Sermons on Matthew 5:13-20
Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
[Machine transcription] Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, our Lord Jesus Christ and His Sermon on the Mount is refuting Phariseeism, the doctrine that we can be righteous according to our own works and please God by our own efforts.…
Exceeding Righteousness
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, “For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints of God, Christianity is both an attack on what is worst in humanity and the best in humanity. Now this is a foundational truth that is…
The Character of Your Calling
[Machine transcription] Praise and mercy be to you, for God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning’s sermon comes from the Gospel reading. You may be seated. It is the fourth verse that we just sang. Let me read it to you again. From the cross, thy wisdom shining, breaketh forth in…
Jesus Defines You
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Brothers and sisters, our text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. Having been baptized into Christ Jesus, having been called to a faith relationship with your Lord Jesus, you have been placed in a vocation. Not a vacation. A…
Righteous Salt, Righteous Light
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
At first glance, it would appear that today’s Gospel lesson is a mashing together of two different topics. The first speaks of Christians as the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and the second discusses the fulfillment of the Law and possession of a…