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Discipleship Instructions
In what is the most well known of Jesus sermon’s; the Sermon on the Mount there are many great discipleship instructions that are given.
Tonight as we do the introduction we will see an overview of Matthew chapters 5-7 and what we may hope to glean from it over the following weeks.
The focus of the gospel of Matthew is the teachings of Jesus.
The Sermon on the Mount is the words of Jesus, the teaching of Jesus
The Sermon is about kingdom living
The Sermon is about instructions for kingdom living
While there may be some differing views on the Sermon, is it a sermon, is it a collection of teachings, there is no disagreement, difference that it is written to believers, disciples and is intended teaching for them.
Where Mark focused on the work of Jesus more than the words, Matthew focuses on the words, the teaching, the doctrine of Jesus and kingdom living.
The sermon on the Mount may be the best known teaching of Jesus, it is also some of the most mis-understood teaching too.
There are some differing views on the it
The sermon is for Christians (church had been born by time written) can be broken into several sections.
A Christian’s Character (Mt5:3-12)
People live Calvin, and W.D. Davies have this view
The beatitudes give a working list of what should be a Christian’s character and the blessings that come with it.
There is no doubt when you read them that it is all about the kingdom and kingdom living
A Christian’s influence (Mt5:13-16)
With Christian character comes Christian influence
We are called to be salt and light, influencing the world by our lifestyle
A Christians’s righteousness (Mt5:17-48)
Character, influence all go hand in hand with our attitude towards God’s moral law.
Apart from the law, the fulfillment is the greatness of God that is greater than the scribes and the Pharisees.
God’s moral law trumps that of the Pharisee’s and the scribes.
Its a matter of heart, a matter of love and a matter of God’s righteousness.
Now that is just covering chapter 5, and no it is not just 3 sermons with us.
Though if Jesus did it as one sermon and you went straight through it could have been done in about 20 minutes or so.
But going on with the divisions of the sermon
A Christian’s piety (Mt6:1-18)
Christians with Christian character and God’s moral law and God’s righteousness will not display the piety of the Pharisee’s that was hypocritical display of religion, nor will it show, display the way of the pagans.
Christian piety is to know and to live in the presence of the King in the kingdom.
A Christian’s ambition (Mt6:19-34)
Where we are in a world where the world thinks of itself and accumulates things for self, a Christian is to have its mind, its ambition set on the kingdom and kingdom living.
Christians are to be free from the self-centered materialistic things of this world that can cause anxiety, instead give ourselves over to God’s rule, God’s reign, God’s righteousness, all for God’s purpose and God’s glory.
A Christian’s relationships (Mt7:1-20)
A Christian’s relationships (Mt7:1-20)
Our world, our life is filled with relationships.
A Christian’s relationships should stem from their relationship to Christ.
We are to have new relationships as a new creation.
Previous relationships will change since our view, our direction and our destination have changed.
I know all of that sounds great, maybe even exciting and challenging.
Some may say impossible to do, but remember who Jesus intended audience was (the disciples) and this was about the kingdom, preparation for kingdom living when He was no longer with them.
It is about their commitment then, and about our commitment now.
A Christian’s commitment (Mt7:21-27)
The ultimate issue brought forth by the sermon is do we believe!
Do we believe in the authority of Jesus
Do we believe in the kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven is living now
Do we believe the teachings are applicable.
The crowds were astonished by the Jesus, by the authority of His teaching.
Mt7:28-29
May we be astonished, amazed at the teaching, the doctrine of Jesus we see in the Sermon on the Mount, may we be moved into a stronger, deeper walk with Christ because of the sermon.
There is still much more to get to in our introduction, that was just an overview of the Sermon.
Now I have not used much scripture up to this point, this is all introduction material, and still have more to go in looking at the theme and the content, as well as the concept of the kingdom of heaven.
The Theme
We have already looked at a general layout and overall theme of the Sermon, but now let’s look at the setting for the theme and a phrase used often that makes up the theme.
The theme has not changed in Matthew from that which has already been presented by Matthew.
John the Baptist preached the kingdom of heaven (Mt3:1-3)
John’s preaching was sent to prepare the way for the Lord.
He preached the kingdom and repentance, repentance with urgency for the kingdom of heaven was at hand.
Jesus preached the kingdom too (Mt4:17)
From the time after the temptation, in the beginning of Jesus public ministry He preached the kingdom of heaven and the urgency also, just like John.
John in the wilderness in Judea (Mt3:1); Jesus all throughout Galilee (Mt4:23))
They call
Now Jesus in Galilee is preaching the gospel of the kingdom, so that leads us to that phrase that we have seen already a few times.
Since the gospel of the kingdom and the kingdom of heaven are linked, let me show you some more
The Kingdom of heaven
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For theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Mt5:3; 5:10)
They shall be called least is the kingdom (Mt5:19) or great in the kingdom (Mt5:19)
They shall be called great in the kingdom (Mt
That we need to seek the kingdom (Mt6:33)
Mt6:10)
For His kingdom to come (Mt6:10) so we may enter the kingdom (Mt7:21)
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For theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Mt5:3; 5:10)
That we need to seek the kingdom (Mt6:33)
For His kingdom to come (Mt6:10) so we may enter the kingdom (Mt7:21)
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Mt5:3; 5:10)
They shall be called least is the kingdom (Mt5:19) or great in the kingdom (Mt5:19)
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Mt5:3; 5:10)
They shall be called least is the kingdom (Mt5:19) or great in the kingdom (Mt5:19)
That we need to seek the kingdom (Mt6:33)
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Mt5:3; 5:10)
They shall be called least is the kingdom (Mt5:19) or great in the kingdom (Mt5:19)
That we need to seek the kingdom (Mt6:33)
For His kingdom to come (Mt6:10) so we may enter the kingdom (Mt7:21)
We need to seek His kingdom, for not all who say Lord, Lord will enter the kingdom.
I think it is very clear now that the sermon, the theme of the sermon is about the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.
I mentioned that it was written to believers to Christians, but now let’s back that up more.
The Sermon and it’s content
The kingdom and the preaching of the kingdom is for the citizens of the kingdom.
Here we look at another breakdown of the kingdom sermon and its division.
The Citizens of the Kingdom
Their character and blessedness (Mt5:3-12)
Their relation to the world (Mt5:13-16)
The righteousness of the Kingdom
Contrast the tradition of the law and the spirit of the law (Mt5:17-48)
Righteousness to man’s relation to God (Mt6:1-33)
Righteousness of man’s relation to man (Mt7:-12)
The exhortation to enter the kingdom of God
The beginning of the way to enter (Mt7:13-14)
The progress along the way of entering (Mt7:15-20)
The end of the way of entering (Mt7:21-27)
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