On to the New Life

On to the New LifeMatthew 5:17-18

A Big Problem

What did Christ do with the Law in the Sermon on the Mount?

To Abolish or Fulfill?

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill [or complete] them.”

Matt. 5:17, NIV

“Law and the Prophets”

In the New Testament, the term refers to the Scriptures then: The Old Testament (the Law, the Writings, and the Prophets).

To Fulfill or Complete

To Fulfill or Complete

• The Law - the moral, sacrificial, dietary, financial, clerical, and festival aspects pointed to...

To Fulfill or Complete

• The Law - the moral, sacrificial, dietary, financial, clerical, and festival aspects pointed to...

• The Writings - the history of Israel pictured and pointed to...

To Fulfill or Complete

• The Law - the moral, sacrificial, dietary, financial, clerical, and festival aspects pointed to...

• The Writings - the history of Israel pictured and pointed to...

• The Prophets - all prophecies pointed to...

Their desperate need for...

the Messiah

The Parameters

The Parameters“I tell you the truth, until heaven

and earth disappear,

not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means

disappear from the Law

The Parameters“I tell you the truth, until heaven

and earth disappear,

not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means

disappear from the Law

#1

The Parameters“I tell you the truth, until heaven

and earth disappear,

not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means

disappear from the Law

until everything is accomplished [or completed].”

Matt. 5:18, NIV

The Parameters“I tell you the truth, until heaven

and earth disappear,

not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means

disappear from the Law

until everything is accomplished [or completed].”

Matt. 5:18, NIV#2

The Parameters

COM

PLETE

“I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear,

not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means

disappear from the Law

until everything is accomplished [or completed].”

Matt. 5:18, NIV#2

When to change oil?

A) Every 3,000 miles

B) Every 3 months

C)None of the above

Which comes first?

Which comes first?

End of the physical universe?

Which comes first?

End of the physical universe?

OR

Which comes first?

End of the physical universe?

COM

PLETE

“Everything is accomplished”?

OR

WHO?WHAT?HOW?

Not until the Kingdom

After taking the cup, [Jesus] gave thanks and said, “Take this and

divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again from the

fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

Luke 22:17-18, NIV

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished (Τετέλεσται), and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine

vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the

drink, Jesus said, “It is finished (Τετέλεσται).” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

John 19:29-30, NIV

The Kingdom of God

Fruit of the Vine

“But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the

kingdom of God has come upon you.”

Matt. 12:28, NIV

“Receipts are often introduced by the phrase [sic] tetelestai, usually written in an abbreviated manner....”

The Greek-English lexicon by Moulton and Milligan, p. 630

“Receipts are often introduced by the phrase [sic] tetelestai, usually written in an abbreviated manner....”

The Greek-English lexicon by Moulton and Milligan, p. 630

When he had received the drink [the fruit of the vine], Jesus said, “It is finished (Τετέλεσται).”

John 19:30, NIV

EMANCIPATION1863

First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them" (although the law

required them to be made). Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. And

by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body once for all.

Hebrews 10:8-10, NIV

The New Replaced the Old

Why not Old + New?

Principle:New Wineskin

He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new

garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and

the patch from the new will not match the old.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will

burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine

must be poured into new wineskins.”

Luke 5:36-38, NIV

New Life

As disciples of Jesus, we live the new life by His Spirit and are empowered to obey His commands.

Welcome toNew Life in Christ

There’s more next month when we learn more about this new way of life in the Kingdom of God

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