CALVARYMAC HAPPENINGS
1. Annual Ministry Update // TODAY // Next Gen Center
If you consider CalvaryMac your home church, join us after 2nd service for our annual ministry update meeting. Each ministry leader will present a brief recap of 2023 and a look at what’s ahead in 2024. Light refreshments provided.
2. CCM Writers’ Fellowship // Jan 22 // 6:30P
CCM Christian Writing Group meets Monday from 6:30-8:30pm in the Living Prayer Room. Please bring 4 copies of your work, double-spaced, 10 pages max. Contact Shelli Owens: s.d.a.o.writing@gmail.com.
3. Calvary Classics: Transformation Thursdays // Feb 1 // 6P
Calvary Classics, Community for the 50+, presents Transformation Thursdays, beginning Feb 1st. Meet in the NGC for fellowship, worship, and study. Kick off potluck beings at 6pm, please bring a dish & dessert to share. For more information please contact Brian Van Cleave.
4. Men’s Breakfast // Feb 3 // 8A
Join us for a hearty breakfast and an informal time of fellowship. Please register at calvarymac.com/men
5. CalvaryMac Young Adult Study// Feb 18 // 7P
Kick off is February 18th at 7p at the Lamberson Home. Worship, Bible study, prayer, and fellowship. Keeping the plain things the main things. Bible study open to anyone who is 18-28 yrs old. Text 509-366-5504
SERMON NOTES
Firm Foundation - Zach Lamberson
Matthew 5:17-30 - Jesus as the Fulfillment of the Law
1.The Law is summed up by loving God and others
Jesus said to him, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:37-40, NKJV
2.The purpose of the Law is to govern our relationship with God and others
3.Jesus didn’t come to destroy the Law, but fulfill it
4.The Law still has a purpose for believers
But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Galatians 3:23-25, NKJV
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25, NKJV
5.Jesus fulfills the Law
For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. Hebrews 4:10, NLT
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Hebrews 10:1, NIV
6.The principles in the Law still apply to us today
7.Righteousness comes from Jesus, not from following the Law
But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:4-5, NKJV
8 Murder begins in the heart
“Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.” Matthew 18:15, NKJV
9.Lust also begins in the heart
10.We need to deal severely with sin in our hearts
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, Hebrews 12:1, NIV
Deep Dive
Deep Dive - follow-up passages
- Exodus 20:1-17 (the Ten Commandments)
- Romans 14:1-12 (passing judgment)
- Matthew 18:15-20 (dealing with a sinning brother)
Deep Dive - follow-up questions
- We looked at a couple laws that have been fulfilled in Christ, what are some others? In what way have they been fulfilled?
- What is the command regarding food and Sabbath days according to Paul in Romans 14?
- What steps do we need to take in order that we might be right with others?
If you are ready to take the step of being baptized in water, go to CalvaryMac.com/baptism to get started.