Lesson for October 16, 2021

CHRIST THE GREAT TEACHER

Scripture reading: Matthew 5:1-16

Memory verse: Matthew 7:29.

  1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus? John 7:45-47.
  2. How did Jesus teach people? Matthew 7:29.
  3. Why were the teachings of Christ so impressive? Luke 4:32-36.
  4. What prophecy foretold how Jesus would teach? Psalms 78:2.
  5. How was this fulfilled? Matthew 13:34, 35.
  6. What was about Christ’s teachings that astonished the people of Nazareth? Matthew 13:54, 55.
  7. Did a certain class of people enjoy this kind of teaching? Matthew 13:57.
  8. What did Isaiah say about Christ’s attitude toward The Law of God? Isaiah 42:21.
  9. Did Christ do as was prophesied? Matthew 5:17-20.

Note. The religious people in Christ’s time believed in keeping the letter of The Law — the outward deeds that showed. However, Christ requires purification — to be reborn in The Spirit. In Matthew 3:15 we are told that Christ fulfilled all righteousness. And so it is also with The Law. He did not do away with righteousness or destroy or end righteousness — (or The Law). He made “The Way” for everyone of earth’s children to be fulfilled in righteousness — His Righteousness; His Grace; His Glory within our hearts. Only then do we have victory over the curse of sin and death —- transgression of The Law. We are no longer under the penalty of breaking The Law; of carnality; or sold under sin; — but are freed from death, (the wages of sin, Romans 6:23) — freed through Calvary and even our very nature has been changed.

  1. Did Christ magnify The Law of His Father? Matthew 5:21, 22, 27, 28.
  2. What lesson was Christ setting before the people? Matthew 5:8.

Note. Jesus here taught the people, that since His coming, impure thoughts are as much a violation of The Law of God as evil actions were a violation during the old dispensation.

  1. By whose authority did Christ speak? John 12:49, 50.
  2. How are the followers of Christ commanded to speak? Titus 2:12-15; 2 Timothy 4:1, 2.
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