Surpassing Righteousness Example #1 — Learning to Nurture Relationships

Over the next sev­eral weeks we’ll see how Jesus exem­pli­fies sur­pass­ing right­eous­ness in his king­dom. His first exam­ple from verses 21–26 shows how our pri­mary desire should not be to destroy rela­tion­ships but to nur­ture them. Jesus gives a vari­ety of exam­ples of how this can and should take place, all of which leads to pos­i­tive out­comes for both par­ties in the relationship.

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Being Salt and Light in a Broken and Dark World

In Matthew 5:13–20 Jesus says that those in his king­dom are the salt of the earth and light of the world. In the ancient world, salt and light were said to be the very basics for the sus­tain­ing and flour­ish­ing of human life. Lis­ten in to find out how impor­tant it is to heed Jesus’ call to be who he calls us to be — salt and light in a bro­ken and hurt­ing world.

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The Kingdom is For Anybody and Everybody

In Matthew 5:1–12 Jesus shows us that his arms are wide open to every­body and any­body. He blesses the poor in spirit, the pure in heart, the meek, and the per­se­cuted. He also makes a won­der­ful promise: in his king­dom our deep­est desires will one day be sat­is­fied! Lis­ten in to find out how 5:1–12 explores these two great truths.

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Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount

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