Sermon on the Mount

Erin Tevnan The Beatitudes G Morality The Beatitudes were giving by Jesus on how to live life happily. The one Beatitude I find most appealing is “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Being meek is being patient, not easily angered and not thinking of yourself too highly. They would make sure people knew what they were doing for God. God is looking for us to do these things without putting on a show for others but doing it just for God, not for approval or…

Introduction Within the context of this passage we are faced with the dichotomous pull of the glorious in-breaking kingdom of heaven, where Jesus proclaims the character of kingdom dweller, and the brokenness of the present world, where sin still besets men and women. Perhaps the listeners of the day, as we do today, sat and pondered, “Am I in the kingdom of heaven or am I out?” Scot McKnight rightly identifies that the Beatitudes are a sweeping “manifesto of a kingdom way of life.” In…

Life Together offers a fresh and faithful vision for the life of discipleship in community. The introduction tells us that this book is a recording of Bonhoeffer’s learning’s from an experiment that took place in Finkenwalde, Germany (now Poland). From 1935 to 1937 Dietrich Bonhoeffer served as pastor, administrator, and teacher at an underground seminary there. He insisted that if seminarians were to learn about and lead within the Christian community, they must also enter into and learn the…

The Sermon on the Mount is from Matthew chapters five thru seven. It describes how we should live our life in faith. How we should think, how we should speak and the actions we should take in our everyday lives. In this paper I will describe the differences between the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew versus Luke. As well as, the four main purposes the Sermon on the Mount as portrayed in the Gospel of Matthew. It was meant to; expose the people to their sin, guide the followers to Jesus,…

Psalm 23 and the Sermon on the Mount are familiar biblical messages to millions of Christians around the world. Written thousands of years ago, today they still provide practical and wise guidance to how we can live our lives. In the paragraphs to follow I am going to compare some of the similar messages shared by each work, but also point out the differences in the messages as well. I will show how we do well to listen and apply the information of both messages to our lives today. King David…

the religious faith, church, bible, etc. I have not had any concept about how to pray or what is the bible talking about. So that I will write this essay by my own feeling as well as my knowledge. As everyone knew before, "Matthew 12 and the Sermons on the Mount" is the heart of the bible, it is the main idea which close to us most because it just simply teach us about how to live with other people in peace, how to have a pure heart and how to believe and glorify our Father- Jesus. "Romans 12"…

differ slightly in detail, their purposes are similar and they share very much the same message. The same can be said for Romans 12 and The Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew. While they are different in many ways, such as authorship, their form, and when they were shared, both scriptures have a lot in common and touch on similar themes. The Sermon on the Mount and Romans 12:6 both tell us that we should not be proud and we should give and worship in silence. Matthew 6:2 says “So when you…

Historical Speech Analysis: Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, officially recorded in the Biblical book of Matthew and referenced in Luke, has certainly affected millions of people across the centuries for both religious and moral reasons. Whether the recorded words are a summary of a longer message or a word-for-word sermon is uncertain; however, it is indisputable that Jesus’s words convey a powerful and compelling message on how to truly live as a follower of Christ…

The Sermon On Something The “sermon on the mount” was one of the Immense milestones in the teachings of Jesus Christ because of the knowledge gained by Gods people on that day. The sermon on the mount told of all the blessings the people received, and gave everyone a clear understanding of what jesus expected from everyone.The book of Matthew is one of the two synoptic gospels in the new testament that gives us the most information about the sermon, in this book the Sermon was held on the…

displayed in Moses’ Ten Commandments and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount are similar in many ways. Beginning with Moses, the greatest prophet of the Jewish faith was born in Egypt to Amram and Jochebed. Following the order for the killing of all newborn Hebrew males, Moses’ mother Jochebed sent her son down the River Nile in Egypt. Years later, Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt to what is known as Caanan or “The Promised Land”. While in the Sanai desert At Mount Sinai, Yahweh presented Moses with…