9/8 The Sermon on the Mount
10/05/2015 Medieval European History
The second most important teaching of The Sermon on the Mount is that God’s followers should not worry about food or clothing, because life is much more than that. Jesus assures the people that if they serve their Father, they will be able to “seek and find” everything they need to live a comfortable life (7:8). They do not need to work to obtain food or clothes, as God will provide it for them. He says that only pagans run after material wealth, while the true followers “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (6:33). Jesus declares that worrying does not add any more time to one’s life, and instead people should