21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’” Matthew 5:21 ESV
“You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13 ESV
“You shall not murder.” Deuteronomy 5:17 ESV
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.” Deuteronomy 16:18 ESV
22 “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” Matthew 5:22 ESV
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Does Jesus contradict the Old Testament Law? Part 1 of 2
“You have heard that it was said” 5:21 “But I say” 5:22
“You have heard that it was said” 5:27 “But I say” 5:28
“It was also said” 5:31 “But I say” 5:32
“You have heard that it was said” 5:33 “But I say” 5:34
“You have heard that it was said” 5:38 “But I say” 5:39
“You have heard that it was said” 5:43 “But I say” 5:44
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 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.” Matthew 5:17-18
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What can we learn from Jesus as He brings correction to common misinterpretations of God’s law?
21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.” Matthew 5:21-22a ESV
Anger #1: Murder and Anger are different but related sins that both bring God’s justified judgment, respectively.
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22 “Whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” Matthew 5:22b ESV
Anger #2: We bring judgement upon ourselves when we make ungodly and unjustified intellectual and moral judgments of others.
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23 “So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” Matthew 5:23-24 ESV
Anger #3: Corporate worship reminds us with whom we need to reconcile and gives us opportunity to go make amends and return.
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25 “Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26 Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.” Matthew 5:25-26 ESV
Anger #4: If we know we have wronged someone, we should seek to make amends quickly before the situation becomes a legal matter.
PRO TIP: IT IS HARD TO HATE AND LOVE SOMEONE. IT IS HARD TO PRAY HATE.
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27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’” Matthew 5:27 ESV
14 “You shall not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14 ESV
18 “And you shall not commit adultery.” Deuteronomy 5:18 ESV
28 “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:28 ESV
Lust #1: Adultery and Lust are different but related sins that both bring God’s justified judgment, respectively.
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28 “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Matthew 5:28 ESV
20 “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7:20-23 ESV
Lust #2: Adultery and Lust are both sins that begin in the heart.
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29 “If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.” Matthew 5:29-30 ES
Lust #3: Living in repetitious sin is a serious problem that requires heart transformation to discontinue damaging patterns.
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14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. James 1:14-15 ESV
13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. Romans 6:6 ESV
Lust #4: We do not have to stay enslaved to our sinful patterns, God provides escape during temptation so that we might be rescued.
PRO TIP: IT IS HARD TO LUST AND LOVE SOMEONE. IT IS HARD TO PRAY LUST.
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31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” Matthew 5:31-32 ESV
Divorce #1: Sexual immorality is an exception that Jesus provides regarding divorce.
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1 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house.” Deuteronomy 24:1 ESV
8 “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” Matthew 19:8 ESV
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:24-25 ESV
Divorce #2: Divorce is a result of hardness of heart and it separates two people God intended to remain unified and unashamed.
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9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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