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The Sermon on the Mount
The Sermon on the Mount
Much more to it than you ever imagined
The Sermon on the Mount
One of the earliest catechisms
The Sermon on the Mount
A short message that transformed culture
The Golden Rule
The salt of the earth
An eye for an eye
Turn the other cheek
The left hand doesn’t know what the right
hand is doing
Daily bread
Worry about the board in your own eye before you worry about the sliver in
your neighbor’s
Don’t judge others unless you want to be judged
Don’t throw your pearls before swine
Seek and you will find
Wolves in sheep’s clothing
Sharia Law?
If your eye offends you . . . If your hand offends . . .
Tough questions?
Tough questions? The Law?
“love your enemies . . . so that you may be sons
of your Father . . .” 5:45
Tough questions? The Law?
Just for Jews?
Tough questions? The Law?
Just for Jews? What about grace?
Impossible standards? No real expectation
of obedience? Hyperbole?
Key verse: 5:20 unless your righteousness
exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the
kingdom of heaven.
Key theme: Internal righteousness
Key theme: Internal righteousness
“When you fast . . .” “When you give to the poor . . .”
Key theme: Internal righteousness
Our motivations - thoughts
Key theme: Internal righteousness
Our motivations – thoughts The guiding Christological ethic
Key theme: Internal righteousness
Our motivations – thoughts The guiding Christological ethic
Yet our actions are critical!
Everyone who hears the words of mine and does them . . .
