The Most Misread Verse in the Sermon on the Mount

"I did not come to abolish the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfill them." It's one of the most important — and most misunderstood — sentences Jesus ever spoke. In week three of the Sermon on the Mount series, Pastor Justin Sturgeon takes on Matthew 5:17–20 to ask the question many believers have but few preachers tackle head-on: how should Christians relate to the Old Testament? Pastor Justin walks through what "fulfill" actually meant in Jesus' world, why Hebrews 8:13 doesn't say what people often think it says, and how Jesus brings the whole Old Testament story to its intended completion in Himself. This sermon at First Christian Church of The Dalles will help you stop dismissing the Old Testament as irrelevant or treating it like a rulebook to be ignored, and instead see it as the story Jesus came to finish. If you've ever wondered which Old Testament commands still apply, why your Bible has so much law in it, or how grace and obedience fit together, this message is for you. If this sermon encouraged you, please like, subscribe, and share. Visit fcctd.org to learn more about FCC — we'd love to have you join us this Sunday.

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