The Law

Matthew 5:17-20 NIV

“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. For truly I tell you, 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.Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Fulfilling the Law meant obeying:

The Statutes of the Law
The Standard of the Law
The Structure of the Law
The Specifications of the Law
The Strictness of the Law
The Scrutiny of the Law
The Servitude of the Law
The Sacrifices of the Law

Fulfilling the Prophets meant being:

Genesis 3:15 NIV
Deuteronomy 18:15 NIV
Daniel 7:13-14 NIV
Isaiah 7:14 NIV
Micah 5:2 NIV
Psalm 22:16 NIV
Isaiah 53:5-6 NIV
Jeremiah 31:31 NIV

Galatians 4:4-5 NIV
“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the LAW,to redeem those under the LAW, that we might receive adoption to sonship.”

Luke 24:44 NIV
“Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

Jesus FULFILLED the Law:
The Statutes of the Law ✅
The Standard of the Law ✅
The Structure of the Law ✅
The Specifications of the Law ✅
The Strictness of the Law ✅
The Scrutiny of the Law ✅
The Servitude of the Law ✅
The Sacrifices of the Law ✅

Jesus FULFILLED the Prophets:

Genesis 3:15 NIV ✅
Deuteronomy 18:15 NIV ✅
Daniel 7:13-14 NIV ✅
Isaiah 7:14 NIV ✅
Micah 5:2 NIV ✅
Psalm 22:16-18 NIV ✅
Isaiah 53:4-7 NIV ✅
Jeremiah 31:31 NIV ✅

Romans 7:4 NIV
“So, my brothers and sisters, YOU ALSO DIED TO THE LAW through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.”

Matthew 5:20 NIV
“For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Matthew 23:27-28 NIV
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.”

We’ve been liberated to not live for the minimum and now empowered to live for the MAXIMUM!

Legalism – Living for the Minimum
Love – Living for the Maximum

Matthew 5:21-22 NIV
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister^, will be subject to judgment.”