Kingdom of Heaven: Conclusion (Matthew 7:28-29)

(Class Notes)

• The Teaching of Messiah - With Authority (Matthew 7:28-29)
  • At the CONCLUSION of MESSIAH'S "SAYINGS" - the "PEOPLE (MULTITUDES)" were "ASTONISHED (AMAZED)" at His "DOCTRINE (TEACHING)" (Matthew 7:28 cf. Matthew 5:1-2), because He "TAUGHT them as One HAVING AUTHORITY" (Matthew 7:29)
    • His "SAYINGS" as indicated by His oft repeated WORDS, "BUT I SAY" (Matthew 5:22,28,32,34,39,44) - were those of "the PROPHET LIKE unto thee (MOSES)" (Deuteronomy 18:18)
    • As concerning this "PROPHET ... LIKE unto me (MOSES)" (Deuteronomy 18:15), God said that I "will put MY WORDS into HIS MOUTH; and He shall SPEAK unto them ALL that I COMMAND Him" (Deuteronomy 18:18)
    • The WORDS of THIS PROPHET will "FULFIL (FILL FULL)" the WORDS of "the LAW and the PROPHETS"
      (Matthew 5:17) - that "which WAS SAID by them of OLD TIME (MOSES)" (Matthew 5:21,27,33) and again, that which "HATH BEEN SAID (MOSES)" (Matthew 5:31,38,43)
    • Thus, THIS PROPHET LIKE MOSES - SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY, i.e. the WORDS that GOD COMMANDED (Deuteronomy 18:18 cp. Deuteronomy 6:6; Deuteronomy 12:28; Deuteronomy 28:14)
    • Thus, MESSIAH TESTIFIED that "MY DOCTRINE (TEACHING) is NOT MINE, BUT HIS that sent Me"
      (John 7:16)
  • The UNIQUE PHRASE, "THUS SAITH THE LORD" occurs OVER 400 TIMES in the OT and CONFIRMS what is said in the NT concerning the DIVINE SOURCE of the "SURE WORD of PROPHECY" (II Peter 1:19-21 cf. Daniel 2:28,30,45)
    • The OT PROPHETS SPOKE WITH DIVINE AUTHORITY having the VERY WORDS of GOD put into THEIR MOUTHS (Jeremiah 1:9; Jeremiah 5:14; Ezekiel 2:7-9; Ezekiel 3:2-4)
  • The CONFIDENCE of the APOSTLE PAUL was in "the TESTIMONY of GOD" (I Corinthians 2:1) and NOT in "the ENTICING WORDS of MAN'S WISDOM" (I Corinthians 2:4) - for FAITH in GOD rests "in the POWER of GOD" (I Corinthians 2:5), i.e. in "the TESTIMONY of GOD" (I Corinthians 2:1)
    • It is "the GOSPEL of CHRIST" that is "the POWER of GOD unto SALVATION" (Romans 1:16)

• The Teaching of the Scribes - Without Authority (Matthew 7:29)
  • The TEACHING of the SCRIBES was that of ADDED HUMAN TRADITION, which NULLIFIED the GIVEN COMMANDMENTS of GOD and, thus, LACKED DIVINE AUTHORITY (Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:1-13)
  • Under the GENTILE "DISPENSATION of the GRACE of GOD" (Ephesians 3:1-2):
    • The PREACHING must contain NO WORKS (e.g. BAPTISM) and NO "WISDOM of WORDS, LEST the CROSS of CHRIST should be made of NONE EFFECT" (I Corinthians 1:17)
    • It is "the PREACHING of the CROSS" ALONE that is "the POWER of GOD" (I Corinthians 1:18)

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