1. The Authority of the King
Matthew 5-7

2. Sermon on the Mount
“The stuff the churches preach is extremely strict and allows for almost no fun....”

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. You can never be good enough, but Jesus is more than enough
Sermon on the Mount
You can never be good enough, but Jesus is more than enough

6. Sermon on the Mount
Exodus 19:6 “...and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

7. Sermon on the Mount
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.

8. Sermon on the Mount
Galatians 3:19 Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions...

9. Sermon on the Mount
1 Timothy 1:9 ...law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious....

10. GOD’S STANDARDS ARE HIGHER THAN OURS
Jesus Teaches
GOD’S STANDARDS ARE HIGHER THAN OURS
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God....

11. OUR HEARTS ARE DARKER THAN WE REALIZE
Jesus Teaches
OUR HEARTS ARE DARKER THAN WE REALIZE
Galatians 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.

12. GOD’S CHOSEN KING IS OUR ONLY HOPE
Jesus Teaches
GOD’S CHOSEN KING IS OUR ONLY HOPE
Revelation 3:17 “...you say, ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked....”

13. You can never be good enough, but Jesus is more than enough
Application
You can never be good enough, but Jesus is more than enough

15. The Authority of the King
Matthew 5-7