Right Side Up: Law Bar of Clearance

by Rev. Grant Armstrong
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Matthew 5:17-32, 48 
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SERMON NOTES:
I. The law reveals to us our desperate need for grace.
II. Our relationships require full reliance upon God's grace.
III. Jesus offers us the gift of a perfection we fail to achieve.

FOR DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION
- Come up with a silly law that will help the world.
- Why is it valuable for Jesus to move His listeners to a point of crisis? What are other ways Jesus may have accomplished this unifying action?
- Why is it significant that Jesus focused on interpersonal relationships when emphasizing the standards of the law?
- Does grace "let us off the hook" from following the commandments of God? Why or why not?
- Did you experience the conviction of Jesus' teaching in this passage? How do you respond to the conviction, if so?
- What is God saying to you through today's scripture?