

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 is vital

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 to understanding

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 who Jesus is.

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 So,

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 we've looked at

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 Jesus' view

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 of the Old Testament.

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 It is a high

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 and wonderful view.

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 In fact,

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 it would be

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 a shared view

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 with the Pharisees

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 and scribes

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 of the time.

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 Jesus never challenges

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 on their understanding

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 of the Old Testament.

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 The conflict comes over

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 the application of it.

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 We'll see that later.

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 The second thing

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 I want you to see,

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 and this is where,

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 like,

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 I've just been

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 so jazzed all week.

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 I can't believe

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 I get to proclaim

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 this to you guys today.

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 How Jesus viewed

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 his relationship

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 to the Old Testament.

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 So,

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 look at verse 17.

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 Knowing what

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 Jesus' view

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 of the Old Testament is,

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 let's go back

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 to verse 17.

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 We read this.

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 Jesus says,

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 Do not think

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 that I have come

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 to abolish the law

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 or the prophets,

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 all of the Old Testament.

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 I didn't come

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 to put that aside.

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 I have not come

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 to abolish them,

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 but to fulfill them.

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 I have come

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 to fulfill them.

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 I have come

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 to fulfill

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 the Old Testament.

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 Now,

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 we can ask

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 a question like this.

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 Why is even

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 Jesus talking

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 about the Old Testament?

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 And what I've

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 tried to tell you

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 up to this point

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 is, well,

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 he's starting

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 a sermon

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 and he's starting

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 in his text

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 and he's saying

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 his text is

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 the Old Testament.

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 Well,

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 there's another reason

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 why.

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 He's already

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 gone through

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 the introduction.

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 He's already

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 told his disciples

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 who are there

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 on the mountainside

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 listening to him,

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 you are

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 citizens of heaven.

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 blessed are those.

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 And he goes

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 from blessed

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 are those

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 in the third person

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 to coming down

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 into chapter 5

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 verses 10,

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 11,

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 12 to you.

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 You.

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 You are my salt.

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 You are my light.

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 And then he gets

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 into 517

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 and all of a sudden

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 he's talking about

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 me.

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 I.

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 It's emphatic.

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 And what Jesus

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 is saying is this.

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 Hey guys,

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 I know you're

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 wondering,

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 now that I've

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 told you

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 you're my salt

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 and light,

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 I know you're

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 wondering now

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 how to do that.

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 What to appeal

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 to.

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 What shows you

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 the way to do

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 that?

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 And he also

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 knows that,

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 hey,

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 if you think

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 I'm the Messiah,

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 you're probably

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 wondering what

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 my relationship

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 to the Old

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 Testament is

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 because the Old

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 Testament will

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 show you the

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 way.

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 And so

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 Jesus anticipating

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 that his disciples

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 are going to want

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 to know how to

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 rightly relate him

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 to the Old

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 Testament,

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 he addresses it

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 right out of the

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 gate.

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 So here's what I

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 want you to see.

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 The incarnate

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 word,

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 Jesus,

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 is about to

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 explain his

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 relationship to

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 the written word

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 of the Old

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 Testament.

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 it.

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 And what you're

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 going to see is

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 they're not in

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 opposition to

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 each other.

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 You see,

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 the written

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 word of God

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 points to the

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 incarnate word

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 of God,

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 and there's no

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 need to put them

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 at odds.

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 Jesus did not

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 come to abolish the

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 written word.

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 He came to

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 fulfill it.

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 Have you ever

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 planned a party?

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 And you're

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 planning the party

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 and you're

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 anticipating all

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 your friends coming

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 over and when

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 they finally get

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 there, you're

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 kind of like,

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 this is awesome.

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 All my friends

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 are here.

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 So your

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 planning is

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 the anticipating

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 and pointing to

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 the actual

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 party.

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 And when the

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 party happens,

00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.519
 it fulfills

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:45.920
 all the

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 planning.

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 The Old

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 Testament is

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.099
 the planning

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 of the party.

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 And when

00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.220
 Jesus is

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.839
 coming and

00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.259
 walks the

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 party,

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.279
 it's all

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 about Him.

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.000
 The Old

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 Testament is

00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:01.880
 like a

00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.380
 glove.

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 And Jesus

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.019
 is the

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 hand in

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.019
 the glove.

00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:06.740
 The Old

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.000
 Testament

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.480
 anticipates

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.400
 Jesus.

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.759
 If Jesus

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 didn't come to

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.920
 negate the

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.480
 Old Testament,

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 to minimize

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.099
 it,

00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:22.620
 why did

00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.680
 He come?

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 What's His

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.740
 relationship to

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:24.839
 it?

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 And it's in

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.000
 that word

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 fulfill.

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 Fulfill.

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 He didn't

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 come to

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 abolish.

