WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.299 If you would open up your Bibles to Matthew, chapter 5, this is our last installment for 00:00:07.299 --> 00:00:10.640 our fall series on the Beatitudes. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:16.920 So during the fall, we've been focusing on one Beatitude at a time in Matthew 5, and 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:21.820 then we're lingering a little longer, and so last week we were in the salt and light, 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:28.400 and today we are in Jesus talking about His relationship to the Old Testament. 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:29.820 It is extraordinary. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:40.179 And so on page 963 of your pew Bible, or in Matthew 5, 17 through 20, let's hear what 00:00:40.179 --> 00:00:41.939 our King has to say. 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:48.740 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or prophets. 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:54.460 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them. 00:00:54.460 --> 00:01:02.460 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot will pass 00:01:02.460 --> 00:01:05.700 from the law until all is accomplished. 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:11.200 Therefore, whoever relaxes one of these least of these commandments and teaches others to 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:13.560 do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:18.219 But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:27.240 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.980 you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:35.200 May God bless the hearing of His word. 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:41.879 There is a terrible epidemic in the United States. 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:43.520 This is me being dramatic. 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:46.299 Terrible epidemic. 00:01:46.299 --> 00:01:51.579 Where do you put your old tech? 00:01:54.979 --> 00:01:56.359 Where does it go? 00:01:56.739 --> 00:02:06.120 We have drawers in the Salvati household with old phones and external disk drives, old laptops, 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:08.759 even a camcorder or two. 00:02:08.939 --> 00:02:09.180 What? 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:15.800 This old tech is out of date. 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:18.620 It's irrelevant and useless. 00:02:19.099 --> 00:02:23.480 And so we put it in drawers and shelves, out of sight, out of mind. 00:02:23.920 --> 00:02:24.900 I don't know what to do with them. 00:02:24.939 --> 00:02:25.240 Do you? 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:37.520 Some people, when it comes to the Old Testament, the 39 books starting in Genesis, ending in Malachi, 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:43.219 the Law, the Prophets, the Psalms, some people, they think the Old Testament's like old tech. 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.260 It's out of date, irrelevant, and useless. 00:02:49.540 --> 00:02:55.100 The question is, what does Jesus think about the Old Testament? 00:02:55.099 --> 00:03:07.560 And how do we, His kingdom citizens, how do we take on the same mindset of Jesus towards the Old Testament? 00:03:08.419 --> 00:03:14.879 We must think about the Old Testament the way that our interpreter-in-chief, our forever king, 00:03:15.859 --> 00:03:18.919 has told us to understand the Old Testament. 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:22.240 So just exactly how are we supposed to understand it? 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:25.140 Well, Jesus is going to say something extraordinary. 00:03:25.640 --> 00:03:28.320 Maybe you've already picked up on it when I was reading it. 00:03:30.540 --> 00:03:33.560 Far from being out of date, irrelevant, and useless, 00:03:33.900 --> 00:03:35.900 Jesus is going to say something like, 00:03:36.260 --> 00:03:38.680 the Old Testament actually points to me. 00:03:39.660 --> 00:03:41.500 And Jesus is never outdated. 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:42.900 He's never irrelevant. 00:03:43.160 --> 00:03:43.980 He's never useless. 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:44.780 Quite the contrary. 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:45.600 Amen. 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:50.879 So here's how I want you to walk away from this morning. 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:52.299 Here's the point. 00:03:54.139 --> 00:03:58.539 We need to understand the Old Testament the way that Jesus teaches us to understand the Old Testament. 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:04.639 We need to be interpreters of the Old Testament as Jesus interpreted the Old Testament, 00:04:05.299 --> 00:04:07.060 which is essentially about Him. 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:09.439 It's an extraordinary claim. 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:12.659 And so in order to help you this morning, 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:18.579 I'm going to ask and answer five questions about this passage. 00:04:20.420 --> 00:04:28.259 And Lord willing, you're going to walk away with a clearer sense of what the Old Testament is accomplishing. 00:04:30.159 --> 00:04:31.420 So question number one. 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:37.980 Generally speaking, what did Jesus think about the Old Testament? 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:39.420 What did Jesus think about the Old Testament? 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.759 Well, He mentions the law and the prophets here in verse 17. 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:49.240 But if you flip back to the end, towards the end of the Sermon on the Mount in 7.12, 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:51.560 you know this as the golden rule. 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:52.779 He says, 00:04:53.139 --> 00:04:56.480 So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them. 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.600 For this is the law and the prophets. 00:04:59.159 --> 00:05:02.480 So whatever Jesus thinks about the Old Testament, the law and the prophets, 00:05:02.779 --> 00:05:04.040 He has a high view of it. 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:10.600 If you turn all the way back towards the end of Matthew chapter 22. 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:19.080 In Matthew chapter 22, verses 34 through 40, which I know is elder Steve Bickle's, one of his favorite passages. 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:20.320 Amen. 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:25.099 Jesus gets peppered with questions by a lawyer. 00:05:25.100 --> 00:05:29.260 Teacher, verse 36, 00:05:29.420 --> 00:05:30.939 Which is the great commandment in the law? 00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:32.920 Jesus said to them, 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:36.120 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:38.939 This is the great first commandment, and the second is like it. 00:05:39.500 --> 00:05:40.960 You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:45.339 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets. 00:05:46.239 --> 00:05:47.899 Jesus has a high view of the Old Testament. 00:05:50.659 --> 00:05:58.459 In our passage, verse 18, we see some other truths about how Jesus viewed the Old Testament. 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:00.459 He sees it as enduring. 00:06:02.579 --> 00:06:02.839 He says, 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:15.859 As long as there's a heaven, as long as there's an earth, there's going to be the Old Testament. 00:06:17.899 --> 00:06:20.399 It's got a really long shelf life. 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:31.759 The other truth that he points to is that he gets at the extent of it. 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:36.619 There's maybe a view of the Old Testament as, 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:42.560 Yeah, generally speaking, that's from God in kind of big picture kind of ways. 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:45.159 But did you see what Jesus said? 00:06:46.919 --> 00:06:51.079 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot. 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:57.979 The most minute details of the Old Testament. 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:01.480 Not an iota, not a dot. 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.400 We'll pass from the law until all is accomplished. 00:07:03.900 --> 00:07:12.740 The iota and the dot are referring to the smallest strokes of the Hebrew letters in the Old Testament. 00:07:14.460 --> 00:07:15.840 The vowel pointing. 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:21.439 The slightest stroke that distinguished one Hebrew letter from the next. 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:30.779 It would be kind of like the hook on the English lowercase j that separates it from an i. 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:35.000 What Jesus is saying is it's all from God. 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:40.199 Not just in its enduring nature. 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:42.339 Not just in its detail. 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:45.199 But it's seeking to accomplish something. 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:52.680 Before we talk about this little phrase, until it's all accomplished, 00:07:53.959 --> 00:08:00.639 would you just turn to your right in your New Testament to 2 Timothy 3.16? 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:10.120 The Apostle Paul, scholars believe, made up a word to get at the very nature of the Old Testament. 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:18.879 Paul says, all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable. 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.360 The Old Scripture, all Scripture he's referring to is all the Old Testament. 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:30.699 And that English phrase, breathed out by God, is one word in the original language. 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:39.659 And what it's getting at is the God-originating nature of every word in the Old Testament. 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:48.080 And what Paul is saying is simply kind of capturing what Jesus believed about the Old Testament. 00:08:49.460 --> 00:08:53.939 Every word has come from the mouth of God. 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:55.679 Of the Old Testament. 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:57.519 Every word. 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:00.100 Every word. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:02.360 That's what makes it enduring. 00:09:03.140 --> 00:09:09.360 That's why down to the most smallest details, it's going to endure. 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:12.740 And it's going to accomplish something. 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.620 Until all is accomplished. 00:09:16.920 --> 00:09:18.720 It reveals there's a plan. 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:26.440 You don't talk about something being accomplished unless something is seeking to get something done. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:27.520 There's a plan. 00:09:27.640 --> 00:09:28.140 There's a purpose. 