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  NEW HEART RIGHTEOUSNESS
  by F.B. Meyer
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Summary: Jesus' mission is to construct and fulfill the highest ideals
inspired in human hearts or written by God's Spirit, and His kingdom has
severe consequences for unwarranted anger.

Topics: "Righteousness", "Fulfillment of the Law"
Scripture References: Matthew 5:17-26, Luke 24:44, Acts 13:15, Romans 3:31, Romans 8:4

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F.B. Meyer emphasizes that Jesus' mission was to fulfill and elevate the
law rather than abolish it, illustrating how He embodies the highest
ideals of righteousness. He highlights the reverence Jesus had for the
Old Testament, affirming its divine authority and the importance of its
teachings in preparing hearts for His message. Meyer warns that in
Christ's kingdom, even unwarranted anger and contempt are serious
offenses, equating them to capital crimes, thus urging believers to
cultivate a heart of love and righteousness.

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Matthew 5:17-26

Our Lord’s mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon
fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the
perfect picture, the rude sketch, so does Jesus gather up, realize and
make possible the highest ideals ever inspired in human hearts or
written by God’s Spirit on the page of inspiration.

Under the terms, “the law and the prophets,†our Lord includes the
entire range of the Old Testament. See Luke 24:44; Acts 13:15. Nothing
could exceed our Lord’s reverence for the oracles of God. He
repeatedly refers to them as of divine authority. His words and
teachings are the endorsement of the venerable Scriptures which had
nourished His people, preparing them for His further instruction.

See Romans 3:31; Romans 8:4.

The local magistrates’ court had the power of life and death, which
was inflicted by beheading; the Sanhedrin executed by stoning; the
outrageous criminal was cast out to Gehenna, Matthew 5:22. In Christ’s
kingdom unwarranted anger is equivalent to the first, contempt to the
second, and vehement passion to the third. To allow hate to smolder is a
capital offence.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/fb-meyer/new-heart-righteousness/
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