Many of our friends believe that the Bible is just full of rules, and to be fair you can hardly blame them. They may know nothing else in the Bible, but they will know of the existence of the ten commandments. They may not know what they are, but they don’t sound like fun do they? So is being a follower of Jesus all about following the rules? Turning up once a week, not murdering anyone in between one Sunday and the next, and not coveting your neighbours’ donkey? This weekend we discover what Jesus really thought of the 613 laws. Oh, you thought there were only ten! Matthew 5.17-20 Speaking Notes – Caveat These notes are my speaking notes and are provided as an accompaniment to the recording. Please accept that they are not intended to be a published grammatically correct essay. I do hope and pray however they help you move towards Jesus. Now onto the content… The Law. Has anyone coveted your neighbour’s donkey this week? Has anyone murdered someone this week? No then we are good let’s moved on. But before we do let’s remind ourselves why we are studying this biography of Jesus we call the Gospel of Matthew. If you remember Matthew is a sandwich. We get the first slice of bread Chapters 1-3 where Matthew introduces Jesus as the new Moses, as God. The second slice of bread are chapters 26-28 where we see Jeuss going to the Cross and dying for you and me. But right now we are in the filling of the sandwich. The beef, the salad the tomatoes. Chapters 4-25 where Matthew shows that Jesus is here to announce the coming of God’s Kingdom, and the fact that God’s kingdom is in the here and now as well as the future.... Read More The post Matthew 5.17-20 – A Heart For The Law appeared first on Bedhampton Church.