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After nine months of kind hospitality from Kent Roosevelt, we’ve moved into our new building on Rhodes Road here in Kent—formerly the church home of Grace Baptist Church.
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![Matthew 4:12-17
Jesus Begins His Ministry
[12] Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. [13] And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, [14] so that what](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65834a483128e40ef23f31fa/1771167522440-NT0PSRORXRD8PHGGYVQI/image-asset.jpeg)
In Matthew 5:17–20, the religious teachers of Jesus’ day accused him of breaking and abusing God’s law, but Jesus makes clear that he came to fulfill and affirm the Scriptures.
The religious teachers of Jesus’ day accused him of breaking and abusing God’s law, but Jesus makes clear that he came to fulfill and affirm the Scriptures. Where the scribes and Pharisees had narrowed and lowered God’s standard, Jesus exposes the futility of religious externalism. In God’s kingdom, greatness flows from righteous living and teaching that honors God’s law — not attempts to loosen or relax his commands — and entry requires a true righteousness that is only met in Jesus and enabled by the Holy Spirit.