Fulfillment of the Law: Grace Over Performance
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"And we don't want to be the same. Our heart is open to Jesus and we're saying, Jesus changed me and transformed me. And so before we dive into Matthew chapter 5, I think about the final words of Jesus. Because that has everything to do with our section today. When he was dying on the cross. And they could say that the final words of a person are some of the most important words that you could ever hear from them." [00:22:18] (25 seconds)
"And that's actually the beautiful part about when we dive into the Sermon on the Mount today, and we're going to be starting Matthew 5, verse 17. And it's a beautiful moment because when we look at the words, it is finished, Jesus shows us in this next passage that we're getting into, our main passage, exactly what he meant. And I hope that right now that we're going to hang on every word the word of God brings to us. Because if Jesus could testify that he was coming in his life, death, and resurrection, his purpose for that was to actually accomplish something. It's so important for not only my world now, and my future, but my eternity, that I understand, Jesus, what did you do?" [00:25:00] (51 seconds)
"Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven." [00:06:10] (22 seconds)
"Prior to Jesus, if I want to connect with the one true living God, I have to keep and fulfill 613 commandments. I believe plus 10. 10 commandments as well. I have to uphold all of that. You know, I think for most of us, just sitting here and counting to 613 plus 10 would be a little bit of an exasperating moment. Let alone memorizing, keeping, and fulfilling all of those commands." [00:14:42] (38 seconds)
"So when Jesus comes, here's the beauty of this moment. And he looks at his crowd and he says, I've come to fulfill the law. He's saying, I've come to fulfill your connection with God. I've come to make a way where you can never measure up and you can never get it yourself. I've come to make a way. And you know what my favorite part about that moment is? I've come to fulfill the law. That means I've come to make the way of connecting with God. These people had no idea, but God was standing right in front of them in human form. Be Jesus. He's like, I'm here. That's the fulfillment. I have come to abide among my people." [00:17:34] (52 seconds)
"When Jesus died on that cross, what he did was more than just die. He took everything inside of me that would run after the squirrel. All of that stuff. Everything inside of me that would want to run astray. And every time I ran astray, he took that all on himself. And it died with him. That's why it says this, and Paul would phrase it like this. He who knew no sin, Jesus, became sin for us to get all on himself. That you and I, us, we might become the righteousness of God. It's like the right standing of God. So I'm now right with him, and it flows not only through my relationship with him, but out into my everyday living." [00:18:49] (56 seconds)
"Jesus says he comes to fulfill the call to faithfulness. And actually, even the prophets themselves would testify of the one who would come and fulfill this. Check this out. Jeremiah 31. Starting in verse 31, it says, Look the days are coming, the Lord declares, when I will make a new covenant, covenant agreement contract with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them out, led them by the hand out of Egypt." [00:26:02] (38 seconds)
"The Lord, the Lord's declaration, instead of this, instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. Check this out. I will put my teaching, the law, that five, the five books, the heart of that, in their heart. I will put my teachings within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people. No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother saying, know the Lord, for they will all know me from the least to the greatest of them." [00:26:54] (37 seconds)
"And then rather than this hierarchical priest person, or this Pharisees and scribes trying to top down, get everybody to somewhat know the Lord. Instead of that, each person will know the Lord. That's why Peter would say that you are a royal people, a holy people, God's own possession. I'm going to have to just hop there and just read it because it's a good scripture, and I don't want to butcher it because I might." [00:28:33] (36 seconds)
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of God's possession, so that you might proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness and into his marvelous light. So he says you are now a royal people, a chosen people, his possession. And he puts that law, that call to faithfulness, inside you. That's what Jesus does. When Jesus said, it is finished, he was thinking about things like Jeremiah 31 that we just read. Well, that call to the new covenant, the new agreement is finished. And he helped." [00:29:27] (43 seconds)
"So when I come to Jesus, what happens is he takes out the old heart and he gives us a new one that changes and begins to live out naturally out of a changed life all these lists and ordinances and commandments that were given to us. It's a changed way of being. You know, I think of my dad. He used to, before he knew Jesus, he was a long-haired rock guitar player in the bar. That's what he did. And he would go around and do these things. And then he came to Jesus and that transition out of that life was like a little bit slow. And one time he's playing in this bar and he's playing a song that he played all the time." [00:30:16] (55 seconds)
"And in that final moment of Jesus, where he was on that cross, and he cried out, it is finished, what it looked like on the outside was that, oh, another one failed. The powers of darkness killed him. And they took him out. But here's the thing. When Jesus said, it is finished, he fulfilled that law of connecting with God. He fulfilled that, that the prophets of your ability to now be, continue, be faithful, to call back to faithfulness. He did these things. And yet he himself was not snuffed out by the powers of darkness through his death. Instead, three days later, he rose from the dead victorious over every single enemy." [00:33:40] (55 seconds)
