THE SERMON - A Righteousness That Exceeds That Of The Pharisees

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jesus is not merely addressing the need for a superior “positional” righteousness (justification). He is also speaking to the need for a superior “progressive” righteousness (sanctification). In other words, Jesus is not saying, “The Pharisees have a meticulous outward righteousness, but inwardly, their hearts remain corrupted. Therefore, you merely need to receive the superior inward righteousness of Christ by faith.” Instead, Jesus is saying, “The Pharisees are not truly righteous in any sense of the word, neither inwardly nor outwardly. They are hypocrites! The problem with the Pharisees is not merely a failure to obey from the heart, but rather, they possess a willingness to twist the Scriptures so that even their outward obedience falls utterly short of what God commands. Therefore, you must be justified inwardly by faith, and also sanctified outwardly by holding faithfully to the Scriptures, without twisting and perverting them, and seeking to obey them by grace.”

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0:45.4	War. I'm just kidding. Contrary to popular belief, we try to teach the Bible. So our text is
0:51.5	the Gospel of Matthew. We're going to be looking at chapter 5, verses 17 through 20.
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1:00.9	Matthew, Matthew chapter 5, verse 17 through 20. I'll read our text in its entirety. When I finish reading
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1:13.7	One final time, our text for today is the gospel according to Matthew, chapter 5, verse 17 through 20.
1:20.1	The Bible says this, do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
1:26.0	I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
1:29.6	For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass
1:37.2	from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever relaxes one of the least of these
1:43.9	commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.
1:50.0	But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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