Christ Jesus mediates a New Covenant, a New Testament, where you are not just purified outside, but inside. Where sin is removed, thrown into the sea of God's forgetfulness. Thus, you can stand holy, pure, clean, and righteous before the Father, in communion with Him, because Christ Jesus, your High Priest laid down His life for you.

As Jesus continues the Sermon on the Mount, He hits on some pretty close to home topics. He shows us how, merely keeping the letter of the law is not good enough. We must be radically changed from the inside out by the presence of the Holy Spirit, and we must understand the kind of forgiveness and heal Jesus brings into our lives. So, we can be His agents of healing and forgiveness.

In the Old Testament people thought it was just about behavior and not about the heart. However, Jesus comes and makes it clear, it is about the heart. When the heart is right the behaviors will be right.

Jesus and the Law are not incompatible, in fact, both are necessary. Jesus came to fulfill the law, and in doing so, He enables you to keep the law through the power and life of the Holy Spirit in you. Because of Jesus, the Holy Spirit is in you, and now, the Ten Commandments become the Ten Promises.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells His disciples that they are the salt and light of the world. What does it mean to be salt and light and are you being them?