Matthew 5:17-20
In verse 20, Jesus refers to ‘the scribes and Pharisees’. Jesus warned against the shallow superficiality of these men who were more concerned with outward appearances than inner reality. This conflict with the Jewish religious leaders lies close to the surface in the Sermon on the Mount. When Jesus says, ‘This is their way. This is My way’, He is not calling in question the authority of the Old Testament Scriptures: ‘Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them’(17). He is in conflict with ‘the hypocrites’(6:2 5,16). He is warning against the ‘false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves’(7:15). What a difference there was between Jesus’teaching and those who ‘preach, but do not practise’(23:3) - He spoke with ‘authority’, they did not (7:29). May we be like Jesus!
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Blessings in Christ
Christ in all the Scriptures
http://christinallthescriptures.blogspot.com
In verse 20, Jesus refers to ‘the scribes and Pharisees’. Jesus warned against the shallow superficiality of these men who were more concerned with outward appearances than inner reality. This conflict with the Jewish religious leaders lies close to the surface in the Sermon on the Mount. When Jesus says, ‘This is their way. This is My way’, He is not calling in question the authority of the Old Testament Scriptures: ‘Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them’(17). He is in conflict with ‘the hypocrites’(6:2 5,16). He is warning against the ‘false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves’(7:15). What a difference there was between Jesus’teaching and those who ‘preach, but do not practise’(23:3) - He spoke with ‘authority’, they did not (7:29). May we be like Jesus!
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Blessings in Christ
Christ in all the Scriptures
http://christinallthescriptures.blogspot.com
