God has always been concerned about the heart.

Always in the Old Testament, not just the new,

God was concerned about a heart relationship,

that the issue was always loving the Lord, your God, and your neighbor as yourself,

and that the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic Law

was only a means for regulating a love relationship.

Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

These days, for something to be labeled as wrong,

the loudest and most influential voices in society need to declare it as such. At least that's how it

seems. And rest assured, a subjective standard like that, which is always prone to change,

it doesn't come close to the biblical standard of what it

means to do wrong, what it means to commit sin. So for us as Christians, what is the best strategy

for confronting people about sin? If you notice a person's sin and bring it up, you're probably

going to create some friction.

So should you always stir the pot, so to speak, or are there times when you ought to keep silent?

What are the right steps to take?

What is the biblical approach?

John MacArthur helps answer those questions today as he continues his study,

The Sinfulness of Sin. And here is John

with the lesson. Matthew chapter 5 verses 27 through 30. Let me read them as you follow.

You have heard that it was said, thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say unto you that whosoever

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