Matthew Series

Matthew 5:17-20 Jesus Fulfills the Torah

Matthew 5:17-20

CM
Crossway Mission Church
Teaching Ministry
March 24 2025

This sermon appears to clarify that Jesus does not cancel the heart of God's instruction, but fulfills it completely. In Matthew 5:17-20, the message likely helps the church see the Torah not as a discarded burden, but as something brought to its true meaning and completion in Christ. The worship at the start of the service stresses God's present kingship over city, nation, and world, which supports a sermon about the enduring authority of God's word under the reign of Jesus. The hope in the message is that obedience is not left vague or empty. In Christ, the law finds its fulfillment, and believers are invited into a deeper righteousness shaped by the person and teaching of the Messiah.

  • The gathering begins by confessing God's rule over troubled times and then lifts up hope for greater things still to be done.
  • Matthew 5 appears to turn that kingdom confidence toward Jesus' relationship to the Torah and the righteousness of his followers.
  • The movement of the sermon is from confusion about the law into confidence that Jesus fulfills and rightly interprets God's instruction.

Do not treat Jesus and God's word as though they are at odds with each other. Let Christ teach you how obedience is fulfilled in him, and pursue the kind of righteousness that flows from knowing his heart rather than from external performance alone.

Lord Jesus, teach us to love what you fulfill. Help us read your word through your heart, free us from shallow righteousness, and lead us into the deeper obedience that comes from living under your reign.

Matthew Series March 24 2025 2:38:05

Matthew 5:17-20 Jesus Fulfills the Torah

Matthew 5:17-20

Crossway Mission Church Teaching Ministry
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Matthew Series Matthew 5:17-20

This sermon appears to clarify that Jesus does not cancel the heart of God's instruction, but fulfills it completely. In Matthew 5:17-20, the message likely helps the church see the Torah not as a discarded burden, but as something brought to its true meaning and completion in Christ. The worship at the start of the service stresses God's present kingship over city, nation, and world, which supports a sermon about the enduring authority of God's word under the reign of Jesus. The hope in the message is that obedience is not left vague or empty. In Christ, the law finds its fulfillment, and believers are invited into a deeper righteousness shaped by the person and teaching of the Messiah.

  • The gathering begins by confessing God's rule over troubled times and then lifts up hope for greater things still to be done.
  • Matthew 5 appears to turn that kingdom confidence toward Jesus' relationship to the Torah and the righteousness of his followers.
  • The movement of the sermon is from confusion about the law into confidence that Jesus fulfills and rightly interprets God's instruction.

Do not treat Jesus and God's word as though they are at odds with each other. Let Christ teach you how obedience is fulfilled in him, and pursue the kind of righteousness that flows from knowing his heart rather than from external performance alone.

Lord Jesus, teach us to love what you fulfill. Help us read your word through your heart, free us from shallow righteousness, and lead us into the deeper obedience that comes from living under your reign.

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