The Heart of the Law
Jesus introduced some new ideas to God’s people when He
began His ministry. He revealed that God’s Law contained much
higher standards than people had inferred. Man looks at the
outward appearance, but God looks at the heart [1 Samuel 16:7].
Murder and adultery offer good examples of this.
According to Old Testament Law murder was forbidden.
Jesus raised the bar when He revealed God’s true intent...hate
and contempt are essentially murder in a person’s heart! The
Old Testament forbids the act of adultery but Jesus revealed
that the sin is not only in commission of the act—it is in yielding
to an adulterous heart. God’s people had equated obedience to
the Law with a person’s actions but Jesus tied it to the desires of
the heart.
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