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Good and Gracious King
WELCOME
Good morning family!
Welcome!
Hear the Word of the Lord from Psalm 119...
Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.
Have trouble and anguish found you out this past week?
Good news!
The Psalmist found hope in the same place where you can find it: God’s Word.
In just a moment we’ll hear a reading from the text for today’s sermon in Matthew 5:17.
Turn there now.
While you’re turning, 3 quick announcements:
1) A word about PBC.
We are Missionaries.
We are not satisfied with the fact that we have heard and received the good news.
We want others to know Him too!
Operation Christmas Child
Thank you for your help at the packing party on Friday night.
You packed 242 shoeboxes!!!
Those boxes cost $9 to ship, so if you’d like to help contribute to that $2178 needed for shipping, please mark OCC on the memo of your check or envelope
Volunteers still needed for Collection Week on November 15-22 to help receive, process, and pack shoeboxes into cartons and load them into a trailer at the end of the day
2) Two of our missionaries will be with us this weekend...
Afghan workshop on 11/20
Preaching in the morning on 11/21
Missions report in the evening
3) Budget Report, tonight at 5:30 PM
Pick up your copy at the blue flag after the service
Now look in your Bibles at Matthew 5:17-20 as Elizabeth Wells comes to read for us.
Scripture Reading (Matthew 5:17-20), Elizabeth Wells
Prayer of Praise (God is Trinity)
His Mercy Is More
Great Are You Lord
Prayer of Confession (Ignorance), Joel Dowell
It Is Well
NEW CITY CATECHISM #46
PASTORAL PRAYER (Mike Lindell)
SERMON
According to art experts, the Mona Lisa is the most famous work of art in the entire world.
SHOW MONA LISA IMAGE
Painted by Leonard da Vinci around 1503, it’s been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world".
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Some have said that this is, in fact, the world’s most recognizable face.
But whose face is it?
The most common theory is an Italian noblewoman named Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo
Other theories include...
Da Vinci’s mother Caterina
Princess Isabella of Naples
A Spanish noblewoman named Costanza d’Avalos
An unknown woman
A disguised self-portrait of da Vinci himself!
The best (and only) way to settle the debate would be to hear from da Vinci himself!
Who better than the artist himself to tell us about his artwork?
Whenever Christians talk about the Bible, we invite debates far more fierce than anything related to the Mona Lisa.
The Bible is the best-selling, most translated, most read, most loved, and most hated book in the world
But what should we believe about it?
Is it simply a helpful book?
Or is it the Word of God?
Is it reliable historically?
Scientifically?
Archaeologically?
Is it out of date?
Is it dangerous?
Is it true?
Where do we turn to find out what we should believe?
Pastor?
Friends?
Family?
Internet?
Politicians?
Who better to tell us what to think about the Bible than Jesus Himself?
Turn to Matthew 5:17
Sermon on the Mount
Jesus is preaching to His disciples about how to live righteously on this earth as citizens of the kingdom of heaven.
Kingdom character (Beatitudes)
Kingdom influence (salt/light)
Potential question: what do you believe about the Bible?
You’ll never meet someone with a higher view of Scripture than King Jesus.
Six truths Jesus believed about the Bible...
1) Jesus Believed the Bible is UNIQUE.
5:17a—“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets...”
Law and Prophets (17) or Law (18) = Common nicknames for the Old Testament
Explain Old Testament
The OT was not the only religious teaching available in Jesus’ day
There was also what was called the oral law
The Pharisees calculated 248 positive commands and 365 negative commands in the law.
There was often debate on how to interpret and obey these laws.
The Jews commonly believed that God gave Moses the answer in the oral law, which was passed down orally from generation to generation
Jesus isn’t defending the oral teachings and traditions of the Pharisees.
He’s interested in what the Bible says.
In the next section of the sermon, Jesus tackles head-on the oral traditions of the Pharisees by saying “you’ve heard this, but I tell you this”
5:21—“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’”
5:27—“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’”
5:31—“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’”
5:33—“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’”
5:38—“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’”
5:43—“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’”
But isn’t Jesus talking about Scripture and refuting it?
No, He’s refuting erroneous misinterpretations of Scripture from the oral law!
Contrast those six instances with Jesus’ treatment of Scripture when He was tempted...
4:4—“...It is written...”
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