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:38.539 And we actually, in the verse before 2 Timothy 3.16, we get at the plan. 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.179 Paul talks about it this way. 00:09:41.259 --> 00:09:42.600 But as for you, verse 14. 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:45.199 This is 2 Timothy 3.14 and 15. 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:50.180 But as for you, continuing what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.960 and how from childhood you've been acquainted with the sacred writings, the Old Testament, 00:09:55.640 --> 00:10:02.980 which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:06.279 Until it's all accomplished. 00:10:06.460 --> 00:10:17.480 The Old Testament is revealing God's plan for the fullness of time for all people everywhere to have a saving faith in Jesus Christ. 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:25.399 And that is going to culminate in a moment where Jesus comes back and he makes all wrongs right. 00:10:25.800 --> 00:10:31.320 And he judges the world, separating them like sheep and the goats. 00:10:31.860 --> 00:10:38.840 And at that moment, God will have gathered all of his people from all of time to sing his praises. 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:46.440 Jesus, this plan that he's seeking to accomplish is a big plan and it's a glory plan. 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:55.040 And Jesus is saying that plan is made known in the Old Testament. 00:10:59.820 --> 00:11:04.400 Jesus has a very high view of the Old Testament. 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:07.779 Because he believes it's God speaking. 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.679 In fact, you can make an argument that Jesus, the second person of the Trinity, 00:11:11.959 --> 00:11:15.600 was actually there when the Old Testament was given. 00:11:20.079 --> 00:11:24.079 It's enduring down to the details. 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:29.500 It reveals a plan that is going to find its culmination in Jesus. 00:11:31.079 --> 00:11:33.899 That's a high view of the Old Testament. 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.799 How does Jesus view the Old Testament, generally speaking? 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:37.899 Very highly. 00:11:39.259 --> 00:11:40.000 Second question. 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:44.779 How did Jesus view his relationship to the Old Testament specifically? 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:48.399 Specifically, there's this word fulfill. 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:52.120 In chapter 17, we read, 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.699 I have not come to abolish them, the law or the prophets, 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:57.240 but to fulfill them. 00:11:57.319 --> 00:12:03.199 In other words, Jesus didn't come to relax the law or reduce the law or to remove the law. 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:10.140 He came to fulfill the law and the prophets and the Psalms, all of the Old Testament. 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:11.580 He came to fulfill it. 00:12:11.640 --> 00:12:15.720 So the question becomes, how does Jesus fulfill the Old Testament? 00:12:16.560 --> 00:12:17.660 What does that mean? 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:19.020 What does that look like? 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:23.940 And I get to tell you this morning, he fulfills it in more than one way. 00:12:23.940 --> 00:12:32.680 The first way that you think of, generally, that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament is through Old Testament predictive prophecy. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:37.240 Like, if you flip back to Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14, 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:41.760 I mean, we're getting ready for the Advent season. 00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:43.580 We read this by Isaiah, 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:55.400 And then we look at Matthew chapter 1, 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:58.560 verses 20 through 23, 00:12:59.920 --> 00:13:00.620 and we learn this, 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:30.600 That's just one prophecy, predictive prophecy. 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:32.240 From a prophet. 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.600 Do you guys know the first predictive prophecy of the coming of Jesus? 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:41.620 Genesis 3.15. 00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:44.940 It's actually a curse on the serpent. 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.960 There's going to be a descendant of Eve that's going to crush his head. 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:59.000 So there's this predictive prophecy in both the law and the prophets of the Old Testament, 00:13:59.100 --> 00:13:59.840 but that's just one way. 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:04.540 There's another way that Jesus fulfills the Old Testament, 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:06.600 and it's by way of themes, 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:11.060 or what some people call typology. 00:14:11.059 --> 00:14:13.779 It's like this. 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:16.439 In the Old Testament, 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.319 you have this sacrificial system established, 00:14:20.859 --> 00:14:24.519 where there is sinning by God's people, 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.299 and then they've got a sacrifice. 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:29.379 Blood must be shed to atone for the sin, 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:31.580 and it happens over and over and over again. 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:35.639 It happens all the way through the Old Testament, 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:37.960 and when you get to the New Testament, 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.620 in John chapter 2, 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.100 when John sees Jesus, 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:41.860 do you remember what he says? 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:43.580 Behold, the Lamb of God, 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.679 who comes to take away the sin of the world. 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:48.959 The greatest sacrifice. 00:14:49.079 --> 00:14:54.439 Hebrews 10 talks about Jesus being the once-for-all sacrifice. 00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:58.759 There's no more need for the blood of goats and bulls, 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:02.859 because Jesus has died once and for all. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:05.199 So there we have a theme, 00:15:05.319 --> 00:15:08.859 a kind of typology being kind of fulfilled in Jesus, 00:15:09.179 --> 00:15:10.659 and we have that with kingship, 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:12.659 we have that with the priesthood, 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:14.539 we have that with the temple, 00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:16.799 we have that with places. 00:15:17.319 --> 00:15:19.299 It is all throughout your Old Testament 00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:21.199 being fulfilled by Jesus in the New. 00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:25.899 And then there's the moral fulfillment of Jesus, 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:27.240 of the Old Testament. 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:30.759 I'm guessing if I said, 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.459 hey, can you rattle off the Ten Commandments, 00:15:32.819 --> 00:15:35.980 you'd be able to like, yeah, six of them. 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.000 And then if I ask, hey, of those six, 00:15:40.199 --> 00:15:42.179 have you been obeying all of them today? 00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:43.000 You're like, well, 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:45.220 two of them. 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:48.899 Check it out. 00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:51.700 Jesus lived 33 years. 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.279 Let's just take the Ten Commandments. 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:58.039 Every day, every week, of every month, of every year, 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:01.740 he perfectly obeyed, 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:06.299 both in behavior and in emotion, 00:16:06.620 --> 00:16:07.259 heart intent, 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:09.539 all of the Ten Commandments, 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.460 every day of his life for 33 years. 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.419 And that's just ten of the commandments. 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:20.399 I have a hard time obeying one every day. 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.779 Jesus was morally perfect 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:29.360 when it comes to the commands 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:31.820 of the Old Testament law. 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.820 He obeyed them, 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:36.899 and we couldn't. 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:38.700 He was the righteous one. 00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:40.620 It's 1 Peter 3.18, 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:43.259 who gave his life for the unrighteous. 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:46.060 And then, 00:16:47.060 --> 00:16:49.180 there's this other fulfillment 00:16:49.179 --> 00:16:53.719 that I'm calling 00:16:53.719 --> 00:16:56.799 gospel fulfillment. 00:17:00.239 --> 00:17:02.859 At the end of Luke, 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:04.960 if you want to turn there, 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.839 Luke 24, 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:08.619 it's on page 1052 of your pew Bible, 00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:10.579 Jesus has risen from the dead. 00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:12.519 And he now is appearing 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.559 to his disciples. 00:17:14.179 --> 00:17:15.059 And he shows up 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.000 with two of his disciples 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.879 on the road to Emmaus. 00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:20.559 And this conversation ensues, 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.839 and then Jesus says this 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.399 in verse 25 through 27, 00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:24.639 O foolish ones, 00:17:25.139 --> 00:17:26.220 slow of heart to believe 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:28.199 all that the prophets have spoken. 