Kingdom Living in a Fallen World

According to Jesus there was complete congruence and continuity between the Old Testament and His own teachings. Jesus had not come to overturn the Old Testament law, but rather, Jesus had come to fulfill the law.

In the passage at hand, Jesus offers examples of how to distinguish between God’s laws and man’s traditions. He shows the correct interpretation and application of God’s law and shows how it summons us to embrace and enflesh the values of the kingdom of heaven. Jesus reaffirmed the authority of Old Testament Scripture, rejected mere religious rule-following, and spelled out the full and challenging implications of God’s moral law.

Join Pastor Jim for this study of what Jesus taught about loving obedience to Jesus and kingdom living in a fallen world. (42:12)

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Songs:

(3:01) "Psalm 150 (Praise the Lord)"
Matt Boswell & Matt Papa

(8:06) "Holy, Holy, Holy"
John Bacchus Dykes & Reginald Heber

(35:56) "My Worth is Not in What I Own"
Graham Kendrick, Keith Getty & Kristyn Getty

(1:23:23) "Christ Be in My Waking"
Simon Brading & Stuart Townend

(1:28:40) "Doxology"
Excerpt from "All Creatures that on Earth Do Dwell"
William Kethe


(6:34) Call to Worship: Congregational Prayer

Lord, fill our hearts with reverence for You.
Make us hunger for Your Word
and passionately desire to walk in Your ways.

Forgive us our sins, for they are many.
Give us a greater glimpse of Your glory
as we offer You this praise and worship.

We thank You for the way You have rescued us
over and over, through many difficult things.
Come now and help us in this:
to place our trust, hope, and confidence in You.

May Your name be honored in our conduct.
May Your kingdom be made visible in our relationships.
May Your will be done in our hearts and minds.

This we pray in the Name above all names, Jesus Christ,
to Whom belongs all glory, forever and ever, amen!


(40:28) Creed - What Does God Require of Us?
(Source: Westminster Shorter Catechism in modern English, Questions 39-42)

Leader: What is the duty that God requires of mankind?
People: The duty which God requires of mankind is obedience to His revealed will.

Leader: What did God first reveal to mankind as the rule of their obedience?
People: The rule that God first revealed to mankind for obedience was the moral law.

Leader: Where is the moral law given in summary form?
People: The moral law is summarized in the Ten Commandments.

Leader: What is the summary of the Ten Commandments?
People: The summary of the ten commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.