King of Hearts | Week 1

SERIES:  King of Hearts
MESSAGE: Intro: 5:17-20
DATE: April 11, 2021

Anawim – throwaway people 

Makarios – the favor of God, the good life 

“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will pass away from the law until all things are accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 5:17-20

“Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”   Matthew 5:17 

“The new is in the old concealed; the old is in the new revealed.” – St. Augustine 

For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 5:20

Righteousness – “dikaiosune”

What it is that makes a person truly right or good. 

“…because he was fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to do. Therefore, ‘it was credited to him for righteousness’. Now ‘it was credited to him’ was not written for Abraham alone, but also for us. It will be credited to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.”  Romans 4:21-24

“You have heard that it was said…but I tell you…”