1. Matthew
Chapter 5
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2. Summary of Last time:
Remember, last time, we finished off the “Beatitudes”
and then read verses and we finished with
verse 16…
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3. You are the salt of the earth;
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth;
but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
NASU
Salt was a preservative – they had no refrigeration, so salt
was very important to keep foods (specifically meats) from
spoiling...
We as carriers of salt, are to be God’s preservative in our
world
We are to keep the world from being “spoiled” by satan
Salt was used to flavor things…
We as the carriers of salt are to flavor the world and add
God’s influence on the world
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4. You are the salt of the earth;
Matthew 5:13
You are the salt of the earth;
but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
NASU
God left us (Christians) to influence the world
(remember, satan is the god of this world and rules it,
and the world is corrupt because of him)
and so we are to counter his influence by influencing the
world for Christ
Again, if we as believers allow the Holy Spirit to take
control of our lives and allow His fruit to come through our
lives, we will be the salt of the earth!
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5. Matthew 5:14-16 14 "You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
NASU
Again, I think we are just carriers or messengers of the
true light - God
And if we allow the fruit of the Spirit to come through our
lives, we will let God’s light shine
Light is the opposite of darkness, the world is full of darkness
(remember the prophecy; “the people sitting in darkness,
and upon the land a light has dawned”?)
Satan is the king of darkness –
God is the one who brought light into the world – “In the
beginning... light”
we are to be agents of light, we are to be agents of God’s
holiness, we are to bring God’s holiness (light) into the world
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6. Matthew 5:14-16 14 "You are the light of the world.
A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
NASU
And we are to let our light shine before men:
That is not with just our mouth, but with our actions
You can SAY all you want, but people watch your actions
And we should let it shine in such a way that they will not
see us, but will SEE GOD!
And it will bring glory and honor to Him!
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7. So, remember…
Jesus said; “YOU are the salt of the earth”…
And…
“YOU are the light of the world”
Where else is the world going to get Salt and Light? !!!!!
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8. I’M A SINNER!
I’M NOT PERFECT!
God, the source of perfect Salt and source of perfect Light,
has left us to be the ones who are to bring salt and light
to the world!
And let me say, I don’t always do such a good job of it!
It’s VERY humbling!
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9. But, don’t forget, God has not left us alone!
We, as followers of Jesus Christ, have the Holy Spirit living
in us, and by His power, and ONLY by His power,
we CAN BE SALT AND LIGHT!
We just need to get our flesh out of the way of the Holy
Spirit and let Him do it!
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10. Matthew 5:17 & 18
17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
NASU
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Some teach the New Testament, as if it is a replacement for
the OT, but it really is just a continuation of the OT...
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11. Romans 7:7-13
7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET." 8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart
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12. from the Law sin is dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; 11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the Law is holy, and the
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13. commandment is holy and righteous and good
commandment is holy and righteous and good. 13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
NASU
Paul is telling us here, that if it weren’t for the Law, I wouldn’t
realize I was sinning
I wouldn’t realize I was offending God!
In fact the Law shows us God’s character and His PERFECT
nature!
The Law shows us God!
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14. Galatians 3:24
Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.
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Paul points out that the Law was given to show our need
for a Savior
If it weren’t for the OT Law, I would never come to Christ!
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15. Matthew 5:17 & 18
17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
NASU
Jesus fulfilled everything in the Law!...
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16. Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us — for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"
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And Jesus is able to redeem us from the curse of the law!
He didn’t come to do away with the Law, because the
Law is the very nature of God
He came to FULFILL the Law!
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17. Matthew 5:20
For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
NASU
******* Note: This verse really goes with what Jesus has
just been saying, AND is leading into what
He is getting ready to say
So, if your Bible has a title heading for the next
section, like mine does and the heading comes
just after this verse - don’t let that make you
think it only goes with what He has just said
So let’s go back and read this verse in the context of
what Jesus just said...
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18. Matthew 5:17-20
17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 "Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and
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19. teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
NASU
Jesus has just said:
He didn’t come to abolish the Law and the prophets,
He came to fulfill ALL of them!
And until Heaven and earth pass away, the ALL the
Law will stand
And if anyone voids one of the tiniest parts of the Law,
and teaches others to do the same, they are least
in the kingdom of heaven
But, whoever keeps them and teaches others to do so
as well, will be called great in the kingdom of heaven
Then He says… (READ VERSE 20 AGAIN)
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20. teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
NASU
The religious leaders LOOKED very righteous…
...and they IMPLIED that they were very righteous and Jesus
says one has to be even more righteous than them
Remember, He just said that you had to keep ALL of the Law,
even the smallest most insignificant part of it you could think
of…
And they thought of the Scribes and Pharisees as the
most righteous people around…
But…
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21. Isaiah 64:6
For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
NASU
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There is no one who is righteous, not even one!
All are sinners!
No one is perfect EXCEPT GOD!
In fact, He concludes Chapter 5 by saying you are to be
PERFECT as your heavenly father is PERFECT!
You are not compared with other men, but you are going
to be compared to God to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
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22. teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
NASU
So when He said to the crowds their righteousness must
surpass the righteousness of the Pharisees to enter the
kingdom of heaven…
It should have caused them to say;
“Who then can be saved?” !!!
And that was His very intention…
Their thinking was all wrong as far as their belonging to the
kingdom of heaven
They were relying on their own righteousness
And as Isaiah said, their own righteousness was only as
good as a stinking, rotting, filthy garment!
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23. teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
NASU
THEY NEEDED A SAVIOR!
But, they didn’t realize it…
So, this statement was to get their attention…
…And then, He is going to go on and show them in practical
ways what He means…
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24. Verses 21-48
Chapter 5
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25. Verses 21-48 Now, remember this follows what He just said in verse 20…
20 "For I say to you that unless your righteousness
surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees,
you WILL NOT enter the kingdom of heaven.
