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Podcast: Words From The Word Of God
Episode: The Righteousness That Exceeds All Human Effort
Description: Send us Fan MailStanding on a hillside in Galilee, Jesus delivers a teaching that would forever change humanity's understanding of righteousness. In one shocking declaration, He tells the crowd their righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees—religious leaders whose rule-keeping was unmatched—to enter the kingdom of heaven.This powerful message from Matthew 5:17-20 explores Jesus' revolutionary claim that He came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. Far from lowering God's standards, Christ elevates them beyond human capacity, exposing our desperate need for a righteousness we cannot achi...