Who Is an Adulterer, Part 1

Matthew 5:27

            I'd like us to bow in prayer and invite the Lord to especially bless our study.

            Father we do come to You now because we would not gather together to hear of man's wisdom, we would not come together to have our ears tickled, something that fits our fancy but we would have You speak to us. Open the Word so that we can understand it, enrich our hearts, fill us with the truth that can meet every need, enrich us by Your Spirit as we learn tonight. Pray that we might not hear a human voice but that we might hear You speak, and we'll thank You, in Christ's name, Amen.

            We're looking at Matthew chapter 5 in our study. For tonight we're going to look at the passage in verses 27 through 30, Matthew chapter 5 verses 27 to 30. While you're turning to it and getting ready for our study let me say that in the 5th chapter of Matthew our Lord answered the question in the forefront of the minds of the people who had seen His miracles, the people who had heard some of what He had said and were really wondering whether He wag the Messiah. They were curious about whether this miracle worker was in fact the One who would bring God's kingdom. There were certain elements in the teaching and the life and ministry of Jesus that made them think He might be the Messiah, and so they were quizzical. They wanted to know if He was. They wanted also to know what His standards were for His kingdom. They were curious to know that if He was the Messiah He should pretty well square with what Moses said, and so they were curious about how He viewed the things of the law of God, the things of Moses.

            Now Jesus summarized His message to them in verses 17 through 20 of chapter 5. He said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you,' Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no way