Sermons on Commandment

Sermons on Commandment

Epiphany 6A A Matter of the Heart

Matthew 5:21-37 One of the ways that we deceive ourselves is by thinking that we are pretty good people because we have kept the Commandments. That may be true in terms of the gross, outward, literal expression of the law. But, in fact, what we have done is limited the true intent of the law. As Jesus explains to us the spirit of the law, we suddenly come to the realization that we are far worse than what we ever…