“…this discourse throughout presupposes that the disciples here instructed became associated with Jesus as sinners needing salvation, and that their whole life in continuance is lived on the basis of grace.”
B. Law or Gospel?
“So long as this voice of the beatitudes is distinctly heard, it will not be possible to find any other religion here than that religion of salvation through the grace of God in Christ.”
C. Self-Righteousness or the Righteousness of God? (Matt. 15:8; Matt. 5:21-22; 5:27-28; 15:18-19)
“Christ drives us back into the inner chambers of our consciousness, where God and we are alone, and good and evil assume a proportion and significance never dreamt of before.”
D. Reform or Repentance? (Ps. 51:4)
“A repentant sinner acquits God and condemns himself…”
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Rev. David Reese served as the pastor of the Springs Reformed Church from 2002-2014. He is a graduate (Master of Divinity) of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA.
