“If Jesus is a teacher only, then all He can do is to tantalize us by erecting a standard we cannot come anywhere near. But if by being born again from above we know Him first as Savior, we know that He did not come to teach us only. He came to make us what He teaches we should be. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His way with us.” IfsKnowsWayShouldFirstsSpiritJesusCan DoBornTeachTeacherHolyStandardsStatementsHoly SpiritSaviorSermonsBorn AgainSermon On The Mount Book:Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Source: Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender and obedience - not interpreting or applying it, but doing and obeying it. That is the only way to hear his words. He does not mean for us to discuss it as an ideal. He really means for us to get on with it.” KnowsWayMeanDoeDifferentJesusSimpleChristianityPossibilityThousandIdealsSurrenderObedienceDifferent WaysSermonsReally MeanObeyingInterpretingSermon On The Mount Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you” HateJesusChristEnemyLove YouBibleJesus ChristScripturePersecutionHate YouGreatest LoveLove Your EnemiesBible VerseSermon On The MountTurn The Other CheekLoving Your EnemiesFalsely AccusedJesus WordsGood EnemyFamily BibleRomans 12 Author:Luke the Evangelist
“Honestly, I would think I would go way back to Biblical times and be one of the guys who saw Jesus Sermon on the Mount. It would be so cool to see what he was really like in person.” ThinkingWayPersonsWould BeGuyJesusSawsHonestlyBiblicalSermonsSermon On The Mount Author:Jason Dolley
“Again and again the Sermon on the Mount calls and challenges us to a life of radical discipleship. Note: when Jesus says 'Blessed are the . . . . merciful, peacmakers', and so on, he doesn't just mean that they themselves are blessed. He means that the blessing of God's kingdom works precisely through those people into the wider world. That is how God's kingdom comes. That's one thing to hear afresh.” PeopleWorldMeanJesusChallengesOne ThingBlessingBlessedNotesKingdomsRadicalAgain And AgainSermonsDiscipleshipMercifulSermon On The MountKingdom Come Author:N. T. Wright
“Jesus himself, as the gospel story goes on to its dramatic conclusion, lives out the same message of the Sermon on the Mount: he is the light of the world, he is the salt of the earth, he loves his enemies and gives his life for them, he is lifted up on a hill so that the world can see.” WorldGivingStoriesLightEarthJesusEnemyGoes OnMessagesConclusionHillsDramaticSaltSermonsSermon On The MountLight Of The WorldSalt Of The Earth Author:N. T. Wright