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 He came to

00:18:32.140 --> 00:18:33.680
 fulfill it.

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 And that

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 word simply

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.920
 means to

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 bring meaning

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 and substance

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 to something.

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 It has this

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.600
 prophetic sense

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.700
 of anticipation,

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 finding,

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.660
 satisfaction,

00:18:46.020 --> 00:18:46.700
 and fulfillment.

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 And that is

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:50.240
 exactly what is

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.020
 going on here.

00:18:52.080 --> 00:18:52.580
 Jesus has

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.220
 talked about this

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 in other spots

00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:55.140
 in the Gospels.

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 John 5,

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 39.

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 I started our

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 service off with

00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.580
 this.

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 He says,

00:18:59.699 --> 00:19:00.179
 you look to

00:19:00.179 --> 00:19:00.579
 the Scriptures

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.139
 for eternal

00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.480
 life,

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.539
 but the

00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:02.759
 Scriptures

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:04.500
 actually are

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.000
 about me.

00:19:05.679 --> 00:19:06.179
 In whom

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.639
 is eternal

00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:06.919
 life?

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:09.460
 Luke 24,

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.619
 44-45,

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.500
 Jesus is up

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:11.879
 in the upper

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.379
 room after

00:19:12.379 --> 00:19:13.019
 His resurrection

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.480
 with His

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:13.939
 disciples.

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 And He

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.399
 explains to

00:19:17.399 --> 00:19:17.819
 them how

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.619
 He fulfilled

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.759
 Moses and

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.359
 the prophets

00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.179
 and the

00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:21.799
 Psalms,

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.619
 how the

00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.379
 Christ must

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 suffer.

00:19:24.919 --> 00:19:25.460
 They're all

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:25.960
 pointing to

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.200
 Him.

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.680
 That word

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.660
 fulfill is

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.240
 key to

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.779
 understanding

00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.380
 what Jesus

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:33.000
 is saying.

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.180
 And if you

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.819
 flip back

00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.519
 in Matthew,

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.700
 this isn't

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.039
 the first

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.700
 time Matthew

00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.400
 uses the

00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.039
 word fulfill.

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:41.539
 If you look

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:42.200
 at chapter

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.539
 1,

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.380
 verse 22,

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.840
 all this

00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.759
 took place

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.720
 to fulfill

00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:47.259
 what the

00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:47.660
 Lord had

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.340
 spoken by

00:19:48.340 --> 00:19:48.920
 the prophet.

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 Behold,

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.559
 the virgin

00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:51.279
 shall conceive

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:51.819
 and bear a

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 son,

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 and they

00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.240
 shall call

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.799
 His name

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.940
 Emmanuel.

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 Who

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.900
 fulfills

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.240
 the Old

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.539
 Testament

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:57.980
 prophet?

00:19:59.380 --> 00:19:59.980
 Jesus.

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:01.740
 And then

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.019
 as you

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.779
 page through

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.059
 and look

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.759
 through chapter

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.279
 2,

00:20:04.620 --> 00:20:04.980
 you see

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.420
 again and

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.759
 again,

00:20:06.579 --> 00:20:07.900
 this Jesus

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.440
 is the

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.840
 fulfillment

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.259
 of the

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.500
 Old

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.920
 Testament

00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.500
 prophets.

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:11.539
 Not the

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.100
 easiest to

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.620
 understand,

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.440
 but it's

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:13.840
 there.

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.799
 Chapter

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.380
 2,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.360
 verse 15,

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 and He

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:17.039
 remained

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:17.519
 there until

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.860
 the death

00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.279
 of Herod.

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 This was

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.940
 to fulfill

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.360
 what the

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:20.759
 Lord had

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.440
 spoken by

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.539
 the prophet.

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:23.940
 Chapter

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:25.019
 2,

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.799
 verse 17,

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.779
 then was

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.859
 fulfilled what

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:28.480
 was spoken

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.960
 by the

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.319
 prophet

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.039
 Jeremiah.

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 And then

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.000
 in verse

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.639
 23,

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.139
 and He

00:20:33.139 --> 00:20:33.539
 went and

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:33.819
 lived in

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.079
 a city

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.319
 called

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.799
 Nazareth,

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.579
 that what

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.059
 was spoken

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.440
 by the

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.879
 prophets

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.639
 might be

00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.079
 fulfilled.

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.339
 And so

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:40.639
 when we

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.000
 get here

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.420
 to chapter

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.839
 5,

00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:42.579
 there's no

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.160
 reason to

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.700
 think that

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.259
 Jesus is

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.900
 talking about

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.339
 fulfillment

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.920
 in any

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.539
 different way

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.639
 than it's

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.000
 been used

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.500
 already in

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.839
 Matthew.

