The Heart Behind the Rule
Matthew 5:21–26
Righteousness starts in the heart, long before it ever shows up in your behavior.
Counterculture = everyone else is doing life one way, and you’re doing it a totally different way on purpose. The way we live life is the Jesus Way!
- Check It.
The rule (law) was never the bar — the heart is. Never killing someone was never the win; contempt was already the fail (5:21–22).
- Trace It.
Same root, different scenario. Lust, revenge, broken promises — Jesus keeps pulling back the same curtain: it’s always a heart problem first (5:27–48).
- Fix It.
Being reconciled beats religious. God wants the relationship repaired more than the performance perfected — fix it before you worship, not after (5:23–24).
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