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Exalting Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount is part of the Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary series. Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in...

With their 248 regulations and 365 prohibitions to fence and protect the law, their righteousness was only skin deep. It was outward and external. If verse 19 warns us about the danger of lawlessness, verse 20 warns us about the deadly danger of legalism. A Christian’s righteousness, however, is not skin deep. It goes to the heart. It is internal and spiritual. It is seeking first, from the heart, the kingdom of God and his righteousness (6:33). Quarles is again helpful here. He shows us, in all