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This episode explores Jesus' statement about fulfilling the Law and its implications for self-righteousness and exhaustion in faith.

Jesus said, “I did not come to abolish the Law… but to fulfill it.” What did He mean? In this message from Matthew 5:17-20, we explore one of the most misunderstood statements in the entire Sermon on the Mount. Jesus confronts two kinds of people religion often produces: the self-righteous who believe they’ve done enough, and the exhausted who believe they’ll never be enough. The gospel speaks to both with the same answer: Christ is enough. We’ll unpack the difference between abolishing and fulfilling the Law, how every sacrifice, prophecy, feast, and command pointed to Jesus, and why the Old Testament wasn’t replaced, it reached its intended goal in Him. Finally, we gather around the Lord’s Table and trace the story from Mount Sinai, to the Sermon on the Mount, to Calvary, where Jesus fulfilled what humanity never could. Communion reminds us that salvation isn’t achieved by our performance but received through Christ’s finished work. The Law points to Jesus. The cross reveals Jesus. The table invites us to trust Jesus.

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