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 But Jesus

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.059
 is saying,

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.799
 I've come

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.200
 not just

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.579
 to fulfill

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.200
 the prophets,

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.220
 I've come

00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:54.559
 to fulfill

00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.299
 the whole

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.980
 Old Testament.

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 And so

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.359
 now the

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.859
 question I

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.379
 want to ask

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.839
 this morning

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.059
 is,

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.799
 how does

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.179
 Jesus

00:21:03.179 --> 00:21:03.919
 fulfill the

00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:04.419
 Old Testament?

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 And there's

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.099
 a couple

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.639
 things I can

00:21:07.639 --> 00:21:08.000
 point to.

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 This is like

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.619
 20 sermons

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.099
 right here.

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 But let me

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.220
 give you a

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.779
 couple things.

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.779
 Early on

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.079
 in the

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.960
 Mosaic Law,

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.160
 in Genesis,

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.440
 we hear a

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.759
 prophecy in

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.319
 Genesis,

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.559
 Moses writing,

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.380
 that there's

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:25.779
 going to come

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.460
 one from

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.000
 Eve who

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.500
 will crush

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.980
 the head

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.259
 of the

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.539
 serpent.

00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:29.640
 That's

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:29.960
 Jesus.

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.740
 Genesis

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.779
 chapter 12,

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 God calls

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.440
 Abram and

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 He tells

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.220
 him,

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:38.840
 He promises

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.039
 him,

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.819
 through his

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.480
 offspring,

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.140
 He's going

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.620
 to bless

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.160
 all the

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.840
 nations of

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.299
 the earth.

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:45.620
 And then

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.039
 Paul in

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.779
 Galatians 3

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.279
 says,

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.940
 Jesus is

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.399
 that

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:49.920
 offspring.

00:21:53.899 --> 00:21:54.960
 We see

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.720
 Jesus

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.700
 fulfilling

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.819
 Scripture

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.879
 after Scripture

00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.879
 in a variety

00:21:59.879 --> 00:22:00.359
 of different

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.160
 kinds of

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.879
 Old Testament

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.440
 literature.

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.059
 Let me

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.359
 point you

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.700
 to a couple

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.299
 other things.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.279
 You know

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.960
 how in

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.420
 the book

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.079
 of Exodus,

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.420
 God makes

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.920
 known the

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.240
 law,

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:17.319
 Ten Commandments,

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:21.200
 Jesus fulfills

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.000
 the Ten

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.559
 Commandments.

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.359
 This is how.

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:25.839
 Every day

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.400
 that Jesus

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.500
 walked the

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:27.819
 earth,

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.099
 He went

00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:30.420
 ten for

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.420
 ten on

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.740
 the big

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.019
 ten.

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.480
 He went

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:33.819
 ten for

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.019
 ten.

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:36.759
 He faithfully

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.640
 obeyed

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.620
 every

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.559
 commandment,

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.339
 not only the

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.620
 ten,

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.359
 but the

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.240
 hundreds of

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.920
 commands that

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.400
 came along

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:43.740
 with it.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.019
 He perfectly

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.400
 obeyed and

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:48.080
 fulfilled the

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.780
 Old Testament

00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:49.940
 law in a way

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.740
 that we could

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.140
 never.

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.360
 Every day of

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.759
 His life.

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.019
 So,

00:22:54.100 --> 00:22:54.820
 is it no wonder

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.200
 at His

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.600
 baptism,

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.340
 God says,

00:22:57.040 --> 00:22:57.519
 this is my

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.180
 beloved Son

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.740
 with whom I'm

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.480
 well pleased.

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:01.380
 He's lived a

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.180
 perfect life of

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.660
 righteousness.

00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:04.660
 And so,

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.240
 Jesus,

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:05.960
 in a very

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.740
 real way,

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.160
 fulfills the

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:09.019
 Old Testament

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.519
 moral code

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.599
 in His

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.259
 life.

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.539
 And so,

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.200
 that's not so

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.400
 much kind

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.359
 of a

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.160
 prophecy from

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.680
 Isaiah.

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.960
 It's a

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.559
 different kind

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.460
 of speaking

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.599
 anticipation of

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.220
 one to come.

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.200
 But there's

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.500
 more.

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.400
 In the book

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.000
 of Leviticus,

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.799
 we are told of

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.259
 all these

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.859
 different

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.359
 sacrifices

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.200
 Jews had to

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.599
 make because

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:35.079
 for their sin,

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.619
 there needed to

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.139
 be the shedding

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.660
 of blood.

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:36.700
 God.

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:37.940
 And so,

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.560
 in God's

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:38.880
 wisdom,

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.160
 do you know

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.500
 what He did?

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.279
 He wanted to

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.460
 really press

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.420
 into His

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.040
 people a

00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:43.320
 lesson.

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.920
 And that is,

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.400
 sin is real.

