What Jesus Meant - A Look to Explain Matthew 5 17-20
If you've ever tried to explain Matthew 5 17-20 to someone, you've probably realized it's one of those passages that feels a bit like a riddle at first. It's tucked right into the middle of the Sermon on the Mount, and it's basically Jesus setting the record straight about his relationship with the Old Testament. People were looking at him, seeing the way he hung out with "sinners" and how he seemed to challenge some of the religious traditions of the day, and they were starting to wonder: "Is this guy just throwing the whole rulebook out the window?" ...