Enough?

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Good
Enough?
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The
Kingdom
Handbook
The Sermon on the MountMatthew 5-7
The Jesus Curriculum
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The Code is still
in place
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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.
Matthew 517
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The Code is still
in place
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I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth
disappear, not the smallest letter,
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Matthew 518
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The Code is still
in place
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not the least stroke of a pen, will by any
means disappear from the Law until everything
is accomplished.
Matthew 518
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The Code is to be
practiced and taught
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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,
Matthew 519
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The Code is to be
practiced and taught
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but whoever practices and teaches these commands
will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 519
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The Code requires
perfection
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For I tell you that unless your righteousness
surpasses that of the Pharisees and the
teachers of the law,
Matthew 520
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The Code requires
perfection
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you will certainly not enter the kingdom of
heaven.
Matthew 520
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After reading these verses
I realize that I need

• righteousness

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The Code requires
perfection

• righteousness

No one will be declared righteous in his sight by
observing the law. But now a righteousness from
God, apart from law, has been made known, to
which the Law and the Prophets testify.
Romans 320-22
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The Code requires
perfection

• righteousness

This righteousness from God comes through faith
in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
Romans 320-22
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The Code requires
perfection

• righteousness

What the law was powerless to do, God did by
sending his own Son to be a sin offering,in
order that the righteous requirements of the law
might be fully met in us.
Romans 83-4
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After reading these verses
I realize that I need

• righteousness

• Old Testament

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The Code requires
perfection

• Old Testament

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness, so that the man of God may be
thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 316-17
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After reading these verses
I realize that I need

• righteousness

• Old Testament

• to do right

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The Code requires
perfection
Why do right?

• Its good for us.
• Good is what we were meant to be.
• Were preparing a gift for our beloved.

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The Code requires
perfection

• to do right

This is love for God to obey his commands. And
his commands are not burdensome.
1 John 53
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The Code requires
perfection

• to do right

So we make it our goal to please him. For we
must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, that each one may receive what is due
him for the things done while in the body,
whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 59-10
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After reading these verses
I realize that I need

• righteousness

• Old Testament

• to do right

• to be genuine

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The Code requires
perfection

• to be genuine

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees,
you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the
cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed
and self-indulgence.
Matthew 2325
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