Greater Righteousness: Oaths, Retaliation, and Love (9:45 Contemporary)

One of the powerful ways the Church can make a difference in the world is to help the world understand the “heart of the law” of God. In Matthew 5:21-48, Jesus gives us six examples of how the church helps us get to the heart of the law. In these practical, ethical issues, often called the “six oppositions” or the “six antitheses,” Jesus is not casting off the old and giving us something completely new and opposite. Rather, Jesus is going to the heart of the law to show the Church how to live out its deepest meaning. When the world sees the Church live out the heart of the law, people are drawn to Christ.