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.740
 And if you're

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.220
 going to live

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.680
 with a holy

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.019
 God,

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.440
 you've got to

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.000
 deal with your

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.360
 sin.

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.259
 And the way

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.840
 you deal with

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.540
 sin is by

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:55.019
 the shedding

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.600
 of blood.

00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:57.060
 And so,

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.980
 over and over

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.740
 and over again

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.200
 in the Old

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.580
 Testament,

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.360
 over and over

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:01.080
 and over again,

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.180
 there is this

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.900
 repeated offerings

00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:05.279
 of sacrifices

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.640
 for the sin

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.360
 of God's

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.780
 people.

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:09.040
 Over and over

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.940
 and over again,

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.200
 sin brings a

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.340
 penalty against

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.040
 a holy God.

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.000
 And that penalty

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.940
 is paid in

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.460
 blood.

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.660
 And that blood

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:19.020
 covers the sin

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:20.100
 and allows for

00:24:20.100 --> 00:24:21.560
 relationship with

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.320
 the living God.

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.460
 And so,

00:24:24.540 --> 00:24:25.240
 the sacrificial

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:27.360
 system established

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.320
 under the Mosaic

00:24:28.320 --> 00:24:28.820
 Law,

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.720
 it begins to

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:32.060
 point to an

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:33.540
 ultimate sacrifice.

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:35.599
 Jesus.

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.519
 Jesus.

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.019
 Whom John

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.420
 said,

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.279
 behold,

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.819
 the Lamb of

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.799
 God comes to

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.359
 take away the

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.720
 sin of the

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:43.960
 world.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.019
 Jesus fulfills

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.539
 the Old

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.000
 Testament sacrificial

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.819
 system because

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:52.799
 His sacrifice

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.680
 on the cross

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.659
 was a once

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.720
 for all

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.960
 done deal.

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.399
 The perfect

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:59.399
 of all sacrifices.

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.139
 The perfect

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:02.139
 Lamb of God

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:03.060
 who shed His

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:04.259
 blood to take

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.080
 away the sins

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:05.740
 of a world.

00:25:07.020 --> 00:25:07.840
 Jesus is the

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:08.420
 fulfillment of

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:08.660
 that.

00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:09.720
 And we can go

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:11.380
 on and on

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:12.120
 and on.

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.820
 How His

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:14.700
 substitutionary

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.480
 death fulfilled

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.420
 Isaiah 53.

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:18.040
 We can talk about

00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:18.620
 how Jesus

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.620
 shedding of

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.100
 His blood

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.620
 and what

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.460
 happened the

00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:23.060
 night before

00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:23.560
 at the Last

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:23.940
 Supper.

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:25.140
 He's inaugurating

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.500
 the New

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.840
 Covenant.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.320
 He's talking

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:26.700
 about the

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.180
 shedding of

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.560
 His blood.

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.300
 He's going to

00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:29.420
 usher in what

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.240
 Jeremiah talked

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.740
 about in

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.779
 Jeremiah 31

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.259
 and what

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.240
 Ezekiel talked

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.560
 about in

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.300
 Ezekiel 36

00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:35.480
 and Jesus

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.900
 ushered in

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.160
 the New

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.480
 Covenant

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.220
 fullness.

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:44.440
 I want to

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.759
 point you to

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.019
 one more

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.259
 thing.

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.460
 In Deuteronomy

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.340
 18.18

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.320
 God is talking

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.980
 to Moses and

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.279
 He's saying

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.580
 there's going

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:50.860
 to be a

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.039
 prophet that

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.340
 I'm going to

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:52.960
 raise up from

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.560
 the people and

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:53.980
 He's going to

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.720
 speak for me.

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 And then

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.940
 Peter in

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.039
 Acts 3

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 22 and

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.120
 23.

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 Do you know

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.940
 what He says?

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.000
 Who this

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.680
 prophet is?

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.400
 Jesus!

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.120
 The ultimate

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.579
 prophet.

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.420
 The ultimate

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.100
 sacrifice.

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.039
 He is the

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:13.279
 fulfillment of

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.559
 the Old

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.940
 Testament.

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.500
 The

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.059
 anticipation

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:17.339
 that the

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:18.100
 Old Testament

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:20.240
 raises over

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.279
 the centuries

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.240
 is found

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.700
 fulfillment in

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.799
 Jesus.

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.220
 Is this

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.819
 making sense?

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.440
 You may be

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.380
 come in here

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:34.840
 this morning

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.019
 and you're

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.600
 like well I

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.080
 just thought

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.400
 the Old

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.000
 Testament was

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.759
 about God.

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.799
 And if Jesus

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.620
 was here he'd

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.059
 be like oh

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.480
 yeah you're

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.759
 right.

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.340
 It's about

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:44.720
 me.

