There is no fooling anyone. Outer appearances cannot hide a decaying spiritual life. Listen to Adrian Rogers.

How righteous are you? Let me tell you what real righteousness is. Now listen to me. Real righteousness

is imputed righteousness. Our Lord is not against religion, if it's his religion. He's not against morality. He's not against love. He is not against religion if it's his religion he's not against

morality he's not against love he's not against keeping the commandment that

says thou shalt not kill he's very much for it but what God is saying my dear

friend is the heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart. And the only answer to that is the new birth, the righteousness of God that is imputed and implanted when we're saved.

Welcome to Love Worth Finding, featuring the timeless biblical teaching of pastor and author, Adrian Rogers. Throughout the New Testament,

Jesus challenges the religious leaders of his day. The Pharisees were careful with how they

look to others, careful to live straight-edged lives, but their hearts were still crooked.

In Matthew chapter 5, Jesus rips away the facade of self-righteousness and shows the Pharisees

what was truly deep down in their hearts.

If you have your Bible turned there now, as Adrian Rogers begins this insightful lesson,

it's what's inside that counts.

Take God's word and turn today to Matthew chapter 5 as we continue our series in the sermon on the

Mount and the title of the message today, it's what's inside that counts. Not the outer covering

that we sometimes wear in the facade of gold that we put on, to try to hide

the decaying spiritual life. The Pharisees were past masters this. Outwardly, oh, they look so good.

But Jesus said on the inside, you are a dead, putrefying spiritual corpse.

Begin to read here in Matthew chapter 5 in verse 20, Jesus said, for I say unto you,

except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees,

ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom

of heaven. Now, I've tried to think about what a church full of scribes and Pharisees would be like.

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