8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

1/33

The Surpassing

Righteousness of a

Believers Walk

Matthew 5:17-20

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

2/33

The Sermon on the Mount:

Life under the leadership of Jesus Christ

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

3/33

The Sermon on the Mount:

Life under the leadership of Jesus Christ

Eight beautiful attitudes of a believers

heart, Mt 5:1-10

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

4/33

The Sermon on the Mount:

Life under the leadership of Jesus Christ

Eight beautiful attitudes of a believers

heart, Mt 5:1-10

The penetrating influence of a believers

witness, Mt 5:11-16

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

5/33

The Sermon on the Mount:

Life under the leadership of Jesus Christ

Eight beautiful attitudes of a believers

heart, Mt 5:1-10

The penetrating influence of a believers

witness, Mt 5:11-16

The surpassing righteousness of a

believers walk, Mt 5:17-20

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

6/33

The Sermon on the Mount, a ruler:

Unless your

righteousness, by far,

surpasses that of the

Scribes and the

Pharisees, you will

certainly not enter the

Kingdom of Heaven.

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

7/33

The key to the Sermon on the

Mount: surpassing righteousness In my personal conduct

In my prayer life

In my giving and

personal finances

In my purpose for

living

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

8/33

1. Jesus is uniquely authorized to

explain the Scriptures to me!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

9/33

The BIG question:

In light of my newrelationship to Jesus,

how should I live now?

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

10/33

Jesus extraordinary claims to

authority:

The people were amazed . . . because

He taught as one having authority, not astheir teachers of the law. Mt. 7:28,29

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

11/33

Jesus extraordinary claims to

authority:

The people were amazed . . . because

He taught as one having authority, not astheir teachers of the law. Mt. 7:28,29

I have come

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

12/33

Jesus extraordinary claims to

authority:

The people were amazed . . . because

He taught as one having authority, not astheir teachers of the law. Mt. 7:28,29

I have come

The Scriptures are all about MeI Am

their author, their subject and their end!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

13/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

regardthe Old Testament?

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

14/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

regardthe Old Testament? The Old Testament Scriptures are accurate not

just in the concepts and ideas they convey, but

down to the very letter!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

15/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

regardthe Old Testament? The Old Testament Scriptures are accurate not

just in the concepts and ideas they convey, but

down to the very letter!

The Old Testament Scriptures are accurate in

everything they predict!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

16/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

regardthe Old Testament? The Old Testament Scriptures are accurate not

just in the concepts and ideas they convey, but

down to the very letter!

The Old Testament Scriptures are accurate in

everything they predict!

The Old Testament Scriptures are supernaturally

guarded by God until the end of this age

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

17/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament?

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

18/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament? I am not supposed to throw the Old Testament

away

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

19/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament? I am not supposed to throw the Old Testament

away

But neither am I obligated to the Old Testament

in the same way that Old Testament believers

were

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

20/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament? I am not supposed to throw the Old Testament

away

But neither am I obligated to the Old Testament

in the same way that Old Testament believers

were

I have a new relationship to the Old Testament

that is mediated by Jesus, who is its fulfillment!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

21/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament? Some parts of the Old Testament dont relate

to me since Jesus closed the old era and started

a new one

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

22/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament? Some parts of the Old Testament dont relate

to me since Jesus closed the old era and started

a new one

Some parts of the Old Testament dont relate to

me since Jesus has satisfied the demands of the

Law on the Cross

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

23/33

As a follower of Jesus, how should I

relate to the Old Testament? Some parts of the Old Testament dont relate

to me since Jesus closed the old era and started

a new one

Some parts of the Old Testament dont relate to

me since Jesus has satisfied the demands of the

Law on the Cross

But other parts of the Old Testament DO relate

to me, because they describe the righteous

living that God expects from me!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

24/33

2. Jesus is uniquely qualified to

measure my living

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

25/33

The righteous life of Jesus:

Jesus fulfilled all the requirements of the

Law by His righteous life

Jesus was born under the Law

Jesus was the living embodiment of therighteousnessprescribedand describedin

the Old Testament Scriptures

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

26/33

The righteous life of Jesus:

Jesus fulfilled all the requirements of the

Law by His righteous life

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

27/33

The righteous life of Jesus:

Jesus fulfilled all the requirements of the

Law by His righteous life

Jesus was born under the Law

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

28/33

The righteous life of Jesus:

Jesus fulfilled all the requirements of the

Law by His righteous life

Jesus was born under the Law

Jesus was the living embodiment of therighteousnessprescribedand describedin

the Old Testament Scriptures

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

29/33

W.W.J.D.?

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

30/33

3. Jesus is uniquely able to help

me reach the full measure ofGods righteousness!

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

31/33

The substandard righteousness

of the Pharisees:

It was self-selected

It was self-earned

It was self-satisfied

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

32/33

The surpassing righteousness of

the Kingdom of Heaven:

It is directed by Jesus

It is bestowed by Jesus

It is approved by Jesus

8/6/2019 The Sermon on the Mount Part 4

33/33