July 24, 2022 Trinity 6 The Sunday of Righteousness Greater than the Pharisees
Trinity 6
Matthew 5:17-26
July 24, 2022
“Don’t Play Games with God: Be United with Christ”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Matthew 5:17-26 is our text. The Gospel reading. You can keep that in front of you on the insert there and we’re gong to walk through it and see what Jesus means here.
“Don’t think,” He says, “that I’ve come to abolish the Law.” Why does Jesus say those words, “Don’t think…?” Why would He tell us not to think something? Because we do think this, of course. This is one of the games we play with God, we think that He sent Jesus to get rid of the Law and say, “No more rules anymore. Do whatever you want.” And we’re going to see we play other games as well.
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