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What do you do more than others?. Matthew 5:43-48 Luke 6:27-36 The question shows we are expected to live better and do more than sinners. We are held to a higher standard under the law of Christ. What do you do more than others?. Romans 6:3-4
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Matthew 5:43-48 • Luke 6:27-36 • The question shows we are expected to live better and do more than sinners. • We are held to a higher standard under the law of Christ. What do you do more than others?
Romans 6:3-4 • 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. • John 3:3-5 • James 1:18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. Becoming a christianis a new birth.
Romans 6:5-8 Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light Colossians 3:5-10 Matthew 5:14-16 Romans 12:2 - And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. New birth and death of the body of sin.
Matthew 5:20 - For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. • 1 John 3:4-9 • Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. Higher standard for christians Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
Not the Law of Moses – Matthew 5:21-48 Not the world – 1 Peter 4:4, John 15:19 Not each other – 2 Corinthians 10:12 Not our own conscience – 2 Corinthians 10:18, Acts 23:1 We must hold ourselves to the right standard.
1 Peter 2:21 - For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: • Hebrews 4:15 - For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. • John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Jesus and his word - our standard
John 12:48 - He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. • Romans 2:2 - But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. Jesus and his word - our standard
Believe – John 8:24 Repent – Luke 13:3 Confess – Matthew 10:32-33 Be Baptized – Mark 16:16 Be Faithful – Luke 9:62 Obey the gospel today!