Matthew 5:21 – 48 contains several phrases that essentially say the same thing.

“You have heard it said … But I say ….”

Matthew 5:21-22 (ESV)
21  “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
22 But I say to you that …

Matthew 5:21-48 (ESV)

21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’
22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the …

Interesting quote on the Law.

Joshua and Caleb

Most who came out of Egypt never really came out of Egypt. They took on the form of Israel reaping many of the temporal benefits of Israel. But the whole way they murmured against God and his servant, even reminiscing about the whip of Pharaoh, because they loved Egypt’s …

The Jewish people, at the time of Christ walking among them, had an expression that was well used:

“If only two people go to heaven, one will be a scribe and the other a Pharisee.”

But what does Jesus do to their expression?

Matthew 5:20 (ESV) For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes …

Many of us have heard the phrase God is a comsuming fire many times and often used incorrectly. However, have you ever pondered the portion of Scriptures just before that?  It has alot to do with the Law and the New Covenant.

Hebrews 12:18-29 (ESV)
18 For you have not come to what may be touched, …

Matthew 5:17 (ESV) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Matthew 5:17 (KJV) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Previously we looked at …

1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (KJV)
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;…