Life of Christ 18

Intro.

Christ has demonstrated His authority

His popularity has sky rocketed

The Crowds are now flocking to Him

His ministry is in full swing

Today we are going to look at His calling of the twelve

And we are going to begin to look at The Sermon On The Mount

The Calling of the Twelve

Apostles - Requirements for being an apostle

No indwelling of the Holy Spirit yet

How do you become an apostle?

Walk with Jesus?

Seen the resurrected Christ

Must be called

What about Paul then?

Why am I telling you this? Because there are people out there who are saying they are apostles - they are not

No one after the apostles died claimed to be an apostle until the modern day charasmatic movement

3 Lists - Mark, Luke, Acts

Similarities - All begin with Peter, all end with Judas

What can we learn from the list?

Notice the diversity - Fishermen, tax collectors, teenagers, political guy,

Two stick out - Peter and Judas

Both betrayed Jesus but only one repented

Overview of the Sermon on the Mount

You have to understand the sermon as a whole to understand its details

First of 5 Sermons given in Matthew

Understand the issues in Israel

The Jews, particularly the pharisees thought they were saved because the were Jewish (descendents of Abraham) and the “followed” the law

They understood neither true righteousness or the demands of the Law

Jesus is going to accomplish 3 things in this sermon

1. Going to Show them what true Faith Righteousness looks like

2. Going to do exposition of the law - to demonstrate to them - you are not actually keeping the law

3. End with the call to place their faith in Him

The Beatitudes (5:1-12)

Character of True Faith and True repentance

Everything he is going to say is completely counter intuitive what the Jews believed their lives should look like

As we look at each one of these, I want to consider the antithesis of each

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