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51. Jesus' Countercultural Sermon

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... in this congregation and many communities of faith -- is dramatically down, despite increased need and -- for many who could respond -- increased income. It is well known that Mohandas Gandhi was a great admirer of the Sermon on the Mount. A confused reporter once asked him, "If you like the Sermon on the Mount, then what do you think about Christianity?" Gandhi replied, "I think it would be wonderful." Gandhi's reply is at once both comical and a stinging indictment of Jesus' followers. Our Lord's sermon ...

52. On the Mountaintop

Matthew 17:1-9

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April Yamasaki

... to meet with God. Moses met with God on Mount Sinai and received the Ten Commandments. Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel, and God performed a miracle. Jesus went to a mountain to call his first disciples. He gave the Sermon on the Mount. So too for Peter, James, and John, this mountain became a significant meeting place. There, Jesus suddenly became transformed—his face and his robe shone so brightly that Peter, James, and John could hardly bear the sight. If that display of glory ...

53. Something Different

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

Jesus came preaching "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near" (Matthew 4:17). Then Jesus went up a hillside and gathered around him the people who were interested in what he was saying and tried to explain to them what he meant. That was the Sermon on the Mount, and our scripture reading for today is the first part of it. The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God are the same thing. This concept is one of the biggest ideas that you will find in the Bible. It is very important. It has many ...

54. The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... begins his narration of Jesus’s ministry with an extended teaching by Jesus. Matthew structures his Gospel in part by arranging most of Jesus’s teaching into five major blocks, or “discourses” (see “Structure” in the introduction). In this discourse, often called the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches his disciples (along with the crowds; see 5:1–2 and 7:28–29) about the kingdom that he has announced in 4:17. The single consistent theme of the sermon is the imminent kingdom of God (5:3, 10 ...

55. “Your Honor:” Jesus’ Honor Code of Turning the Other Cheek

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... revolution, but the faces in the square made the revolution a reality. E-mails went out, but people came together, and effected real change. There has never been a time more pertinent and poised for the “face-to-face” challenge Jesus offered in his “Sermon on the Mount.” We are called to “make face time” with a world that is desperately in need of Jesus’ message of a new “honor system.” Will we show the world that all “honor” is God’s? Will we show each other that the greatest honor ...

56. Your Honor: Jesus' Honor Code of Turning the Other Cheek

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

57. Double Image

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

William G. Carter

... of his teachings, analogous to the five books of the Jewish law. If Jesus' teachings are the core of Matthew's book, the most important collection of his teachings is the Sermon on the Mount. And if the Sermon on the Mount is the central collection of Jesus' teachings, then the beatitudes are the heart of the Sermon on the Mount. The blessings he offers are glimpses of the kingdom he proclaims, for they point to the values which are honored within the dominion of God. Whom does God bless? The poor ...

58. This Is the Day

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... glory was not arrayed like any of these." So why do you worry about tomorrow? Let tomorrow worry about itself. For this is the day. God hasn't created tomorrow yet. We read the Matthew version of this passage, which is in the Sermon on the Mount. Luke doesn't have a Sermon on the Mount. But he takes the same teachings of Jesus and puts them at the conclusion of the Parable of the Rich Fool. The rich fool is a man who kept building bigger and bigger barns, and then he died. He was foolish because he spent ...

59. God’s Weather Report

Matthew 5:38-48

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... insists to Book that, "it's not our way." To which Book responds, "Yeah, but it's my way." The scene from the movie helps us focus on the content of our passage of scripture for this morning. The Amish, a community in the Anabaptist tradition, sees the Sermon on the Mount as part of their core scripture. The reason the young man in the scene doesn't fight back against the bullies is that he is turning the other cheek, as Jesus said to do. In order to avoid violence, in order to avoid anyone getting hurt, he ...

60. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

... weep now, for you shall laugh," and "Woe to you that laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep." Three strikes and you’re out, on curve balls low and on the outside corner. In the version of this sermon that Saint Matthew gives us, it is called The Sermon on the Mount, for when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up onto the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him, and he began his teaching. But in the sermon as Saint Luke remembers it, it can be called The Sermon on the Level, for when Jesus ...

61. Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany

Sermon

Russell F. Anderson

... this wisdom and interpret its truths. Gospel: Matthew 5:21-37 (C); Matthew 5:17-37 (RC); Matthew 5:20-37 (L); Matthew 5:21-24, 27-30, 33-37 (E) Verse 17 contains the unitive thread for this entire passage, in fact, for the entire Sermon On The Mount: "Think not that I have come to abolish the law ... I have come to fulfill it." The word "fulfill" can be interpreted as: to complete or to accomplish. The word can also be interpreted: to infuse with new and deeper meaning. The latter exegesis is preferred ...

62. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

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Phil Thrailkill

... I am an inside observer. I am thankful for what I do see of Christian kindness and missionary service, but it is not enough to fix what ails us. TURNING TO THE TEXT vv. 1, 5-6 The Call To Private Prayer. At the center of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pointed to three spiritual disciples that keep our hearts open to the grace of God. These as ways to break from complacency and respond to God in earnest. You cannot serve the poor, engage in radical self-denial, and open your heart in prayer without being ...

