Jesus raises the holiness bar so high in this passage that He makes it virtually IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to escape the hell of fire. The religious people knew the commandments yet Jesus reveals them at a whole new level. So where is the hope in this message? The hope is the fact that we know mercy triumphs over judgement. The law remains important in the Kingdom of heaven. We are indebted to Jesus, for who can stand in the light of God's love and HOLINESS? If we want to live pure then it's better to lose a body part than to have our whole body thrown into Hell.
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