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.740 Was it not necessary 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:32.480 that the Christ should suffer 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:33.319 for these things, 00:17:33.699 --> 00:17:34.619 a reference to his death, 00:17:35.699 --> 00:17:37.740 and enter into his glory, 00:17:37.919 --> 00:17:38.939 a reference to his resurrection? 00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:41.340 And beginning with Moses 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:42.160 and all the prophets, 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.340 he interpreted to them 00:17:43.340 --> 00:17:44.080 and all the scriptures 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:45.519 the things concerning himself. 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:51.080 Jesus is clearly saying 00:17:51.080 --> 00:17:53.299 that there are an abundance 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:54.160 of scriptures 00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:56.220 in the Old Testament 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.860 that are pointing to me, 00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:58.860 and not just me, 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:02.100 his death and his resurrection, 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:03.620 the very good news 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.759 that we get to proclaim. 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:08.500 It's gospel fulfillment. 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:13.880 And 24 continues, 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.559 and his disciples 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:17.299 are back in Jerusalem. 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:19.220 He shows up there 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:20.400 in Jerusalem among them, 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:21.580 says, hey, peace be with you. 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:23.080 And then in verse 44, 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.759 we read this, 00:18:23.820 --> 00:18:24.519 these are my words 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.299 that I spoke to you 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.340 while I was still with you, 00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:28.840 that everything written about me 00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.980 in the law of Moses 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:30.799 and the prophets 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.759 and the Psalms 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.200 must be fulfilled. 00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:35.279 Then he opened their minds 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:36.380 to understand the scriptures 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.340 and said to them, 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.920 thus it is written, 00:18:39.780 --> 00:18:41.620 that the Christ should suffer 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:43.580 and on the third day 00:18:43.580 --> 00:18:44.740 rise from the dead 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.520 and that repentance 00:18:46.520 --> 00:18:47.860 for the forgiveness of sins 00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.600 should be proclaimed 00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:49.520 in his name 00:18:49.520 --> 00:18:50.380 to all nations 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.900 beginning from Jerusalem. 00:18:52.020 --> 00:18:52.660 You are witnesses 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.520 of these things. 00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:55.280 It's gospel fulfillment. 00:18:55.279 --> 00:19:00.279 Jesus fulfills 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:02.359 the Old Testament 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:04.480 in a number of ways. 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.259 We call this 00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:07.399 a Christological understanding 00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:08.119 of the Old Testament 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:09.639 or a Christocentric way 00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:10.220 of understanding 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.960 the Old Testament. 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.259 And it is absolutely remarkable 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:18.420 because who makes a claim 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.639 like that 00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:22.180 other than Emmanuel, 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.779 God with us? 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:27.480 How did Jesus understand 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.079 his relationship 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.839 to the Old Testament? 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:31.019 Well, to put it short and sweet, 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.899 he says it's about me. 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.639 I came not to abolish them 00:19:37.639 --> 00:19:38.599 but to fulfill them. 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.059 Which brings up 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.720 question number three. 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.279 Another aspect 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.339 of this fulfillment, 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.960 we see it 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.559 in the verses 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.559 that follow 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:55.860 back in Matthew 5 00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:57.460 in verses 21 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:59.360 through 48, 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:03.220 Jesus is talking about 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:06.380 restoring the original intent 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:08.680 of these Old Testament commands. 00:20:12.120 --> 00:20:13.480 I mean, we just looked at 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:15.440 Luke 24 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.700 and on a higher level, 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.660 Jesus is saying 00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.340 the Old Testament 00:20:18.340 --> 00:20:19.940 is pointing to me, 00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.940 my death and resurrection 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.759 in a variety 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.660 of different ways. 00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:24.640 But in verses 21 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.920 through 48, 00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:27.860 Jesus tackles 00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:30.160 six examples 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:31.740 of how 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.580 he 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:34.340 restores 00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.200 the original 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.279 scope 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.539 and intent 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.740 of the law 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.360 of God. 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.340 He brings fullness 00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.840 to it. 00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:46.400 He restores it. 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.460 He restores it. 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:51.360 He restores 00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:52.900 the original intent 00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:53.940 of the law. 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.299 And can I just tell you 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.079 the way in which 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.799 he restores it 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:58.220 is found in verse 48 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.120 of chapter 5. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.840 He says, 00:21:01.340 --> 00:21:01.799 you therefore 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.920 must be perfect 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.319 as your heavenly 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.480 Father is perfect. 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.500 And so he's going 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.240 to explain 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.420 these six examples 00:21:11.420 --> 00:21:13.500 by way of 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.460 kingdom perfection. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:14.539 perfection. 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.480 This is what 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.340 true righteousness 00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:19.000 and holiness 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.759 looks like. 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.500 In verses 21 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.819 through, 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.460 I'll just point to 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.360 verses 21 00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.160 through 26, 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:29.039 it starts by saying, 00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.600 you've heard that 00:21:29.600 --> 00:21:30.100 it was said 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.840 to those of old, 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.700 you shall not murder 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.600 and whoever murders 00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.240 will be liable 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.940 to the judgment. 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.120 Verse 22, 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.079 but I say to you 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.559 that everyone 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.500 who is angry 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:38.180 with his brother 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:38.740 will be liable 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.299 to the judgment. 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.500 Whoever insults 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.840 his brother 00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.460 will be liable 00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.160 to the counsel 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.160 and whoever says 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.779 you fool 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.720 will be liable 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.779 to the hell of fire. 00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.019 Do you know 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.480 what he's doing? 