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John Stott

A Deeper Look at the Sermon on the Mount

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    This is why entry into God’s kingdom is impossible without a righteousness greater than that of the Pharisees. It is because such a righteousness is evidence of the new birth, and no one enters the kingdom without being born again
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    Christian righteousness is greater than Pharisaic righteousness because it is deeper, being a righteousness of the heart. The righteousness which is pleasing to God is an inward righteousness of mind and motive. For “the LORD looks at the heart”
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    None of it will pass away or be discarded, Jesus says, not a single letter or part of a letter, until it has all been fulfilled
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    consequence is the obedience to the law which the citizens of God’s kingdom must give
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    The cause is the permanence of the law until it is fulfilled
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    He does more than obey the commandments himself; he explains what obedience will involve for his disciples. He rejects the superficial interpretation of the law given by the scribes; he himself supplies the true interpretation
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    Third, the Old Testament contains ethical principles or the moral law of God
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    The climax was his death on the cross in which the whole ceremonial system of the Old Testament, both priesthood and sacrifice, found its perfect fulfillment
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    Matthew emphasizes this more than any other Gospel writer by his repeated formula
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    Second, the Old Testament contains predictive prophecy
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