11.17.2021 | RIGHTEOUS

RIGHTEOUS

Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”

Matthew 5:18 – “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.”

  • What are some of the tools the enemy uses to divide families, especially the family of God?

  • The enemy wants to sow doubt and confusion in our minds and divide us through Scripture.

  • How do born again believers relate to the Old Testament?

  • What does it mean to be living under the new Covenant, the Covenant of Grace?

2 Timothy 3:16 – “All Scripture is inspired by God”

  • The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed.

  • The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.

  • Bishop Ryle – “The O.T. is the Gospel in the bud. The N.T. is the Gospel in full flower.”

Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”

  • Law and the Prophets refers to the Old Testament.

  • Destroy – Demolish, throw down, put an end, pull down a house or tent

  • Fulfill – Fill, complete, draw out in its fullness

  • The Old Testament points to Jesus Christ.

Luke 24:44 – “Then He said to them, ‘These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.’”

Luke 24:45 – “Then He opened their understanding that they might comprehend the Scriptures.”

  • How did Jesus fulfill the Law and the Prophets?

  • Jesus Fulfilled the Need for Sacrifice

  • Every animal sacrifice, every offering, the Tabernacle, the Temple, all point to Jesus Christ.

  • Father God was preparing us for the ultimate sacrifice of His Son.

John 1:29 – “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The

  • Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

  • What happened inside the temple when Jesus died?

Mark 15:38 – “Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.”

Hebrews 9:12 – “Not with blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.”

  • Jesus Fulfilled Messianic Prophecy

  • What were some of the prophecies of His first Coming?

  • The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem

Micah 5:2 – “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come to Me the One to be the ruler of Israel.”

  • The Messiah would be born of a virgin

Isaiah 7:14 – “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall His Name Immanuel.”

  • The Messiah would be crucified upon the cross

Psalm 22:16 – “They pierced My hands and My feet.”

Psalm 22:18 – “They divided My garments among them and for My clothing they cast lots.”

Daniel 9:26 – “And after sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself.”

  • The Messiah will be resurrected from the dead.

Psalm 16:10 – “For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.”

  • Jesus Fulfilled the Moral Law and became our Righteousness

  • Jesus is Our Righteousness.

Jeremiah 23:6 – “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”

Matthew 5:20 points to a righteousness of the heart.

Matthew 5:20 – “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

  • Our righteousness is as filthy rags before the Lord.

Isaiah 64:6 – “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags.”

Ezekiel 36:26 – “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 – “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

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