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:49.980 He's like, 00:21:50.060 --> 00:21:52.200 here's the true intent 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.400 of the command 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:54.620 you shall not murder. 00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:56.460 It's not only 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:58.019 forbidding the actual 00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.180 physical act 00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.820 of murder, 00:22:00.300 --> 00:22:01.580 but it's actually 00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.540 addressing 00:22:02.540 --> 00:22:04.660 your anger 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.500 and hatred 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.880 to your brothers 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.580 and sisters. 00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:10.539 he's saying 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.000 your anger 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.859 is murderous 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.619 intent. 00:22:16.199 --> 00:22:17.000 So he's bringing 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.879 out the fullness, 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.679 the full meaning 00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.259 of the law. 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.839 And in verses 27 00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.299 through 30 00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.759 he does something 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.379 very similar 00:22:26.379 --> 00:22:27.119 with the law 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:28.000 you shall not 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.699 commit adultery. 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.599 You've heard 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.099 that it was said 00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.599 verse 20, 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.159 you shall not 00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:31.899 commit adultery, 00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:33.019 but I say to you 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.919 that everyone 00:22:33.919 --> 00:22:34.859 who looks at a woman 00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:36.539 with lustful intent 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.799 has already committed 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:39.139 adultery with her 00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:40.039 in his heart. 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.220 So someone can think 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.960 oh you should not 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.579 commit adultery 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.440 like okay I'm not 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.879 going to touch 00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.980 anybody else's spouse, 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.339 right? 00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.680 But what Jesus is saying 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.740 is even if you look 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.220 lustfully at someone else 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.980 you've broken the command. 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.359 Your lust 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:56.460 is adulterous intent. 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.579 And so what Jesus 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.220 is doing is 00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.220 he's moving beyond 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.940 the behaviors 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.440 and exposing 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.180 our hearts. 00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:06.940 Do you remember 00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.840 in times where people 00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.759 would talk about Jesus 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.500 as one speaking 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.080 with authority? 00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.400 This is it. 00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.680 Here's the true 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:15.480 intent of the law. 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:18.140 It is to expose you. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.360 It's to show you 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:20.960 who you really are 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.100 and you can't hide 00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:23.019 behind your behaviors. 00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.940 You can't just manage 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.580 your behaviors 00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.519 and think you're okay. 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.360 And so what he does 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.240 in verse 31 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.839 with no fault divorce 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.680 what he does 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:35.140 in verses 33 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:36.039 through 37 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.880 in terms of 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:38.500 how you use your words 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:40.319 to swear oaths 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.359 and he gets at 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.500 in 38 through 42 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.220 when he gets at 00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.940 this kind of 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.900 this vindication 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.680 we can feel 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.519 an eye for an eye 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.299 tooth for a tooth 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.180 and he gets at 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.460 in 43 through 47 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.700 when people say 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.279 love your neighbor 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.200 but hate your enemies 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.660 and he's like 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:52.960 what? 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.039 Did you not know 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.880 that your enemy 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.799 is your neighbor 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.519 and you're to love 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.980 your enemy? 00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.900 He brings about 00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.559 the true intent 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.000 of the law. 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.079 He restores 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:06.240 the original scope 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.680 and reach 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.440 of the command. 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.279 Remember he was there 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.960 when they were given. 00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:14.220 There's no escape. 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:17.160 It exposes our hearts. 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.960 We are shown 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.000 for who we are 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.940 and you know 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.799 what it leads us to? 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.440 Declaration of 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.259 spiritual bankruptcy. 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:32.960 of being able 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.359 to say 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.019 you know that's 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:37.859 I'm a breaker 00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.519 of that command. 00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.900 I can't 00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.480 I don't obey 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.039 that command. 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.500 I'm 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:49.980 I'm in debt 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.839 I'm in over my head. 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.579 That's the intent 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.039 of the law. 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:56.819 That's how Paul 00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.420 talks about 00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.119 the use of the law 00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.159 when the law 00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.639 is a tutor. 00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.639 It brings us 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.519 to the end 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.420 of ourselves. 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.079 It exposes 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.639 our hearts 00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.659 shows us 00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.379 who we are 00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:07.319 and it shows us 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.799 our desperate 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.639 need 00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:11.000 for a savior. 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.720 The guy's speaking. 00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.819 So how does Jesus 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:19.039 restore 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.539 the commands? 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.240 He brings 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.019 he brings 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.500 their true 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.460 intent back. 