Jesus pulls from Deut 19 when he helps his followers understand how to handle conflict with others. The promise of 2 or 3 believers comes into sharper focus in this passage. How do we live out the practice of handling conflict with each other?
In Jesus’ most famous sermon, he connects our words to our actions, reminding us that our words have meaning and carry power. (Matt 5:33-37, Num 30:2, Ex 5:4, Deut 23:21-23, Ps 76:11, Ps 50:14, James 1:17, Heb 13:8, Jer 1:9, Jn 16:13, Matt 12:34)
Jesus taught in parables so those of us who choose to follow Him would have a deeper and simpler way of understanding of the life that He is leading us through. The Bible also calls us as believers to have childlike faith and to approach Jesus and His gospel like a child.
In the sermon on the mount, Jesus breaks our preconceived notions of God and His rules. In doing so, He moves us from the comfortable land of the law into the complex inner workings of grace.
(Matt 5:21-30, Ex 20:13-14, Deut 5:17-18, Rom 12:18, Matt 23:25, Gal 3:10, Rom 3:10, Eph 2:4-5, Is 29:13)