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.080
 I fulfilled

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.400
 it.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.900
 So here's

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.680
 Jesus preaching

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.340
 this sermon.

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.519
 His inaugural

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.779
 sermon and he

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.539
 starts off saying

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.299
 okay open up

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.680
 your Bibles

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.160
 to the whole

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.759
 Bible and the

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.259
 whole Bible is

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.000
 about me.

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.200
 I fulfilled

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.460
 it.

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.820
 It's all about

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.039
 him.

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.000
 He's the yes

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.340
 and amen.

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.820
 So this

00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.400
 morning if you

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.080
 walk away from

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.680
 here with just

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.140
 one thing it

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.660
 would be this.

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.880
 The Old

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.620
 Testament points

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.100
 to Jesus.

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.799
 And why do we

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.299
 say that?

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.539
 Because Jesus

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.980
 said it.

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:19.060
 I came not to

00:27:19.060 --> 00:27:19.940
 abolish the law

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:21.279
 but to fulfill

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.740
 it.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.519
 that's a game

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.900
 changer.

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.220
 It changes the

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.859
 way you look at

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.180
 your Old

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.579
 Testament.

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.599
 Because you

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.460
 start seeing it

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.140
 through Jesus.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.460
 Now I want you

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.380
 to see this

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.380
 warning he gives

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:36.240
 in verse 19.

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.859
 It's just the

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.680
 first half of it.

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.140
 Therefore

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.200
 whoever relaxes

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.779
 one of the least

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.460
 of these commandments

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.980
 and teaches

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.000
 others to do the

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.059
 same they'll be

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.960
 called least in the

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.599
 kingdom of heaven.

00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:47.980
 And so he's

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.480
 trying to do a

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.199
 corrective here.

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.579
 And so he's

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.339
 saying to his

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.079
 disciples hey

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.219
 don't misunderstand

00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:54.240
 what I'm saying.

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.399
 I came to

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.459
 fulfill the law

00:27:56.459 --> 00:27:57.439
 but that doesn't

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:57.879
 mean you can

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.859
 relax the law.

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:00.480
 That doesn't

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.939
 mean you can

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:02.119
 kind of minimize

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.339
 the least of the

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.759
 commandments.

00:28:04.219 --> 00:28:04.759
 In that day

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.679
 they made a

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.359
 distinction between

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.179
 the heavier matters

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.779
 of the law and

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.519
 the lighter matters

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.939
 of the law.

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.959
 And Jesus says

00:28:09.959 --> 00:28:11.399
 don't minimize

00:28:11.399 --> 00:28:12.599
 the lighter stuff.

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.599
 And what we'll

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.099
 see in the next

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.839
 couple weeks is

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.619
 how he corrects

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:15.839
 that.

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.000
 Just look down

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.519
 to the whole

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.279
 thing on anger

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.500
 in verse 21.

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.119
 You've heard that

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.859
 it was said from

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.859
 the Pharisees to

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.439
 those of old

00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:23.240
 you shall not

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.539
 murder.

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.720
 And then Jesus

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.579
 says but I say

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.980
 to you.

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.039
 Look what he

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.179
 says.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.779
 But I say to

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.319
 you that everyone

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.179
 who is angry

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:30.939
 with his brother

00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:33.419
 don't minimize

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.159
 little stuff.

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.819
 Don't minimize

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.259
 that.

00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:40.240
 It's wrong to

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.079
 commit adultery

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.039
 but it's also

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.939
 wrong to lust.

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.559
 Don't minimize

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.039
 that.

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.099
 See what Jesus

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.539
 is doing?

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.939
 Man that guy

00:28:48.939 --> 00:28:49.519
 is brilliant.

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.439
 And so what

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:52.959
 he's doing here

00:28:52.959 --> 00:28:53.919
 is don't

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:55.679
 mistake this.

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.699
 My fulfilling

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.699
 of the law

00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.980
 doesn't mean

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.659
 it's no longer

00:28:59.659 --> 00:29:00.179
 binding.

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.359
 It is.

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.480
 Don't relax it.

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.299
 In fact

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.879
 Jesus is going

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.179
 to say

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:06.139
 I came to

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:07.039
 raise the bar.

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.319
 Now there's

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.959
 always been a

00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.679
 temptation for

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.359
 God's people

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:14.099
 to make

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.740
 adjustments

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.459
 with the law.

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.919
 One mistake

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.459
 is this thing

00:29:17.459 --> 00:29:18.500
 called legalism

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.359
 and that's the

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.079
 belief that if

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:21.500
 I obey the law

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.439
 then God will

00:29:22.439 --> 00:29:23.159
 accept me.

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:25.019
 I earn his

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.500
 love through

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.059
 performance.

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.339
 And the

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.859
 apostle Paul

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.199
 will say

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:29.000
 no, no, no,

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.319
 no.

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.659
 There's nothing

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.619
 that you can do

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.419
 to earn

00:29:32.419 --> 00:29:33.819
 acceptance with

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.159
 God.

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.939
 That's why

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.659
 Jesus came.

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.579
 That's why he

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.199
 shed his blood.

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.139
 That's why

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.859
 in order for you

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.459
 to be right in

00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:40.059
 God's eyes

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.980
 God needs to

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.200
 impute Christ's

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.980
 righteousness to

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.200
 you.

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.759
 So don't make

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.539
 that mistake.

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.440
 But the other

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:47.119
 mistake is the

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.619
 mistake of

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.440
 lawlessness.

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.139
 From legalism

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.240
 to lawlessness.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.679
 And what

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.579
 lawlessness is

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.039
 is this.

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.720
 It's thinking

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.579
 okay, Jesus

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.279
 came to fulfill

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.179
 the law and

00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:56.919
 so he's fulfilled

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:58.139
 all of God's

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:59.019
 requirements of

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.299
 me.

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.399
 Praise the

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.759
 Lord.

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:02.159
 And now he's

00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:03.200
 just covered

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.000
 me with grace.

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.980
 I can't out

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.960
 sin God's grace.

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.839
 So what I'm

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.359
 going to do is

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.460
 just sin and

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.179
 sin and sin

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:10.080
 and enjoy my

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:10.640
 sin because I'm

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.880
 just going to

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.360
 be grace and

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:11.680
 grace and

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:11.980
 graced.

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.480
 That's the

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.100
 other mistake.

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.740
 We can't make

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.000
 either.

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.759
 But what Jesus

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.500
 is worrying about

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.060
 right here is

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:20.100
 don't relax

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.960
 these commandments

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.759
 because I've

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.360
 fulfilled them.

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.019
 Don't relax

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.380
 them.

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.060
 Just because

00:30:27.060 --> 00:30:28.019
 Jesus fulfilled

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.539
 all the

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.200
 commandments of

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.519
 the Old

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.539
 Testament and

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.860
 for us even

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:33.600
 that doesn't

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.080
 mean they no

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.960
 longer apply.

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.880
 God is just

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:39.039
 as holy now

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.039
 as he was

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.539
 then.

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.319
 And he's

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:43.099
 calling us to

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.879
 a righteousness

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:48.059
 that is an

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.740
 essentially

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.960
 different kind

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.759
 of righteousness

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:52.139
 that people were

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.819
 seeing in

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.480
 Jesus' day.

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.539
 And so the

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.720
 warning, don't

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.960
 relax the law.

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.420
 And now Jesus

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.920
 is going to

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:01.339
 bring some

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:01.740
 action.

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.740
 Look at the

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.339
 second half of

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:04.220
 19 and 20.

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.000
 And this is the

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.579
 last point of

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.099
 this morning's

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.319
 sermon.

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.799
 Jesus calls

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.279
 his followers

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.899
 to a new

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.439
 kind of

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:10.919
 righteousness.

00:31:11.939 --> 00:31:12.419
 A kingdom

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.939
 righteousness.

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.559
 He says,

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.039
 but whoever

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.619
 does them

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.039
 and teaches

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.059
 them the

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.480
 commandments

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.220
 will be

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.839
 called great

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.200
 in the

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.679
 kingdom of

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:20.879
 heaven.

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.179
 For I

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.519
 tell you,

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.559
 unless your

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.139
 righteousness

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:24.159
 exceeds that

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.419
 of the

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.919
 scribes and

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.379
 Pharisees,

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:25.879
 you'll never

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.359
 enter the

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:26.819
 kingdom of

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.179
 heaven.

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.839
 He's like,

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.559
 don't relax

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.879
 them.

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.799
 I'm calling

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.299
 you something

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.099
 that exceeds

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.819
 the righteousness

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.359
 of the

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.980
 scribes and

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.720
 Pharisees.

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.299
 So the

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.799
 Pharisees were

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.220
 known to do

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.619
 things like

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.899
 this.

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.939
 They would

00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.319
 have their

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.659
 cloak and

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.059
 they would

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:43.059
 kind of hold

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.639
 their cloak

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.299
 close to

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.799
 them while

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.319
 they're walking

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.240
 through crowds

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.799
 because they

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.460
 didn't want to

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.960
 touch the

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.439
 rabble.

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.980
 They didn't

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.299
 want to be

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.379
 made impure.

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.279
 And so when

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.019
 Jesus is talking

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.419
 about the

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.220
 righteousness of

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:57.059
 the Pharisees,

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.599
 his disciples

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.859
 were like,

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.359
 what?

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.099
 More righteous

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:00.720
 than them?

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.559
 And what

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.019
 Jesus is

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.839
 actually talking

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:06.799
 about is a

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.519
 new kind of

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.000
 righteousness.