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:26.960 He 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.859 wants 00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.859 our hearts 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:31.420 to be exposed 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.880 leading us 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.859 to spiritual bankruptcy 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.779 leading us 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.160 to mourning 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.960 over our sin 00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.740 leading us 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.799 to a meekness 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.579 leading us 00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.559 to a true hunger 00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:40.160 and thirsting 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.359 for true righteousness 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:43.339 purity of heart 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.559 mercy 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:49.440 and it's a way 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.259 in which he fulfills 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.660 the law. 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:53.580 he brings 00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.120 back its 00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:55.460 true meaning. 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.320 Can't escape it. 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.019 Fourth question. 00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.300 What does it mean 00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.460 when Jesus says 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:04.000 relaxing the least 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.800 of these commandments? 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.300 We read that 00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.800 in verse 19. 00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.120 Therefore whoever 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:11.160 relaxes one of the least 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.779 of these commandments 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.920 and teaches others 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.680 to do the same 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.400 will be called 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.259 least in the kingdom 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.759 of heaven. 00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.759 Remember Jesus 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:20.359 has been reiterating 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.299 in this passage 00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.319 that he did not 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.359 come to remove 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.980 the law 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.640 or to reduce 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.359 the law 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:28.359 or to relax 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.599 the law 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:31.440 but he's come 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.440 to restore 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.819 the true intent 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.319 of the law. 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.400 Maybe a better 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.220 question to ask 00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.539 is 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:44.799 who's Jesus 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.480 talking about? 00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.359 Who's relaxing 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.559 the commandments? 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.899 Who does he have 00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.319 in mind? 00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.980 And the surprise 00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.099 is that he has 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.659 in mind 00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:02.619 is the Pharisees. 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.359 The religious 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:05.960 professionals 00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.579 of the day. 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:09.099 it was these 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.720 religious 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.599 professionals 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.379 that 00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:14.319 are the ones 00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.259 he quotes. 00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:15.939 You've heard 00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.579 that it was said 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.299 to those of old 00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:20.119 in verse 21 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.919 27 00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.500 you've heard 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.139 that it was said 00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.859 verse 31 00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.819 it was also said 00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.399 33 00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:26.759 again 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.139 you've heard 00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.799 that it was said 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.720 38 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.559 you've heard 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.319 that it was said 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:31.980 43 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.399 you've heard 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:32.879 that it was said 00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.319 you should not 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.720 you should love 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.119 your neighbor 00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.599 and hate 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.059 your enemy 00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.739 your Bible 00:27:36.739 --> 00:27:37.539 doesn't say that 00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:40.559 it's actually 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.179 a relaxing 00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.699 of the law 00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.000 you're like 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.419 what hey 00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.319 how does that work? 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:43.939 Here's how 00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.439 they're relaxing 00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:44.959 the law 00:27:44.959 --> 00:27:47.759 they're adding 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.619 to the commands 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.339 they're focusing 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:51.219 on behavior 00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:53.059 and by doing so 00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:54.339 they are actually 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.119 avoiding 00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.039 having 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:57.259 the commands 00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.119 thoroughly 00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.899 search 00:27:58.899 --> 00:28:00.139 their hearts 00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:02.779 they're avoiding 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.160 the exposure 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:07.379 to be the sinners 00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.240 that they 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.240 really were 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:13.339 so these six 00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:13.839 examples 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.420 that you have 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.599 heard 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.299 that it was said 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:16.119 these are the 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:16.799 distortions 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.660 of the Pharisees 00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.700 this is actually 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.019 them relaxing 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.759 the commands 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.660 so that they 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.339 can manage 00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.920 the commands 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.460 and feel good 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.319 about themselves 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:27.259 but Jesus 00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.660 says 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.819 in every 00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.279 single 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.099 of these six 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.559 examples 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.119 but I say 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.480 to you 00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:34.539 let me 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.200 just correct 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.639 this relaxation 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.879 of the command 00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:40.319 and he 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.940 presses into 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.399 the full 00:28:41.399 --> 00:28:41.899 intent 00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:42.659 and impact 00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.139 of it 00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:44.679 calling us 00:28:44.679 --> 00:28:45.319 to perfection 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.059 he doesn't 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.899 Jesus doesn't 00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.839 relax 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.919 the standard 00:28:49.919 --> 00:28:50.519 of perfection 00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.019 of pure 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.440 holiness 00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.319 