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"And that's actually the beautiful part about when we dive into the Sermon on the Mount today, and we're going to be starting Matthew 5, verse 17. And it's a beautiful moment because when we look at the words, it is finished, Jesus shows us in this next passage that we're getting into, our main passage, exactly what he meant. And I hope that right now that we're going to hang on every word the word of God brings to us. Because if Jesus could testify that he was coming in his life, death, and resurrection, his purpose for that was to actually accomplish something. It's so important for not only my world now, and my future, but my eternity, that I understand, Jesus, what did you do?" [00:25:00] (51 seconds)
"Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called greatest in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven." [00:06:10] (22 seconds)
"Prior to Jesus, if I want to connect with the one true living God, I have to keep and fulfill 613 commandments. I believe plus 10. 10 commandments as well. I have to uphold all of that. You know, I think for most of us, just sitting here and counting to 613 plus 10 would be a little bit of an exasperating moment. Let alone memorizing, keeping, and fulfilling all of those commands." [00:14:42] (38 seconds)
"So when Jesus comes, here's the beauty of this moment. And he looks at his crowd and he says, I've come to fulfill the law. He's saying, I've come to fulfill your connection with God. I've come to make a way where you can never measure up and you can never get it yourself. I've come to make a way. And you know what my favorite part about that moment is? I've come to fulfill the law. That means I've come to make the way of connecting with God. These people had no idea, but God was standing right in front of them in human form. Be Jesus. He's like, I'm here. That's the fulfillment. I have come to abide among my people." [00:17:34] (52 seconds)
"When Jesus died on that cross, what he did was more than just die. He took everything inside of me that would run after the squirrel. All of that stuff. Everything inside of me that would want to run astray. And every time I ran astray, he took that all on himself. And it died with him. That's why it says this, and Paul would phrase it like this. He who knew no sin, Jesus, became sin for us to get all on himself. That you and I, us, we might become the righteousness of God. It's like the right standing of God. So I'm now right with him, and it flows not only through my relationship with him, but out into my everyday living." [00:18:49] (56 seconds)
"Jesus says he comes to fulfill the call to faithfulness. And actually, even the prophets themselves would testify of the one who would come and fulfill this. Check this out. Jeremiah 31. Starting in verse 31, it says, Look the days are coming, the Lord declares, when I will make a new covenant, covenant agreement contract with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them out, led them by the hand out of Egypt." [00:26:02] (38 seconds)
"The Lord, the Lord's declaration, instead of this, instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. Check this out. I will put my teaching, the law, that five, the five books, the heart of that, in their heart. I will put my teachings within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people. No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother saying, know the Lord, for they will all know me from the least to the greatest of them." [00:26:54] (37 seconds)
"And then rather than this hierarchical priest person, or this Pharisees and scribes trying to top down, get everybody to somewhat know the Lord. Instead of that, each person will know the Lord. That's why Peter would say that you are a royal people, a holy people, God's own possession. I'm going to have to just hop there and just read it because it's a good scripture, and I don't want to butcher it because I might." [00:28:33] (36 seconds)
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of God's possession, so that you might proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness and into his marvelous light. So he says you are now a royal people, a chosen people, his possession. And he puts that law, that call to faithfulness, inside you. That's what Jesus does. When Jesus said, it is finished, he was thinking about things like Jeremiah 31 that we just read. Well, that call to the new covenant, the new agreement is finished. And he helped." [00:29:27] (43 seconds)
"So when I come to Jesus, what happens is he takes out the old heart and he gives us a new one that changes and begins to live out naturally out of a changed life all these lists and ordinances and commandments that were given to us. It's a changed way of being. You know, I think of my dad. He used to, before he knew Jesus, he was a long-haired rock guitar player in the bar. That's what he did. And he would go around and do these things. And then he came to Jesus and that transition out of that life was like a little bit slow. And one time he's playing in this bar and he's playing a song that he played all the time." [00:30:16] (55 seconds)
"And in that final moment of Jesus, where he was on that cross, and he cried out, it is finished, what it looked like on the outside was that, oh, another one failed. The powers of darkness killed him. And they took him out. But here's the thing. When Jesus said, it is finished, he fulfilled that law of connecting with God. He fulfilled that, that the prophets of your ability to now be, continue, be faithful, to call back to faithfulness. He did these things. And yet he himself was not snuffed out by the powers of darkness through his death. Instead, three days later, he rose from the dead victorious over every single enemy." [00:33:40] (55 seconds)
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