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Date: September 16, 2018 Title: The Standard of the Kingdom (Pt 2 - A Higher Standard) Passage: Matthew 5:17-48 Speaker: Bob Corbin Sermon Note Sheet (PDF) Download Audio

* Focusing on the Messiah in the book of Matthew. * Matthew was a Jewish man writing about the Jewish Messiah to a Jewish audience. As we study his account of the life and ministry of Jesus (Y'shua) we need to keep looking at from that context. * In the previous message, David Hayes began sharing from a portion of Scripture commonly referred to as "The Sermon on the Mount." Jesus - as the King - was sharing the standard of the Kingdom of the Heavens. As we saw earlier, the core of His message was for the people to Repent (change the way they think). In the Beattitudes Jesus builds upon His overall Messianic message and begins to reveal what a different mindset would look like. When we follow Jesus, we will begin to have a Kingdom Worldview not a Secular Worldview. When this happens, we will (super)naturally be salt and light in this world. * In today's message, Jesus continues His discourse regarding the Kingdom Standard by revealing that it is a Higher Standard. In fact, the Standard is the perfection of God! In this portion of His message, we see Jesus speak with Kingly authority and showing His supremacy even over the law of Moses.