Reading this passage the first thing that came to my mind was this was just and introduction to the 10 commandments but in reality it is so much more. The Lord tells us if we really are His followers, if we are truly just, others would admire us and want to join us.
If we really followed the commandments of God and didn't try to live only the letter of the law and then only the barest minimum, we wouldn't need to evangelize. If we didn't listen to clever people who convince us that God didn't really mean what He said when He said do not kill. We convince ourselves that racism isn't really stealing or that because we really want to our adultery was okay. We even tell ourselves that because we are "saved" we no longer have to worry about sin.
In Matt 5 we read whoever breaks these commandments or teaches other to do so will be called least in heaven
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