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:08.759
 A new

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.779
 covenant kind

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.619
 of righteousness.

00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:12.399
 An internally

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.359
 born of the

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.200
 Holy Spirit

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.859
 righteousness.

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.859
 You see,

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.419
 this righteousness

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:23.200
 that Jesus is

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.679
 getting at is

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.619
 not an outward

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:27.139
 conforming for

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.899
 the eyes of

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.799
 man kind of

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.599
 righteousness which

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.460
 he rails on

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.019
 the Pharisees

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.299
 about.

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.559
 No, the

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.000
 righteousness

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.639
 that Jesus

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.119
 is calling

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.740
 his disciples

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.159
 and us

00:32:35.159 --> 00:32:36.440
 to is an

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.659
 inner obedience

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.759
 born of the

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.460
 Holy Spirit

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.379
 that wants to

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:41.299
 glorify God

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.839
 the Father.

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.579
 That's what

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:43.899
 he's doing

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.359
 in us.

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.000
 This is the

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.339
 kind of

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.700
 righteousness

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.579
 that exceeds

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.319
 the Pharisees

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.980
 and scribes.

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.839
 It's this

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.259
 kind of

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.639
 righteousness

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.119
 that if you

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.579
 look ahead

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.659
 to chapter 5

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.259
 verse 48,

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.539
 that's the

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.879
 perfect.

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.659
 A

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.339
 righteousness

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.000
 within and

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.319
 without.

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:04.059
 Jesus is

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.599
 raising the

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.899
 bar of

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.139
 righteousness.

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.740
 Better yet,

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.480
 he's saying

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.859
 there's a

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.599
 qualitatively

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.639
 different kind

00:33:10.639 --> 00:33:11.579
 of holiness

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.359
 I'm calling

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.899
 you to live

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:14.179
 by and it

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.779
 comes through

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:16.460
 me, the

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.119
 fulfiller of

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.399
 the Old

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.799
 Testament.

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.419
 I want to

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:25.200
 start wrapping

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.919
 things up here.

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:25.960
 here.

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.240
 But here's

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.200
 one of the

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.700
 things I want

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.160
 you to see.

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.680
 Have you

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.000
 heard of the

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.640
 Rosetta Stone?

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:37.019
 The Rosetta

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.660
 Stone was

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:40.720
 this rock

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.860
 steel, it's

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:42.779
 called, found

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.840
 in 1799 in

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.560
 northern Africa.

00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:46.600
 Found by a

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.800
 soldier.

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.300
 Up until this

00:33:48.300 --> 00:33:49.380
 point, people

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.500
 didn't know how

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.519
 to make sense of

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.900
 Egyptian hieroglyphics.

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.680
 It was like,

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.360
 what does that

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.599
 mean?

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.740
 We don't know

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:55.959
 what it's

00:33:55.959 --> 00:33:56.519
 saying here.

00:33:57.699 --> 00:33:58.240
 And then when

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.619
 this discovery of

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.319
 the Rosetta Stone

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.659
 was found, it

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.719
 unlocked the

00:34:02.719 --> 00:34:03.279
 language.

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.479
 Because the

00:34:04.479 --> 00:34:05.159
 Rosetta Stone

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.639
 had three

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.359
 languages on

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:06.479
 it.

00:34:06.719 --> 00:34:07.159
 There was

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.959
 Egyptian

00:34:07.959 --> 00:34:08.719
 hieroglyphics

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.279
 on the top,

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.000
 and then there

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.759
 was another

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.440
 language called

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.519
 Domotic.

00:34:12.759 --> 00:34:13.539
 I have no idea

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.099
 what that is.

00:34:14.319 --> 00:34:14.940
 And then there's

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.779
 another language

00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.599
 called Ancient

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.159
 Greek.

00:34:17.859 --> 00:34:18.319
 And they

00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:19.179
 were all

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.539
 translations of

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.359
 a decree of a

00:34:21.359 --> 00:34:22.159
 king from

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.940
 Egypt from

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.940
 196 B.C.

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.840
 They're all

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.180
 saying the

00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.599
 same thing.

00:34:26.200 --> 00:34:26.860
 And so that

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.099
 gave scholars

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:30.260
 the key to

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.380
 understanding

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.200
 Egyptian

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.140
 hieroglyphics.

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.720
 It was the

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.579
 Rosetta Stone.

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.260
 It unlocked

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:39.460
 the hidden

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:41.160
 meaning of

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.820
 hieroglyphics.

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.620
 Jesus is our

00:34:43.620 --> 00:34:44.260
 Rosetta Stone.

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.059
 He unlocks

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.360
 for us the

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.120
 true meaning

00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:49.400
 intent of the

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.960
 Old Testament.

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.500
 Because the

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.559
 Old Testament is

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.380
 all about Him.