he calls 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.899 us to it 00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:56.019 and so 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.919 these Pharisees 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:58.399 they thought 00:28:58.399 --> 00:28:59.519 they were 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.480 perfect examples 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.180 of righteousness 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:03.599 but you remember 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.039 what Jesus 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.620 calls them 00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:06.259 whitewashed 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.700 tombs 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:08.860 you look great 00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.720 on the outside 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:11.799 but on the inside 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.539 you're just 00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.579 rotten death 00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:17.660 kingdom citizens 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.420 when we 00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.120 come across 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.779 the commands 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:22.839 instead of 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.200 thinking 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.680 okay 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.019 okay 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.559 how can I 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.319 how can I 00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.519 make this command 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.500 fit my life 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:29.319 what we do 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.859 is like 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.319 oh 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.460 I'm exposed 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:35.779 I'm exposed 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:37.000 my heart 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.079 has been exposed 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.140 I declare 00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:41.039 spiritual bankruptcy 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:45.680 so relaxing 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.039 the commandments 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.680 is interpreting 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.740 God's commands 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:51.659 in such a way 00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.619 to avoid 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.960 the sin 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.079 in your heart 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.599 to manage 00:29:57.599 --> 00:29:58.299 behavior 00:29:58.299 --> 00:30:02.359 so let me ask you 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.759 a question 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.480 along these lines 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:07.180 when you confess 00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.680 your sins 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.160 to God 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.079 what are you 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.460 typically 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.120 confessing 00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:14.980 are you 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.759 confessing 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.500 behaviors 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:21.099 or are you 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.500 also 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.319 confessing 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.380 sinful 00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:24.019 acts 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.500 sinful 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.220 behaviors 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.460 and sinful 00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.259 attitudes 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:29.500 sinful 00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.200 heart 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.000 postures 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.839 anger 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.660 and hate 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.519 and lust 00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.880 and greed 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.680 and 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:37.200 insatiable 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.559 desire 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.680 for comfort 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:42.460 if you're not 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:44.119 you've got 00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.880 room to grow 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.500 to be able 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:48.820 to say 00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.260 oh God 00:30:49.260 --> 00:30:50.920 would you 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.760 expose 00:30:51.760 --> 00:30:53.260 my heart 00:30:53.260 --> 00:30:54.520 shine your 00:30:54.520 --> 00:30:54.940 light 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.320 through your 00:30:55.320 --> 00:30:55.880 commands 00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.980 on the 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.340 darkness 00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:57.800 in my 00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.140 heart 00:30:58.140 --> 00:31:00.040 so that I 00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:00.640 can walk 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.600 in a 00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.020 purity of 00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.220 heart 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:04.620 of acknowledging 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:05.120 your sin 00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:07.500 now if you're 00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.940 in the room 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.300 and you're 00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.980 actually saying 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.520 something like 00:31:09.520 --> 00:31:09.780 this 00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.040 you know 00:31:10.040 --> 00:31:10.220 what 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.900 let's see 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.280 I'm trying 00:31:12.280 --> 00:31:12.680 to remember 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.300 the last time 00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:13.920 I actually 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.460 confessed 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.180 my sin 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.660 in which 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.480 I wasn't 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.980 prompted 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.579 hmm 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.420 if you don't 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.059 remember the last 00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.440 time you've 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.019 confessed your 00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.380 sin 00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.360 you need to 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.799 ask a 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.039 different 00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.539 question 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:26.279 what does 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.019 that reveal 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.779 about you 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:30.299 what does 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.840 that reveal 00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.660 about your 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:33.340 hunger 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.140 and thirst 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.920 for righteousness 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:37.640 maybe 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.579 you're not 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.200 relaxing 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.940 the commands 00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.720 as much 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.480 as you are 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.900 a little 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.460 too 00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.860 relaxed 00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.899 about 00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:46.059 the commands 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:48.279 you're not 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.000 taking them 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.579 seriously 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.139 enough 00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:55.619 we must 00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:55.979 view the 00:31:55.979 --> 00:31:56.459 Old Testament 00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.000 the way that 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.000 Jesus viewed 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.919 the Old Testament 00:31:58.919 --> 00:32:00.299 not relaxing 00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.039 the commandments 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.079 but allowing 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.779 the commandments 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:04.859 to search 00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:06.279 our hearts 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.859 and expose 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.579 us 00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:12.039 and then we 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.659 cry out to 00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:12.879 him 00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:14.759 again and 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.119 again and 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.419 again 00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:18.259 one last 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.539 