Sermon Notes-"I Fought the Law" based on Matthew 5:17-20
Introduction: The title for today’s sermon comes from a song recorded in 1966 by Buddy Holly and the Crickets and then the Bobby Fuller Four. It basically repeats this line over and over “I fought the law and the law won.” It was a song about rebellion. In today’s passage we see Jesus explaining our relation to the law. We typically respond to the law in one of two ways: work really hard to keep it (old brother in the parable) or rebel against it (younger brother) which leads to either pride or despair. As older brothers, we think we are pulling it off and/or judge others who are not as spiritual as us OR as younger brothers, we acknowledge we can’t do it based on our past or repeated mistakes and just give up. Jesus provides a third option that is great news. Complete (vs. 17-18) · Law (The Torah or first five books of the Bible) or the Prophets (Major & Minor) o Basically a descriptio...