God’s Law vs. Human Tradition: Part 5
Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5. We have been studying the Sermon on the Mount for the past few weeks, and specifically, since we began our study of Matthew 5 verses 21 and following, we have seen Christ applying the principles of the righteousness of His kingdom, calling His people to true godliness and trying to raise the awareness of those caught up in the web of self righteousness of just how extensive the command of the law is. And in the process, we have seen the Lord Jesus address four areas so far. In Matthew 54:21-26, He has spoken about murder and as He began to speak about the command against murder, immediately He heard people turning Him off saying, “Well, I have never done that before, this command does not apply to me.” And then the Lord…