Whispering Pines Church

As we continue to make our way through Christ's Sermon on the Mount, we come next to a challenging passage where Christ affirms that He has not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Through the rest of Matthew 5, we do not find Jesus lowering the moral bar for humanity, but raising it. There will be no prize for abstaining from murder, now Jesus will question the hate in our hearts. Keeping from adultery is expected, but what about the lust in your eyes? Jesus alone has perfectly kept the law. It is Jesus we are to emulate, Jesus who declares us righteous, Jesus who cleanses us so that we can follow Him in spirit and in truth. As Paul would write later in 2 Corinthians 5:21, "God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." Join us as we continue to look at the greatest sermon ever preached! Pastor Nate Roschen