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Matthew 5:20 · BSB
5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
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…what is it, it's usually something we can see. So that being said, let's come to this context. Matthew chapter 5, verse 25, y'all doing. All right.Matthew 5:20, that's about a kingdom. God wants to give us and faith in. The kingdom is US. Firmly persuaded that. The Kings word is the final say, in our life…
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…useful as it is. It's not ultimate because he talked about a righteousness that surpasses that. So, what does it look like? Well, he explains it.Matthew 5:20, one simple and easy, straight ahead, right? You heard it said to the people long ago, you shall not murder and anyone who murders will be subject…
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…through our life, and it changes how we represent Jesus to a broken and lost world. And I want you to see something as we get into this portion inMatthew 5, verses 17 through 20. As we look back, Jesus kind of changes how he is communicating. In the Beatitudes, in the early part, Jesus is preaching and speaking in third…
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…of the kingdom. Matthew 5, 19 says, if you pursue wisdom, you can be a citizen of the kingdom. And that's bad news for the Pharisees, becauseMatthew 5, verse 20says the Pharisees won't be allowed in the kingdom. Matthew 8, verse 12, many will try to enter the kingdom, and they will fail. In fact, they'll…
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…our word, with keeping our word, he says, Come to me, seek my righteousness, hunger and thirst for what I have to give to you. Because God says inMatthew chapter 5, verse 20, that we have to have a rightness with God, a righteousness that far exceeds anything of the standard religious person. The only way that people…
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…It's having the attitude of my heart being like Christ in what I pursue. You guys are rhyming. We're going to have fun today. Well, let's look inMatthew chapter 5, verse 20. I'm going to give you a spoiler to this passage. We're going to skip all the way down to verse 20 toward the end of the whole Beatitudes speech.…
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…But in truth, even they cannot measure up to the righteous, holy, perfect standard of God Almighty. This is why Jesus says a little earlier inMatthew 5, verse 20, I tell you that unless this righteousness that you're seeking exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of…
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…intention, as well as action. It's to have an inward expression as well as an outward expression. And this is what Jesus means when he says inMatthew chapter 5 verse 20, For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. The scribes and…
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…today continues our study of the relationship between the law and the gospel, which we launched out on from a study of the Sermon on the Mount. InMatthew chapter 5, verses 17 through 20, you've heard this a few times if you've been with us. Matthew records Jesus saying, do not think that I've come to abolish the law of the…
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…let you know that we won't stay here much today. We're taking a break from our careful study of the Sermon on the Mount because we were brought toMatthew chapter 5 verses 17 through 20where Matthew records Jesus saying the following. Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish…
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…to remind you where we've been. Or inform you if you're a guest, you're with us today. A careful study of the Sermon on the Mount brought us toMatthew chapter 5, verses 17 through 20, where Matthew records Jesus saying, Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to…
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…Join me in reading today's text, and I'm going to make every effort this morning to answer that question for our benefit to the glory of God. SoMatthew 5, verse 17 through 20. It reminds you, beloved, that this is God's Word to us. It was written for His glory and our good, and we would all do well to listen to it in…
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Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn with me to Matthew chapter 5. Our text for this morning isMatthew chapter 5 verses 17 through 20. ! Before I read that, nine weeks ago I had intended to begin a study of Exodus 20 with a particular concern for the place of the law in the life…
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…direction. This beatitude picks this up. This theme speaks to this whole person righteousness theme. Let me show you elsewhere in the sermon. So inMatthew 5, verse 20, Jesus says, For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. So…
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…been 10 years since we looked at the Sermon on the Mount together. And to do instead a series through the Sermon on the Mount, which will get us toMatthew chapter 5 verses 17 through 20and force the issue once again at that point. So essentially, I bought myself eight or nine weeks to sort through it all. However, there's a…
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…that check. But don't interpret this lawlessness in this text as merely that. I think Mike preached on this back in June when he was preaching inMatthew 5, verse 20. Lawlessness could also be a mere external righteousness filled with all the good works that you could ever imagine. Church attendance, one-on-one…
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…Testament gives us, um in interprets for us how we handled the Old Testament. Jesus uh talked about that. He did not come to abolish the law. Uh inMatthew chapter 5, verses 19 to 20. He said he came to fulfill it. Um and in Hebrews, uh, you go out, you look at Hebrews in chapters uh 7 and following, and really what the writer…
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…how we eat and how we dress, how we adorn ourselves. But this is kind of the gray area sermon this morning. So read with me now. We're back inMatthew chapter 5, verses 17 through 20. Our main text today will be in the book of Colossians, but I feel it's necessary for us to start here with the words of Christ in the Sermon on…
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