Sermon On The Mount: Making Peace Matt. 5:38-42

I. Intro to Matthew
a. OT Quotations
b. Exodus & the Law

II. Matthew 5:38-42
a. Context for the Quotation
i. Exodus 21:24-25 – Violence
ii. Leviticus 24:20 – Racial Violence
iii.Deuteronomy 19:21 – False Testimony

b. Purpose of the Law
i. Deliverance Precedes Expectations
ii. We want a to-do list
iii. Conflict & Boundaries
iv. The Law leads to Jesus (Galatians 3:24)

c. Turn the other Cheek
i. Dramatic Insult
ii. Exodus 21:24-25 – Violence

d. Legal Fraud
i. 1 Corinthians 6:7 – Why not rather be wronged?
ii. A Stolen Book
iii. Deuteronomy 19:21 – False Testimony

e. Racial Violence
i. This is not about abusive relationships.
ii. Psalm 137 – Blessed is the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock.
iii. Leviticus 24:20 – Racial Violence
iv. Matthew & Simon

f. Charity
i. What will they do with it?
ii. Deuteronomy 15:7-8
iii. Gospel of Thomas 95

III. Examples
a. Scot McKnight & Pacifism
b. MLK
c. Jesus Conquered Death by Death
d. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
e. Beatitudes