Fulfill the Law

Matthew 5:17-48

Today we are looking at how the law is part of a larger story and how we are invited to be participate in it.

Matthew 5:17-48 The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most famous speeches ever given. This is Jesus at his most accessible. The intriguing phenomenon is, however, that the closer one looks the more one becomes fascinated with the beauty through which Jesus addresses each topic.

Jesus' approach to the law is instructive on a number of levels. The law needs to be interpreted and we need to understand the story behind the law in order to properly accomplish the intent of the law in our time and space. But this goes for our personal rules as well.

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Jesus' approach to the law is instructive on a number of levels. We all have guidelines we have put in place in our lives but sometimes those rules need to re-interpreted so that we can faithfully live out the original intent.