I know that I said I wanted to kinda breeze through the Sermon on the Mount in my last blog post, but there are two things that are making me think that I need to stick around and really dig deep into this section of the Bible.
First, as I was reading Matthew 5 and 6, it really hit me how important these two chapters are. Jesus is teaching a huge congregation about how to live their lives, about his role in all of this, about the law, about how to be the most blessed. Like Moses who went up to a mountain and brought back down the Law, Jesus went up to a mountain and defined the law with authority and the people came back down and lived it out. The Bible said that the congregation who heard this teaching was "astonished" at the authority with which Jesus presented it. It is the most concentrated, condensed, comprehensive spoken word that Jesus ever delivered. And therefore I think it's worth studying for a little longer.
Second, my church, Mercy Hill Church, in Greensboro, NC has started a sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount. I think that listening to this series will push the boundaries of my understanding compared to if I just breezed through it alone. So, I'm excited to stick with these two chapters in Matthew to learn about Jesus' teaching with the guidance of this new sermon series at my church.
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