Sermon On The Mount Research Paper

The Sermon on the Mount teachings are one of the most known teachings of Jesus to his disciples and followers. They represent what it is to be a Christian back then and even now. The way Christians live and the way they represent God has not changed and it shows that if you live the way God wants you to and bless people in your ways you will be blessed and greater rewards are waiting for you. Matthew 5:1-12 states, When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a hill and sat down. His followers came to him, and he began to teach them, saying: “They are blessed who realize their spiritual poverty, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. They are blessed who grieve, for God will comfort them. They are blessed who are humble, for the whole earth will be theirs. They are blessed who hunger and thirst after justice, for they will …show more content…
It is a position in which Jesus takes regularly in the Bible (Arnold. p.33). Jesus was primarily teaching the disciples about discipleship but then offered an invitation to discipleship in the kingdom of heaven. A big word that is stated in the Sermon on the Mount is blessed. The Sermon on the Mount begins with a series of exclamations regarding the blessedness of those who have placed themselves under the sovereign rule of God (Mounce. p. 37). Blessed is the name “beatitude” which is derived from the Latin noun statement in the Latin Vulgate, which translates the Greek word makarios, which is rendered in English as “blessed” (Arnold. p. 34). Jesus teaches that blessed are they that follow the ways he wants his disciples to follow. Jesus shares blessed are the poor of spirit, who mourn, meek, merciful, and peacemakers for they will be the sons of God. Yet he does not only share the examples of people that will inherit the Kingdom of God but he explains how they will be comforted and how their needs will be