question and 00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.039 answer 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:25.099 chapter or 00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.839 chapter 5 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.379 verse 20 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.759 for I tell you 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.319 unless your 00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.480 righteousness exceeds 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.039 that of the 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.559 scribes and 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.019 Pharisees 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.240 you will 00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.779 never 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.879 enter the 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.399 kingdom of 00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.740 heaven 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.779 what kind 00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.460 of righteousness 00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.779 is this 00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:40.180 that exceeds 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:41.440 the scribes 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.740 and the 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.640 Pharisees 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:46.140 I mean 00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.920 weren't the 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.400 scribes and 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.079 Pharisees the 00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.660 most righteous 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.359 people around 00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.079 they were the 00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.880 ones that would 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.900 kind of wrap 00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.779 their cloaks 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.700 around them 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.420 when they were 00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:56.339 walking through 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.279 just the normal 00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.079 everyday people 00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.859 so not to be 00:32:58.859 --> 00:32:59.380 touched and 00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.279 made unclean 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:04.180 aren't they the 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.859 most righteous 00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.700 people aren't 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.960 aren't they the 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.500 ones who are 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.000 pictures of 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.359 holiness 00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:10.839 if you ask 00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.420 them they would 00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.240 say of course 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.899 we are 00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:16.700 but they were 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.399 relaxing the 00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.899 commandments 00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:20.500 Jesus isn't 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.619 calling us to 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:23.440 a just like 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.559 two notches 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.399 better than the 00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:26.460 righteousness of 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.279 the Pharisees 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.379 by degree 00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:30.079 that's not the 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.799 righteousness that 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.639 Jesus is referring 00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.159 to here 00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:34.379 he's talking 00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.679 about a 00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.500 different kind 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.299 of righteousness 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:40.359 he's talking 00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.919 about a 00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.460 righteousness 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.899 that is 00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:44.419 given to 00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:45.059 those who 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:46.079 declare spiritual 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.939 bankruptcy 00:33:46.939 --> 00:33:48.960 those who 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.720 are saying 00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.759 I am utterly 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.259 unrighteous 00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.899 help me 00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.319 Lord 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:55.539 and then 00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.119 they're made 00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:56.779 righteous 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:58.059 don't you 00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.299 want to know 00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.039 how that works 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:03.299 remember 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.059 Jesus fulfilled 00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.500 the righteous 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.399 requirements of 00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:06.359 the whole law 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.099 and the prophets 00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:08.579 he did what we 00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.199 could never do 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:12.900 and when a 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.559 sinner declares 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.599 spiritual bankruptcy 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.779 for the first 00:34:15.779 --> 00:34:16.519 time they're like 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:18.179 I am shot 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.840 through by these 00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.699 commands I am 00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.820 exposed for the 00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.679 sinner that I am 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.920 there's no way I 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.880 could save myself 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.239 I am justly 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:26.539 under God's 00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.000 wrath 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.760 when you 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.559 recognize that 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:30.420 and admit that 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.260 to God 00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.800 and say 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.940 oh help me 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.039 Lord Jesus 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:38.280 God forgives 00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:39.000 your sin debt 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:43.119 Jesus pays 00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.460 for all that 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.400 debt on the 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.000 cross 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.280 so there's no 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.079 more debt over 00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.539 your head 00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:50.519 and it just 00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.019 doesn't end 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.460 there 00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.559 it's God 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:54.079 then credits 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.340 your account 00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:56.420 with the very 00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.119 righteousness 00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.400 of Christ 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:00.360 so not 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.440 check it out 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.219 the righteous one 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:04.000 was made 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.980 unrighteous 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.759 so that the 00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.739 unrighteous ones 00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.519 could be made 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.019 righteous 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:11.639 and on the 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.599 basis of 00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:14.000 that work 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.380 by faith 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.759 in Christ 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:19.920 welcome to 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.360 the kingdom 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:26.740 what kind of 00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.200 righteousness 00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:28.680 exceeds that 00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.420 of the 00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.440 scribes and 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.080 Pharisees 00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:33.300 it's Christ's 00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.780 righteousness 00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:37.560 and without it 00:35:37.560 --> 00:35:38.740 no one can 00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.180 enter the 00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.580 kingdom of 00:35:39.580 --> 00:35:39.820 heaven 00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:42.660 and when 00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:43.480 