63. Shame On Who?

John 8:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... is a word that literally means "to write against." I believe what Jesus may have very well have written are some of the sins of which these men were guilty. For example, where they would write "adultery", Jesus would write "lust". Remember what He said in the Sermon on the Mount? "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matthew 5:27-28, NASB) Where they would ...

64. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... It is frequently used in a variety of ways throughout the Bible. In some cultures the sun was worshiped as a source of life and became a symbol for deity. Salt and light are universal symbols and so these two brief statements in the Sermon on the Mount have a powerful effect. While Jesus reinterprets the commandments of the Old Testament in the light of his higher understanding, he affirms them and asserts that they will not pass away. Context of the Church Year The parable comes early in Jesus' ministry as ...

65. Proper 4

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Deuteronomy 11:1-32, Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29, Romans 3:21-31

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... works, we have no reason to be proud of ourselves. Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29 They who obey Jesus' words build their lives on rock. For the balance of the church year, the Gospel is taken from Matthew. Today's pericope is the conclusion to the Sermon on the Mount. It does what a sermon conclusion should do: a call to put the Word into action through obedience. Obeying the Law will not gain a right relation with God. Jesus asks for more than lip service. He calls for life service by obeying his teachings. The ...

66. Little Things Affect Little Minds

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... quite horrifying ways. Jesus of Nazareth was quite concerned that his followers get beyond being upset over little things. He feared that too much focusing on little things would result in little minds. Jesus’ clearest teaching on the matter is found in his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6). Here Jesus explicitly prohibits anxiety for small things. He says that there are greater issues in life than the rudiments of survival. Perhaps his main focus is to be found in these words: "Can a man by worrying add to ...

67. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . The only problem is that Luke's version of the Beatitudes is not the one that we are familiar with. The much more popular version of the Beatitudes is to be found in the Gospel of Matthew. In Matthew, the Beatitudes serve as the preface to the Sermon on the Mount. There are nine Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew. In Luke, the Beatitudes are the preface to what is called the Sermon on the Plain. There are only four Beatitudes in the Gospel of Luke. In Luke it is called the Sermon on the Plain because in ...

68. Ten Friends Drive Us to the Promise

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... to possess property. The meaning of the Fifth Commandment is simple and inclusive: We are not to hurt our neighbor in any physical way. Anything that damages another person's well-being, intentional or accidental, is a violation. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus intensifies and tightens the prohibition which demonstrates the depth of the safety God promises. "You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, 'You shall not murder'; and â€˜whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.' But ...

69. Regis and Jesus

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... we are in Lent, that time of the church year in which we are encouraged to look at our lives, to see if there are elements in them that ought not to be, and, by the power of God, make some changes. We continue to study Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount and come across "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth..." Uh, Jesus, is that your final answer? Hmm. For a society that is as fascinated by "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" as we are, those are hard words to hear. Listen to him again: ""Do not ...

70. Winning over Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more insight than most of us have, replied, "God told someone, but they forgot."(4) What a terrible indictment of the way we actually WORRY about whether our clothes are the latest or our cars are the newest. In his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, D. A. Carson recalls the fourth century Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate who tried every way he could to suppress Christianity but met nothing but failure because of the distinctive lifestyle he found among believers. He told his officials, "We ought to be ...

71. Rejoicing in Reality

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... little sense at all. Now, let us be sure we know what the words are about. They are not about shoulds and oughts. Not about working and doing. They are about blessing. Jesus begins with the blessings that are already ours. This passage, this prologue to the Sermon on the Mount, is not about what will be. It is about what already is. This passage does not tell us that God will be good to us. It tells us that God is already good to us. It does not suggest that the kingdom will come - some day. It proclaims ...

72. How Does One Follow Jesus During The Threat Of War?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

George Johnson

... vision was ... "neither shall they learn war anymore." Jesus' Way Was Different Next I want to take you into the heart of Jesus' teaching found in the Sermon on the Mount. This sermon, we are told, is a collection of Jesus' main preaching. It's a kind of summary. If you want to get at the essence of what Jesus tried to get across, read the Sermon on the Mount. Here we have this familiar passage about how to find happiness and how to live as participants in the kingdom. Jesus points out that, in the Old ...

73. More Than a Popularity Contest

Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He preached a sermon series on Jesus’ blessings for the poor in spirit, for those who mourn, for those who are persecuted. He taught his leaders to organize the mission and ministries of the church around the Sermon on the Mount. And this new direction made some people uncomfortable. The leaders of the church were challenging people to live sacrificially, to grow spiritually. Some people weren’t ready for that. They just wanted an inspiring message, a lively pick-me-up, maybe some small group time ...

74. Two Sticker Books and a Cabbage Patch Doll

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... We get down on ourselves. We worry and we sulk and we make the people around us miserable. And what good does it do? And so on this Thanksgiving Day we turn to the Gospel of Matthew and we read some of the most important words ever written . . . from the Sermon on the Mount: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap ...

75. Create Your Own Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Robert Allen

... I can choose to be happy or I can choose to be unhappy. What do you think I do? I simply choose to be happy, and that’s all there is to it." I believe that this is what Jesus was saying in that section of the Sermon on the Mount that we call the Beatitudes. He begins each phrase in poetic fashion as he says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit ... Blessed are those who mourn ... Blessed are the meek ... Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness ... Blessed are the merciful ... Blessed are the ...

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