INTRODUCTION
This is the kickoff for a summer-long series entitled “Summer on the Mount.” All summer long, we will look at the entire teaching of Jesus, known as the Sermon on the Mount, section by section.
The Sermon on the Mount is probably the best-known part of the teaching of Jesus, though arguably, it is the least understood. It is the nearest thing to a manifesto that he ever uttered. The emphasis of the Sermon on the Mount will be on inside-out transformation. Jesus will continually go to inner motivation, not external performance. Jesus is teaching that inner life will naturally transform the outer life. Here in the Sermon on the Mount is a Christian value system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle, and network of relationships, all of which are totally and completely opposite to those of the non-Christian world.
Now, if the Sermon on the Mount is the least understood of Jesus’ teachings, the Beatitudes are the least understood of the s…
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