1. The Law of the King

2. Sermon on the Mount
“In my opinion religion is one big hoax.”

3. Sermon on the Mount
“I did not like the essay ‘Sermon on the Mount.’ It was hard to read and made me feel like I had to be perfect and no one is.”

4. Sermon on the Mount
“The things asked in this sermon are absurd. To look at a woman is adultery… That is the most extreme, stupid, unhuman statement that I have ever heard.”

5. Sermon on the Mount
It was designed to OFFEND The BAD NEWS is worse than you imagined

6. Philippians 3:4-6
…If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more… a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

7. Sermon on the Mount
It was designed to OFFEND The BAD NEWS is worse than you imagined Why? To get you DESPERATE for a Savior!

8. The Rich Young Ruler
Mark 10:17 And as [Jesus] was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

9. The Rich Young Ruler
Mark 10:18-19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’ ”

10. The Rich Young Ruler
Mark 10:20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.”

11. The Rich Young Ruler
Mark 10:21-22 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

12. Sermon on the Mount Gives believers a GOAL, not a STANDARD
It was designed to OFFEND
The BAD NEWS is worse than you imagined
The GOOD NEWS is better than you dared hope
Gives believers a GOAL, not a STANDARD

14. The Law of the King