Two distinct groups of people heard Jesus say the law was now obsolete....

a) P_____________ and T___________ of the L_____

b) The J________ Crowd

And they were both ____________!

The Pharisees feared that if you take away the law as a means of earning ________... no -one will try to _________it.

Free from the law,
O blessed condition!
I can sin as I please,
And still have remission.

The Law is Still Valid
It does three things...
1. It expresses the character of _______ and his _______ for man’s life.

2. It teaches us the true character of ________.

3. The law teaches us the character of ______________.

The Law is Still Valid
The requirements of the law will be fulfilled in us as we walk ____________ to the _________.

The Law Was Presently Being Fulfilled
Jesus is teaching that if we want to know what the law really means, we must look at _____ and what He ______ with it… (Matthew 5:18)

The Law Was Presently Being Fulfilled
Jesus fulfils the law in His ___________.

Jesus fulfils the law in the way that He ________.

Jesus fulfils the law in His ________.

The Law Was Presently Being Fulfilled
‘If you love me you will ________ what I command’ (John 14:15)

‘If you ________ my commands you will abide in my love’ (John 15:10)

‘We know that we have come to know God if we _______ his commands’ (1 John 2:3)

‘Those who _______ his commands live in him, and he lives in them.’ (1 John 3:24)

Love for God means ___________ his commands (1 John 5:3)

The Law Was Presently Being Fulfilled
‘I tell you that unless your righteousness ____________ that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven’ (Matthew 5:20)

Example: What is Work?

"Less then a burden [and therefore exempt from the law of the sabbath] is food equal to a dried fig, enough wine to fill a goblet, milk enough for one swallow, honey enough to put on a wound and enough oil to anoint a small member."

[Not exempt]…an artificial _______, a ________, a _____, or false ______.

The Law Was Presently Being Fulfilled

A disciple of the Lord Jesus must have a righteousness that comes from the ________, not from any outward ____________.

The Law Reveals the Real Deal

Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practises and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven’ (Matthew 5: 19).

The law is not the basis on which we merit _____________, but it does provide a test to distinguish between those who ___________ to the kingdom of salvation and those who are __________ of it.

Conclusion:

His commands are not ______________.

There is _____ in living a life of obedience.