Before they were called Christians, believers were derided as "Nazarenes." Many saw them as a breakaway sect of Judaism. Matthew argues that Jesus had not preached anything contrary to Jewish law - as prescribed by God. Rather, He had fulfilled Hebrew prophecy. A son or daughter of Abraham who found the Messiah wasn't a former Jew, but a "completed Jew," to use a modern term. We studying the first Gospel with Pastor Jim.

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