Sermon on the Mount

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Sermon on the Mount
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Start at the End

• Build your house
• Sand
• Rock
• Hear Christs words
• Practice
• Do, execute, exercise

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Three Pillars of Rabbinic Judaism

• R. Simon the Just
• Torah
• Law
• Talmud
• Worship
• Giving Alms
• Prayer
• Fasting
• Deeds of kindness

• Jesus speaks
• The Law
• Matthew 517-48
• Proper and Improper Worship
• Matthew 61-18
• Social Issues
• Matthew 619-712

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Law Prophets

• Not to abolish, but fulfill
• Righteousness that exceeds that of the Scribes
  and Pharisees
• How does one achieve this greater righteousness
  in fulfillment of the Law and Prophets?
• Matthew 712- sums up the Law and the Prophets
• Do to others what you would have them do to you.

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Beatitudes

• Blessed are those who
• OT- wisdom writings, standard in Greek
• 8 are in third person (they and theirs)
• 2 in second person (you)
• All allude to OT texts
• All worship should come from the heart!

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People of the Kingdom

• Salt
• Light
• Light set on a hill
• Hearers- you
• Not just Rabbis
• Rabbis wanted to build fences around the Law-
  written and oral law (latter codified)
• Mishnah (ad 200)
• Talmud (ad 500)
• Deut 1421

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6 Contrasts ( Have heard but)

• Dont Murder (outward)
• Dont Hate (inward)
• No Adultery (outward)
• Dont lust (inward)
• Divorce
• Marriage (permanence)

• No Oaths
• Truthful
• Limited Retaliation
• Dont resist
• Love neighbor / hate enemy
• Love your enemy

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Conclusion

• Be perfect
• Be whole (inside/out)
• Where is our heart?
• Affects our
• Law
• Worship
• Deeds of kindness