Grace to You: Radio Podcast The Attitude Behind the Act B
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Mar 3, 2026 
John MacArthur, longtime Bible teacher and pastor known for expository preaching. He explores Jesus’ focus on inner righteousness over external conformity. He contrasts Jesus’ authority with rabbinic tradition. He outlines principles: spirit over letter, law’s purpose, God’s judgment of hearts, and our need for Christ’s imputed righteousness.
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Inner Righteousness Trumps External Piety
- Jesus emphasizes internal righteousness over external conformity as the true measure for entering God's kingdom.
- MacArthur contrasts Pharisees' external legalism with the need for heart transformation revealed in Matthew 5:20 and surrounding verses.
Jesus Rebukes Rabbinic Additions To The Law
- In Matthew 5 Jesus challenges rabbinic tradition by reinterpreting commandments to expose inner motives like anger as sinful.
- MacArthur notes Jesus says 'you have heard by them of old' pointing to oral rabbinic glosses, not Moses' text.
Language Shift Enabled Rabbinic Control
- The rabbis exploited the people's loss of Hebrew by interpreting Hebrew Scripture into Aramaic, creating traditions the people couldn't verify.
- MacArthur explains this produced the Mishnah/Talmud layering that obscured God's written law.
