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Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 5-7 - New International Version
In the sermon on the mount, principles by which to live a Christian life are explained. These points that Jesus is speaking of is illustrating the difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of men.
I have heard it said that there is no such thing as a new covenant or new commandments. However, these principles are on a higher level than the Jewish laws. When a point of the law is re-iterated, Jesus takes it one step farther giving it a spiritual foundation to build the house of the church and one's life on.
Jesus ends the sermon stating that those who do not follow what He said in this sermon, is like building their house on a foundation of sand, and great ruin is what happens when it isn't what people actually do.
Do not be deceived, the old testament laws are not enough, but what Jesus taught about the foundation is what we need.
In the sermon on the mount, principles by which to live a Christian life are explained. These points that Jesus is speaking of is illustrating the difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of men.
I have heard it said that there is no such thing as a new covenant or new commandments. However, these principles are on a higher level than the Jewish laws. When a point of the law is re-iterated, Jesus takes it one step farther giving it a spiritual foundation to build the house of the church and one's life on.
Jesus ends the sermon stating that those who do not follow what He said in this sermon, is like building their house on a foundation of sand, and great ruin is what happens when it isn't what people actually do.
Do not be deceived, the old testament laws are not enough, but what Jesus taught about the foundation is what we need.