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The Gospel

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"There is none righteous, not even one"
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The Bible teaches us that mankind is sinful.  All are born in sin and are sinners.  All of mankind is depraved and under God's righteous judgment; there are none who are good, not one.

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As such, mankind is in need of a Savior.  The Bible teaches us that Christ is that Savior and He is the only One that can save us because He is God in flesh, the Son of God.  He has died for our sin and taken the punishment we deserved, though He is without sin; He is the perfect sacrifice, the Lamb of God.  He is our penal substitutionary atonement.  He is the only way, truth and life--we must go to Him to get to God the Father.

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This is only possible through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ.

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This Sunday's Sermon Info

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Matthew 5:13-20
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Having established the description in His introduction to the sermon (the Beatitudes) of those who are citizens of the kingdom of heaven, Jesus next describes how His people, the redeemed, are contrasted in their behavior with the world and how this will impact the darkness of the world. He used metaphors that would have been familiar with His followers to describe how they would be different from the lost world and how their salvation must impact the kingdom of this world. Note that in this main body of the sermon Jesus describes the importance of “the Law or the Prophets”, saying that He did not come “to abolish but to fulfill.” He will finish the sermon in chapter 7 verse 12 by mentioning the same phrase “the Law and the Prophets.” The Lord Jesus held the Scriptures in very high esteem. The very Word of God in the flesh (John 1:1) considered the Scriptures to be eternal and unchangeable. But there are those who would seek to adulterate God’s Word, and Jesus had strong words of warning for those people. God’s Word is what transforms saved sinners into saints who walk in a way that brings glory to God. The redeemed must walk according to the Scriptures and teachers must teach the Scriptures properly. Anything less is sinful rejection of God's will for His people.

This Sunday's Sermon Outline

 

Point I: The Impact of Scripture (13-16)
Point II: The Eternality of Scripture (17-18)
Point III: The Importance of Scripture (19-20)

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