Christ's 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.920 righteousness 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.640 is imputed 00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.200 to you 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.519 you are going 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.099 to hunger 00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:48.059 and thirst 00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:49.939 for the 00:35:49.939 --> 00:35:50.379 real 00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.019 righteousness 00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.199 a heart 00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.799 righteousness 00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:55.299 that which 00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:56.000 the commands 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.119 actually call 00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.480 us to 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:02.839 I started 00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.480 talking about 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.159 an epidemic 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:08.819 where do you 00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.299 put old 00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.619 tech 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:13.179 maybe your 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.899 home has 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:15.139 an old 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.500 tech 00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.099 graveyard 00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.900 like our 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.619 home does 00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:20.519 old tech 00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:20.920 that's 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.400 irrelevant 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:22.480 it's out 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.860 of date 00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:24.619 it's useless 00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:27.740 but as we've 00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.200 been seeing 00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:29.039 Jesus here 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.400 speak about 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.800 the Old 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.220 Testament 00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:32.400 what I hope 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.860 you're seeing 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.480 this morning 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.579 is that Jesus 00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:35.740 is extraordinary 00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:37.920 and this claim 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.760 by which he says 00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.360 he came to 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:40.240 fulfill the Old 00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.639 Testament 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.420 it's extraordinary 00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.720 so far 00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.519 from being 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.280 out of date 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.119 irrelevant 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.920 and useless 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:48.059 the Old 00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.440 Testament 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:50.539 is always 00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.139 to date 00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.700 it's incredibly 00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.220 relevant 00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:54.400 and it's 00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.280 super useful 00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:56.180 because it 00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.720 gives us 00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:57.079 Jesus 00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.720 it points 00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.240 us to him 00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:58.760 again 00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.900 and again 00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:01.079 and again 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.599 the Old 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:01.960 Testament 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.200 is a 00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:04.139 Christological 00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.480 gold mine 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:07.800 unto salvation 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:11.740 but don't 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.060 take my 00:37:12.060 --> 00:37:12.400 word for 00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.620 it 00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:16.000 take 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.280 Jesus 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.800 word for 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.539 it 00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:19.640 I came 00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.019 not to 00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.560 abolish 00:37:20.560 --> 00:37:20.900 them 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.900 the law 00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.140 and the 00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.460 prophets 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:24.720 but to 00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.080 fulfill 00:37:25.080 --> 00:37:25.420 them 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:28.480 that's 00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.720 something to 00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.100 be very 00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:29.460 thankful 00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.900 about 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.519 and it 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.140 changes 00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.760 the way 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.560 you view 00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:34.440 the Old 00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.840 Testament 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:36.620 let's pray 00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:39.199 God in 00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.420 heaven 00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:41.599 thank you 00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:41.839 for the 00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.000 Old 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.319 Testament 00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:43.000 every word 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.639 in it 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:46.440 and thank 00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:46.659 you for 00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.159 these words 00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.659 of Jesus 00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.839 that give 00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.880 us light 00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.440 in order 00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.199 to understand 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.559 the Old 00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.920 Testament 00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:54.239 that in 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.839 ways that 00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.079 not 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.819 we don't 00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.880 always 00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.559 understand 00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:59.859 but are 00:37:59.859 --> 00:38:00.319 ways that 00:38:00.319 --> 00:38:00.920 are glorious 00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.380 that these 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.460 39 books 00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.279 point again 00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.759 and again 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:07.600 to your 00:38:07.600 --> 00:38:08.560 great work 00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:09.420 realized in 00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:09.960 the person 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.420 of Jesus 00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.960 Christ 00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:13.560 by which 00:38:13.560 --> 00:38:14.140 you're gathering 00:38:14.140 --> 00:38:14.600 a people 00:38:14.600 --> 00:38:15.440 for yourself 00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:17.360 who will 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.780 praise you 00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.380 for eternity 00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:21.140 God thank you 00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.700 so much 00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:22.360 for the 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:23.060 Beatitudes 00:38:23.060 --> 00:38:23.680 thank you 00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:24.240 so much 00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.660 for these 00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:25.100 words of 00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:25.360 Jesus 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.800 we've been 00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.120 gathering 00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.660 around this 00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:26.980 fall 00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.620 would you 00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:29.140 prepare our 00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.540 hearts 00:38:29.540 --> 00:38:30.020 as we 00:38:30.020 --> 00:38:30.440 enter 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.220 the Advent 00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:31.720 season 00:38:31.720 --> 00:38:33.180 in Jesus 00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.560 name we 00:38:33.560 --> 00:38:33.860 pray 00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:34.840 amen 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:54.820 amen 00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.900 so