CT064 - You Have Heard It Said, Part 1

Jesus opens the famous "you have heard it said… but I tell you" pattern in Matthew 5, and we walk through the first two — anger and lust. He isn't correcting Moses or piling new burdens on top of the old Law. He's pulling back the curtain on what the Law has always pointed to: a heart-level righteousness that goes deeper than rule-keeping. Murder begins long before the act, in the slow burn of resentment and contempt. Adultery begins long before the act, in the willful entertainment of desire. Jesus doesn't lower the bar — He raises it.

And the Savior who calls us there is the same One who remakes us from the inside, so the response He demands becomes the response grace makes possible.