"Jesus by His Word is accomplishing a wholesale, complete transformation of you" Trinity 6 2021

Lutheran Preaching and Teaching from St. John Random Lake, Wisconsin

11. July 2021

Trinity 6

Matthew 5:17-26

“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.”

Rather than you find religion that suits your heart, Jesus finds you and gives you a new heart. He reveals to you the known God, who opens Himself up to you in keeping His promises. The Father has been working by the Law and Prophets, shaking heaven and earth, to bring you and all His elect into faith in Jesus Christ. This faith lives, moves, and its being in Jesus Christ crucified for the forgiveness of sins. This faith lives in Divine Service, where God gives Himself for you and your salvation. This faith doesn’t shy away from what God has to say, letting His Word have its way with you day-by-day. This faith doesn’t seek its own righteousness but trusts in the righteousness of Christ given in the forgiveness of sins. This faith doesn’t chose sides or join teams but is gathered together in Holy Baptism and fed together in Christ’s body and blood. Your righteousness does exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees because it’s daily given to you in Christ Jesus’s forgiveness.

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