Monday After Sixth Sunday After Trinity Matthew 5:27-48

You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 +                 This verse is the summary of God’s Law as Jesus interprets it for us in the Sermon on the Mount.  What we’ve heard so many times before is confirmed:  nothing can be attained through the Law.  No creature of creation is worthy to meet God through the Law.  What becomes clear through the Law is the knowledge of sin.  All Jesus says here shows us this.  Even those who outwardly never committed adultery or swore falsely are in violation of the Law, for they have the desire to sin in their hearts.  Those who are known to be jovial and friendly ... continue reading