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He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!!!! Bible Study Sermon on the Mount-Part 5 Matthew 5:27-32 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:  But I say unto you,  That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (5:27, 28. Thou shalt not commit adultery was the demand of the Old Testament Law (Ex. 20:14). Jesus goes beyond this outward command to reveal that its act is the result of an inner attitude of lust. Whosoever looketh characterizes the man whose glance is not checked by holy restraint and results in an impure lusting after women. The act would follow if the opportunity were to occur. By taking His listener beyond the outward statement of the law to its real intention, Jesus was trying to get the listener’s attention off the physical and onto the spiritual.) And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable...

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!!!! Bible Study Sermon on the Mount-Part 4 Matthew 5:21-26 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. (Christ begins this series of contrasts by quoting the statement of the law, Thou shalt not kill (Ex. 20:13). The reference to killing is clearly understood in its context in both the Old and New Testaments as referring to an act of murder. Jesus goes beyond this outward demand of the law by stating that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause is in just as great danger of judgment as a murderer, for anger is the emotion and inner intention that leads to murder. T...

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!!!! Bible Study Sermon on the Mount-Part 3 Matthew 5:17-20 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Having laid the foundation of the message in the summary statements of the Beatitudes, Jesus now proceeds to show the superiority of His message to that of the law of Moses. He makes it clear that He had not . . . come to destroy the law. That is, the New Testament gospel is not contradictory to the Old Testament Law; rather it is the ultimate fulfillment of the spiritual intention of the law. Where the law had degenerated into legalism among the Pharisees, Jesus now takes the law beyond mere outward observance to the inner spiritual intention of God.)  For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Verily I say is a unique form used by Jesus throughout His preaching to...