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Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:
Matthew 5:17, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.”
The Lord Jesus came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets.
In Matthew 5:18 He said that nothing was going to pass from the law until all was fulfilled.
In other words, Christ Himself became the fulfillment of everything He taught in Matthew 5—7.
His teaching does not come to us apart from the supply of Himself.
Indeed, it is because of the reality of His indwelling life that He can make such exacting demands.
Because the Lord reveals Himself as the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, He is saying, “Do not be bothered by how high My word is to you.
Do not be bothered when I tell you to go the second mile, to live without lust, to not have an inflated idea about yourself, to not have a negative attitude toward your brother, calling him a fool.
And do not be intimidated by My telling you not to swear, but to just say yes or no.
Do not be threatened when I tell you to love your enemies and pray for them, because I am the fulfillment of it all.
I am the last Adam, and I have become a life-giving Spirit.
My humanity is now available to you to live this life.
As the Spirit, I am going to reproduce Myself in you.
Just stay with Me in the realm of the Spirit.
That is where I live.
I live as the Spirit in your spirit.
I am giving life in that realm.
Just stay there.
Sing there.
Pray there.
Call from there.
Spend time there.
Open to Me in your most exhausted moments, in your weakest times.
I will transform you into My image.
Learn how to behold Me, to take long looks at Me.
Linger with Me in My presence.
Abide there.
Admire Me.
Do not look at yourself.
Just say, ‘I died, Lord, and I am out of the picture.’
Draw from Me!
I will reproduce Myself in you in this way, as the Spirit.
So do not annul any of the Law or the Prophets.
Do not annul them, because to annul them is to annul Me.
I am the life of Matthew 5—7.
I am going to fulfill every jot and tittle in you.
When you experience Me, you are going to discover that the words of Matthew 5—7 are actually Me reproducing My life in you.”
Matthew 5—7 is a description of a transcendent life belonging to a transcendent Person.
It is a life above the natural life.
It transcends natural reactions.
It is beyond the natural concept.
It operates in us in its transcendency.
Until Tomorrow,
With A Shepherd’s Love
Pastor
TODAY’S PRAYER LIST
Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad
Brandon’s Dad
Dan Haines
Dr. Don Davis – Home
Freddie May’s Mom
George Alexander
Jane Hicks
Joan Cronan’s Sister
Linda Hodges’ Sister
Michael Stanley
John McClain
Ronnie Palmer
Linda Lanier
Melisa Smith’s G’Father
Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother
Tom Witcher
Ann Sullivan – Paula’s Friend
Bentley Smith
James Garner’s Friend
Kim McClain’s Mother
Lonzo Christian
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Bill Moody
Charlie Sessom – Waiting
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons
Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother
Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace
Kenny & Nora Allison
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister
Larry Barker
Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah
Mary Sims
Marynell Ford
Pastor & Mrs. Driskell
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend
Ricky Stubbs
Roseleigh Osborn
Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmon’s Cousin
Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad