True righteousness is first received in faith, rather than achieved in works, so that God can change us from the inside out to live righteously in Christ.

2. Matthew 5:17-18
“Do not think that I have come to abolish
the Law or the Prophets; I have not come
to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell
you the truth, until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest letter, not the
least stroke of a pen, will by any means
disappear from the Law until everything is
accomplished.
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3. Matthew 5:19
Anyone who breaks one of the least of
these commandments and teaches others
to do the same will be called least in the
kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices
and teaches these commands will be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
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4. Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness
surpasses that of the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law, you will certainly not
enter the kingdom of heaven.”
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6. Saved by grace through faith does not mean
that God LOWERED the BAR; only that He
helps us meet it. This is good news.

7. Saved by grace through faith does not mean
that God LOWERED the BAR; only that He
helps us meet it. This is good news.

8. God has made PROVISION
for our righteousness
through Jesus

9. God has made PROVISION
for our righteousness
through Jesus
Jesus fulfills the legal REQUIREMENTS of the
law as well as the PROPHETIC predictions

10. God has made PROVISION
for our righteousness
through Jesus
Jesus fulfills the legal REQUIREMENTS of the
law as well as the PROPHETIC predictions
Jesus is not rewriting the law, but providing
its true INTERPRETATION; the HEART behind
it.

11. Grace doesn’t
ELIMINATE our call, nor
the need to live
RIGHTEOUSLY

12. Grace doesn’t
ELIMINATE our call, nor
the need to live
RIGHTEOUSLY
More telling of where we are in our faith is
our ATTITUDE toward God’s commands than
our ABILITY to keep them.

13. Grace doesn’t
ELIMINATE our call, nor
the need to live
RIGHTEOUSLY
More telling of where we are in our faith is
our ATTITUDE toward God’s commands than
our ABILITY to keep them.
Grace is not a LICENSE to sin, but supplies
the FOUNDATION for righteousness.

14. True righteousness doesn’t
pertain to what we
EXTERNALLY do as much
as WHY we do it

15. True righteousness doesn’t
pertain to what we
EXTERNALLY do as much
as WHY we do it
The law may LEGISLATE behavior, but it
doesn’t get to the heart of the problem
which is the problem of the HEART.

16. True righteousness doesn’t
pertain to what we
EXTERNALLY do as much
as WHY we do it
The law may LEGISLATE behavior, but it
doesn’t get to the heart of the problem
which is the problem of the HEART.
True righteousness goes beyond RULE
keeping; it entails being RIGHTLY related to
God and others.

17. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on what it means to follow Christ
( ) Read Matthew noting what Jesus says in
regard to “righteousness”
( ) Meditate on how grace changes our motive
for obedience
( ) Address attitudes that are unaligned with
God
( ) Other________________________