Sunday Recap: The Law and the Kingdom

This text in Matthew 5:17-20 is arguably one of the hardest in the whole bible! Because it brings together the very complex problem of how do we relate the OT to the NT, the old covenant and the new covenant, the Law and the Gospel! You can listen to my meagre attempt at preaching it here!

I was going to finish by reading Romans 10:1-10, as it is a great summary of the whole message. Read it here:

Rom. 10:1   Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Rom. 10:5   For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.