As we study a block of verses like we have been doing for the past Month, it is wise to see “where they fit” in the overarching counsel of God. Because “ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” every  section of Scripture is connected to every other. Which means that when we venture into the territory to follow, and see the connections that our verses have to many others; we,

Lead In: When we first arrived at Matt. 5:17-20 , two weeks ago, we saw that when God gave us The Law, He was revealing His character and nature to us. Last week, we focused on verse 20  when Jesus used the beautiful looking righteousness of the Pharisees to expose our desires for self-justification. Cutting between our motivations and actions, we understood that acting in ways that God approves of (even if they are instructions from  Him!), while refusing to repent… can bri

Last week, we started a ‘mini-series’ as it were, on The Undying Law of God. When He preempted the numerous laws He gave with the command to “be holy as He is holy” (Levi. 19:2) , we can know that there on thundering Sinai, in the giving of the Moral Law, He was revealing His character and nature in a way that we can interact with. How can we begin to wrap our mind around the “perfect-ness” of a spaceless and timeless God? The Law. And because God can’t change, it therefore