The document discusses Jesus' statement about fulfilling the Law and the Prophets from the Old Testament. It argues that: 1) Jesus came not to abolish but to complete/fulfill all aspects of the Old Testament law and prophecies by being their fulfillment. 2) Nothing will pass from the Law until heaven and earth pass away or until everything prophesied is accomplished by Jesus. 3) Jesus accomplished everything through his life, death, and resurrection, establishing the new covenant and inaugurating the Kingdom of God. 4) Believers now live according to the Spirit of the new covenant rather than the letter of the old law.

1. On to the New Life
Matthew 5:17-18

2. A Big Problem
What did Christ do with the Law in the Sermon on
the Mount?

3. To Abolish or Fulfill?
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have not come to abolish them but to fulfill [or complete] them.”
Matt. 5:17, NIV

4. “Law and the Prophets”
In the New Testament, the term refers to the Scriptures then:
The Old Testament (the Law, the Writings, and the Prophets).

5. To Fulfill or Complete

6. To Fulfill or Complete
• The Law - the moral, sacrificial, dietary, financial,
clerical, and festival aspects pointed to...

7. To Fulfill or Complete
• The Law - the moral, sacrificial, dietary, financial,
clerical, and festival aspects pointed to...
• The Writings - the history of Israel pictured and
pointed to...

8. To Fulfill or Complete
• The Law - the moral, sacrificial, dietary, financial,
clerical, and festival aspects pointed to...
• The Writings - the history of Israel pictured and
pointed to...
• The Prophets - all prophecies pointed to...

9. Their desperate need for...
the Messiah

10. The Parameters

11. The Parameters
“I tell you the truth, until heaven
and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law

12. The Parameters
#1
“I tell you the truth, until heaven
and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law

13. The Parameters
“I tell you the truth, until heaven
and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law
until everything is accomplished
[or completed].”
Matt. 5:18, NIV

14. The Parameters
“I tell you the truth, until heaven
and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law
until everything is accomplished
[or completed].”
#2
Matt. 5:18, NIV

15. The Parameters
C
O
M
PL
ET
E
“I tell you the truth, until heaven
and earth disappear,
not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law
until everything is accomplished
[or completed].”
#2
Matt. 5:18, NIV

16. When to change oil?
A) Every 3,000 miles
B) Every 3 months
C) None of the above

17. Which comes first?

18. Which comes first?
End of the physical universe?

19. Which comes first?
End of the physical universe?
OR

20. C
O
M
PL
ET
E
Which comes first?
End of the physical universe?
OR
“Everything is accomplished”?

21. WHO?
WHAT?
HOW?

22. Not until the Kingdom
After taking the cup, [Jesus] gave
thanks and said, “Take this and
divide it among you. For I tell you I
will not drink again from the
fruit of the vine until the
kingdom of God comes.”
Luke 22:17-18, NIV

23. Later, knowing that everything had now been finished (Τετέλεσται), and so
that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of wine
vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk
of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. When he had received the
drink, Jesus said, “It is finished (Τετέλεσται).” With that, he bowed his head
and gave up his spirit.
John 19:29-30, NIV

24. The Kingdom of God
“But if it is by the Spirit of God that
I drive out demons, then the
kingdom of God has come upon
you.”
Matt. 12:28, NIV
Fruit of the Vine

26. “Receipts are often introduced by the phrase [sic] tetelestai, usually
written in an abbreviated manner....”
The Greek-English lexicon by Moulton and Milligan, p. 630

27. “Receipts are often introduced by the phrase [sic] tetelestai, usually
written in an abbreviated manner....”
The Greek-English lexicon by Moulton and Milligan, p. 630

28. When he had received the drink [the fruit of the vine], Jesus said, “It is
finished (Τετέλεσται).”
John 19:30, NIV

29. EMANCIPATION
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30. The New Replaced the
Old
First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you
did not desire, nor were you pleased with them" (although the law
required them to be made). Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do
your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. And
by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body
once for all.
Hebrews 10:8-10, NIV

31. Why not Old + New?

32. Principle:
New Wineskin
He told them this parable:
“No one tears a piece out of a new
garment to patch an old one. Otherwise,
they will have torn the new garment, and
the patch from the new will not match the
old.
And no one pours new wine into old
wineskins. If he does, the new wine will
burst the skins, the wine will run out and
the wineskins will be ruined. No, new wine
must be poured into new wineskins.”
Luke 5:36-38, NIV

33. New Life
As disciples of Jesus, we live the new life by His Spirit and are
empowered to obey His commands.

34. Welcome to
New Life in Christ
There’s more next month when we learn more about
this new way of life in the Kingdom of God

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