Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 32:3-4 “I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God! He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!” (NLT)

Text: Matthew 5:17-20

#1–“to fulfill”—

          No short cuts–

          “jot & tittle”—

#2—v20—righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees

          Jeremiah 31”31-33–Performance vs Matters of the heart

          A marriage proposal—

          No more “just getting by”—

          “In their minds & hearts—

#3—v21—You have heard that it was said

          Jesus was not “correcting the Old Testament.” Rather, He was correcting the scribes

          And Pharisees

          Matthew 5:21; 27; 31; 33; 38 & 43

#4–The issues of the inside

 What’s on the inside will eventually come out.

          Luke 6:45

James 1:13-15     

#5–Provision for the healing of our inside

Isaiah 53:5

Transgressions—sin we do

Iniquities—sin we think about

#6—Prvention of inside issues

Philippians 4:8