condemns him for falling short of God’s righteousness, and it drives him in desperation to the cross. Paul says that the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we may be justified by faith (Gal. 3:24). And if that was true of the Old Testament law, which was largely external, how much more true it is of this Sermon. The Sermon on the Mount calls for a pure righteousness that flows from a regenerated heart. Second, the Sermon on the Mount should be studied because, like all Scripture,
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