Musing Through Matthew-Exceed The Law Of The Legalist

Let us muse again today from Matthew 5:20 in the theme of Jesus the King. Today our text tells us our righteousness must exceed the righteousness of the legalist if we are to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Many today argued over things of dress and liberties we can take upon ourselves in the area of going or doing, when the Scripture clearly tells us not to trifle with the law or the prophets but let our lives fall on the side of exceeding what the legalist thinks is right or wrong. Let our holiness, reverence, integrity, and purity be the same on the outside as that of Christ who lives in us. He shall produce in and through us a righteousness that exceeds the righteousness of the legalist. If it is a close call for one’s doing when the Bible is not clear upon the subject let us be careful in our liberty to fall on the side of doing that which exceeds what the legalist would do or not do.