And so here He is beginning to “flesh it out”
And remember, how the Jews were thinking
they were righteous
So, in this section He is pointing out What the Law says,
and then what the heart of God is like…
God’s heart is PERFECT!
He would never even think anything unrighteous
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26. Verses 21-48 So, He is showing how it is more than murdering, or a
physical sexual act, or whatever, it is what’s in the heart
that matters to God
And if any of His listeners heard what He said, and were
honest with themselves…
They should have been thinking:
“Then who can be saved?”
And I think that’s exactly what He was getting at
They needed to realize God is PERCFECT and the only
way to be with Him is to be PERFECT!
And “no flesh” will be saved on it’s own!
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27. Verses 21-48 And I think He was addressing a human tendency that
wants to find the line and get as close to it as possible
without going over it…
People tend to want to have sin very precisely defined
so they can get close to it without actually doing it.
So for example, they can “flirt” without actually committing
adultery , etc.
And I think He is also addressing that in this section too
But as that was His main point here, we need to keep in
mind He was revealing God’s heart here, and if we
are children of God, we should be striving to please Him!
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28. Verses 21-48
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Note: There’s no way anyone can earn favor with God
by the things they do!
Remember how Isaiah 64:6 says; “...all our righteous deeds
are like a filthy garment”?
But again, as I think about the immeasurable debt I owed,
(remember parable of man who owed 10,000 talents?)
and have been forgiven of, it should cause me to desire to
please the one who forgave me!
I want to do all I can to honor Him!
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29. Verses 21-48
And remember, as a Christian, the fruit of the Spirit should
be evident in our lives
And the Holy Spirit would do the things Jesus is teaching
here in this section
And so, I think there are some important things we can learn
from what Jesus is teaching here…
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30. Matthew 5:21 & 22 You have heard that the ancients were
told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.' 22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
NASU
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Now does anyone have a footnote next to:
‘You good for nothing’ ?
Greek: Rhaka
Guess how many times the Greek word Rhaka is found in
the scriptures?
ONCE!
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31. Matthew 5:21 & 22 You have heard that the ancients were
told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.' 22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
NASU
It is probably a transliteration of the OT word: reyq (rake)
And if you look at all the verses in the OT where this word
is used it often spaeaks of something that is absolutely
empty…
“Empty handed”
“the pit was empty” (Joseph and his brothers)
“ empty pitchers” (Gideon) etc.
So, do you get the idea of this word?
So, what Jesus is referring to here is a very harsh word
Maybe they didn’t mean it as bad when they said it, but
behind it is a very harsh term…
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32. Matthew 5:21 & 22 You have heard that the ancients were
told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.' 22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
NASU
Probably equal to how some of the whites in this country
felt about African Americans during the time of slavery
Some of the whites didn’t even think of the African
Americans as human beings
Now, Jesus is talking about a name one may call a fellow
countryman
Maybe in a heated argument or something
Maybe they didn’t really mean it in that way…
But you know what?
It offends God as if it were meant in the worst way!
Every person is created in the image of God!
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33. Matthew 5:21 & 22 You have heard that the ancients were
told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.' 22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
NASU
And to say something like; “You idiot!” or something like
that - offends God! ...
...It’s as bad as murder!
And that is precisely what Jesus is pointing out here…
God created all people in His image!
God loves all people with Agape (perfect) love!
God would never think or say something like “You idiot!”
Sin is anything less than God’s perfect nature!
And sin will send you to hell!
And here He is beginning to show how hopeless we all are
without a Savior!
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34. Ephesians 5:1-8 READ VERSES It does matter what I say!
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35. Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.
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And really, Jesus’ teaching was not new
God addressed the heart in the OT law
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36. Matthew 5:27 & 28
27 " You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Jesus is directly quoting Exodus 12:14 & Deuteronomy 5:18
(Part of the 10 commandments)
But He then takes it further - to the secret thoughts of the
mind
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37. 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.
NASU
This verse is taken from the story when God sent the
prophet Samuel to Jesse’s House to anoint one of Jesse’s
sons to be the next king of Israel
Samuel looked at the oldest and thought he was big and
strong, etc. and figured he was the one…
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38. Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
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39. Hebrews 4:12 & 13
12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
NASU
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40. Matthew 5:27 & 28
27 " You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
NASU
God looks at the heart and sees what a person is thinking!
You may think if you don’t actually do something, it isn’t
hurting anyone...
But, what you think in your heart matters to God!
And again, it OFFENDS Him when someone even thinks
things that are wrong
Someone may look at another person lustfully, or even
flirt with them a little bit
And then say; “Well I didn't actually have sex with them,
so I didn’t sin”
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41. Matthew 5:27 & 28
27 " You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
NASU
And Jesus is saying it doesn’t matter, what’s in the heart
is what matters to God!
And to God it’s as if they had done it!
Then thinking of the whole lustful thoughts idea and our
culture…
Think about:
Movies
Books
Ads
News
Even the way our culture dresses
Etc.
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42. Matthew 5:27 & 28
27 " You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
NASU
And it has even come into the church…
Some think there is nothing wrong with watching “R” rated
movies…
Some read books that are just as bad…
Some don’t dress very appropriately, etc.
And in the name of “Grace” they say it doesn’t matter!
But Jesus is saying, it does to God!
If it is causing lust, it is sin!
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43. Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
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44. 2 Timothy 2:22
Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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We as Christians are to make no provision for the flesh and
it’s lusts
We are to FLEE from lusts and pursue righteousness…
I does matter…
What we watch
What we read
How we dress, etc. !
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