One of the primary effects of the Sermon on the Mount should be to convict all of us that we are complete sinners and that nobody lives up to God’s standards. Jesus sets a level of behavior required by God that nobody has every complied with for even a week of their lives. He told the people there that to get into Heaven they need to surpass the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees who were universally regarded as the most righteous people in society. Jesus’ point was that nobody can earn their way into heaven and show them why they need a Savior.
All true.
Jesus showed us the way to love by dying for EVERYONE'S sins.
Our Savior will always be needed.
Amen. And afterwards to consider it, too, can help keep us dependent on the Lord for our salvation as we work it out with fear and trembling. Many people who have rejected Christ, though, just don’t see themselves as having committed sin. They’re more likely to see other people as having moral failings and as being very unpleasant, if not impossible to live with.