Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The Expectation
Matt. 7:28-29. The result was that when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were amazed at His teaching; 29. for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Jesus was claiming to be God’s Christ as He quotes Matt. 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. The expectation is over, the time is at hand, and it is now that you have your Redeemer. He didn’t consider Himself as a prophet who said, Hear the word of the Lord;” He was claiming to be the Lord and takes no higher source for His proclamation. This is pretty amazing stuff to be listening to in any age but the first century Jew had a foundation built on the Old Testament expectation of a coming king.
Is. 2:3-4 3. And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways, And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4. And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
The Jew was looking for world peace, this is what he thought the kingdom of God would be but Jesus failed to teach them what they wanted to hear.
We have heard Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount but are we amazed? We must decide if this material is true or false. But, even more so we can decide to believe it is true and yet reject following its instruction. James 2:19-20 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. 20. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Failing to decide is nothing more than delayed rejection that follows the broad road to destruction.
Jesus was claiming to be God’s Christ as He quotes Matt. 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. The expectation is over, the time is at hand, and it is now that you have your Redeemer. He didn’t consider Himself as a prophet who said, Hear the word of the Lord;” He was claiming to be the Lord and takes no higher source for His proclamation. This is pretty amazing stuff to be listening to in any age but the first century Jew had a foundation built on the Old Testament expectation of a coming king.
Is. 2:3-4 3. And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways, And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 4. And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
The Jew was looking for world peace, this is what he thought the kingdom of God would be but Jesus failed to teach them what they wanted to hear.
We have heard Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount but are we amazed? We must decide if this material is true or false. But, even more so we can decide to believe it is true and yet reject following its instruction. James 2:19-20 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. 20. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Failing to decide is nothing more than delayed rejection that follows the broad road to destruction.
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