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.860
 And now He's

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.620
 calling us to

00:34:56.620 --> 00:34:57.500
 live in a way

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.340
 that is pleasing

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.740
 to Him.

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.000
 Jesus is calling

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.620
 us to a

00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.059
 righteousness

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:05.440
 that we can't

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.340
 produce ourselves.

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:08.300
 It's a work of

00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:09.180
 God in us.

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.960
 Would you turn

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.440
 in your Bible

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.019
 to Romans

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.680
 chapter 8?

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.539
 This is what

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.079
 Jesus is

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.539
 introducing.

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.440
 This is the

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.980
 new covenant

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.500
 which He's

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.340
 bringing with

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.579
 Him.

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:26.400
 Romans 8

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.019
 verse 4.

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.219
 Let's start

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.679
 in verse 3.

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.259
 For God has

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.779
 done what the

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.460
 law weakened

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.159
 by the flesh

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.920
 could not do

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.920
 by sending

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.679
 His own Son

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.279
 in the likeness

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:36.119
 of sinful flesh

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.799
 and for sin

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.860
 He condemned

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.579
 in the flesh

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.480
 in order that

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.079
 the righteous

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:41.460
 requirement of

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.039
 the law

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.639
 might be

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.739
 fulfilled in

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:45.000
 us who

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.579
 walk,

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:46.440
 who obey,

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.199
 not according

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.000
 to the flesh

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:49.360
 but according

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.539
 to the

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.960
 Spirit.

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.679
 Jesus is the

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.239
 fulfillment of

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.860
 the Old Testament

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:56.400
 and He brings

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.980
 with Him a

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.179
 whole new way

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.300
 of relating

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.800
 to God.

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.400
 A whole new

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.840
 kind of

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.380
 righteousness

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:04.019
 born of

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.539
 His Spirit.

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.659
 What we're

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.039
 going to be

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.739
 seeing in the

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:10.360
 rest of Jesus'

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.880
 sermon,

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.260
 the Sermon on

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:12.559
 the Mount,

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.179
 is how this

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:15.000
 righteousness is

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.559
 lived out.

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.079
 He's going to

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.880
 correct us on

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.519
 some things

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.179
 and He's going

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.840
 to direct us

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.679
 on some things.

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.619
 But He's

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.519
 introducing now

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.299
 that Jesus,

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.559
 He's the

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.420
 fulfiller of

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.139
 the Old Testament.

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.119
 He's got a

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.980
 high view of

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.659
 the Old Testament.

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.619
 He didn't come

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.360
 to abolish it

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.059
 but to fulfill

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.340
 it.

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.699
 He warned us

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.559
 not to relax

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.599
 it because He's

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.279
 calling us to

00:36:35.279 --> 00:36:35.960
 a new kind

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.519
 of righteousness,

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:38.119
 a Spirit-born

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.779
 Ezekiel 36,

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.059
 Spirit-within-us

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.840
 kind of righteousness.

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.059
 So in order

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.460
 to close,

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:45.960
 let me just

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.500
 ask this.

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.819
 Who can say

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.400
 something like

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.699
 this?

00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:53.440
 Who can say

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:55.199
 that the Old

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:56.199
 Testament's about

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:58.219
 me but God

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:59.219
 alone?

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.860
 It's about Him.

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:04.319
 All of God's

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:04.840
 plan for the

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:05.639
 fullness of time

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.739
 is uniting all

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:09.000
 things in Christ.

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.920
 So two things,

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:10.739
 very quick.

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:14.159
 because this sets

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.039
 Jesus apart,

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.559
 you know what?

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.759
 You know what we

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.179
 need to do?

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.839
 Follow Him

00:37:18.839 --> 00:37:21.599
 and listen to Him.

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.299
 He's our

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:24.059
 Rosetta Stone.

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.819
 Let me pray.

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:27.659
 God in Heaven,

00:37:28.479 --> 00:37:30.259
 thank You so much.

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.299
 Thank You so much

00:37:32.299 --> 00:37:34.559
 that You,

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.000
 Jesus,

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:37.380
 that You are the

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.440
 focal point of the

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.139
 entire Bible.

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:41.159
 Thank You,

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.519
 Jesus,

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.360
 that You have

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:43.340
 provided what we

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:45.039
 need in order to

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:46.059
 walk in righteousness

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.519
 now.

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.099
 You've supplied us

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.880
 with Your own

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.480
 righteousness,

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.199
 and that You've

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.960
 indwelt us with

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.880
 Your Spirit so we

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:54.139
 can experience it

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.340
 too.

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.179
 Lord Jesus,

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.960
 thank You.

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.699
 Thank You for Your

00:37:58.699 --> 00:37:59.119
 words.

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.659
 In Your name we pray.

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.659
 Amen.

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:01.859
 Amen.