The Word Make All the Difference (Matthew 5:17-20)

How does a person get to heaven?  That was the question during Jesus’ day just like it is a question today.  In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord emphasized that the standards of righteousness that man had adopted were insufficient to open the door to heaven.  The door to heaven was opened only through God’s standards which were revealed in Jesus.  What that means is, “I can’t get there on my own!”  I can only get there when I follow God’s standards and expectations.  Those standards are revealed in His Word which is the emphasis of today’s message.