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Scripture Reading
Matthew 5:
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Review
Matthew series
Sermon on the Mount
Instructions for kingdom living
6 examples of verses 17-20
Matthew 5:
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Remember, the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees was the standard for righteousness to the people.
Illustration: Mother Theresa
This passage (21-47) is bookended by two key texts.
Matthew 5:
Matthew 5:48
Begin Exposition:
First Point (38-39)
Background information: The principle of Retribution (Known as the lex talionis)
This OT commandment was given so that the government could justly give punishment for someone who had been wronged.
It was not given to allow for vengeance
This text immediately precedes command repeated in
The problem is, the Scribes and Pharisees took it to allow for vengeance and retribution
The principle of retribution.
Do not resist in a court of law
Matthew 5:38
“one who is evil” is a person who seeks to take from you unjustly
Turn the other cheek
Jesus teaching contradicts the OT Law
Context of verses 17-20
Similar to Jesus previous example of divorce
Four Examples
v. 39 Turn the other cheek
Matthew 5:40
Tunic: Inner garment
Cloak: OT said that a cloak was not to be taken
essentially, if someone tries to take your suit, give them that and the shirt off of your back.
Roman practice, military could have civilians carry their luggage for one Roman mile
This was a right of soldiers
Outrage
Interest free loans
Giving spirit
give to anyone who asks
All four examples speak to the heart in these types of dealings
Not a law but an attitude of grace
These are not absolute but portray a general mindset.
ex. the third example would lead the giving person to be wearing nothing but a loin cloth
I. Be a servant (38-42)
Notice Jesus doesn’t give a reason here.
The reason in given in the bookends to the passage as well as the overall context of the Sermon on the Mount.
The reason is simple, this is what Kingdom citizens ought to act like because if is how their Father, who is perfect acts.
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Second Point (43-47)
Matthew 5:43-
There is no OT command to “hate your enemy.”
What Jesus is saying is that the scribes and Pharisees portray this example.
We see this in writing of others at the time, such as the Qumran community.
Instead, Jesus commands the radical position of loving your enemy
Pray for those who persecute you
Matthew 5:46-47
Matthew 5:
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Love everyone (43-47)
This is a characteristic of Kingdom citizens
Again, the OT law was not able to make this change.
People are not able to love everyone on their own.
But in the Kingdom, that will be everyone.
In the kingdom today we must strive to exhibit these charactertics
We still can’t, but Christ, in us, through the Spirit, can.
Third Point (48)
Matthew 5:
III.
Be perfect (48)
The final point is simple yet utterly impossible, and that is the point.
Mathew
Contrast to Scribes and Pharisees.
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