When we aim towards generosity out of a motivation of being seen and praised by others, or even to impressed by ourselves, then we fail to actually pursue the kind of Christ-honoring righteousness he calls us to.

Righteousness, according to Jesus, is whole-person behavior that accords with Gods’s nature, will, and coming kingdom.

Loving our enemies cannot be reduced to mere “tolerance.” We must pray for them and strive for them to become the sort of person/people that God wants them to be!

As disciples, we are willing to be degraded because we recognize we have been upgraded through Christ. We are willing to be treated unjustifiably because we have been justified eternally through Christ.

The word of the Christian is absolutely vital. Being “imitators of God” means our words should be like his — life-giving and truthful.

We approach the topic of marriage and divorce with grace and humility but also with boldness and determination to truly get the heart of what Jesus and the Scriptures say about the topic.

Jesus fully fills the seventh commandment and shows us what a greater righteousness looks like in dealing with sexual lust.

Jesus fully fills the sixth commandment and shows us what a greater righteousness looks like in dealing with our anger.

We must not “unhitch” ourselves from the OT — Jesus did not come to unhitch us from it, but to transform it, to fully fill it.