Sermon On The Mount Chapter 1 Summary

The Gospel of Matthew presents the promised Messiah, the immaculate Savior and King of the Jews. Matthew’s Gospel has a clear purpose and is unique for its linkage of the New and Old Testament through Jesus Christ. Matthew shows ages of prophecy fulfilled through a single life span of one man’s life. The fulfillment of the law is found in Christ and he recapitulates Israel in a condensed manner perfectly. The Gospel, also goes on to show the Israelites rejection of Christ as their Savior, their King and depicts a new gathering of people to Christ.

On September 11th, 2011, an attack and a resulting war against terrorism had come forth in broad daylight, knocking at the doorstep of about 3,000 innocent civilians who were to unknowingly die that day. As a result, one of the inevitable questions Christians had to sorrowfully face and ask was the view, position, and stance upon war; particularly, the matter of consistency between the biblical emphasis upon forgiveness, forbearance, and love where it is most notably pin pointed in the Sermon on the Mount. John Howard Yoder argues against the criticisms towards pacifism, indicating the differences between the sacredness of a neighbor’s life and the sustainability of the ethic with exceptionless prohibition. Despite his eloquence and successfully

The apostle Matthew was a tax collector prior to being called to serve Jesus Christ. Matthew gave up the life he had, all the wealth and prestige because he knew he needed to follow Him. Matthew 9:9 “As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s table. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.” He was a witness to the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus. A good example of this is the “Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 5-7. Matthew has the largest sections dealing with Jesus’s teachings. In his book, Matthew constantly refers back to the Old Testament to focus on Jesus and how He is the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy in order to specifically relay the important message

“Book of Matthew.” Life Application Study Bible: New International Version. Michigan. Tyndale House Publishers,1997. 1544. Print.

The Gospels were based off of oral stories and parables, which are recorded within the first four books of the New Testament. The Gospels consist of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Surprisingly, the book of Mark developed at around 70 CE. Followed by the book of Mark, the book of Matthew and the book of Luke appeared in 80 CE. These books were primarily based on oral traditions and stories from Jesus. Within these stories of the books, it contains Jesus’s way of life and his teaching for his followers. Based off of the book of Mark, Matthew and Luke contain oral stories of Jesus and his parables (Coward 36). Often times, Christians categorize Mark, Matthew, and Luke together, since they tell similar accounts of Jesus’s way of life and his teachings,

In both the book of Matthew and the book of Luke, God is portrayed in similar ways, and contain a basic universal story line of Jesus’s life and accomplishments. However, between the Gospels, there are differences in how Jesus is portrayed to the reader. Powell claims, “Matthew’s Gospel is often called ‘the teacher’s Gospel’ because it focuses so heavily on the teaching ministry of Jesus” (103). Matthew describes Jesus and his teachings in much more depth than any of the other Gospels. He travels throughout Galilee talking to the people and teaching them the ways God wishes them to live.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave his followers a template for living a life with God’s blessings. Many believe that these guides known as the Beatitudes are unrealistic because they are not typically considered ones of blessing. The people in the Roman empire, where Jerusalem was located, and where Jesus taught, would have grown up with stories of the Greek and Trojan war. Their heroes were opposite in character of those that Jesus taught would be blessed. Achilles and Odysseus, who were considered blessed by the gods, could not line up with Jesus’ teachings. Among those in history who could have lined up with this teaching, Socrates might come close, but his life hardly appears to reflect blessings. Jesus’ teachings were revolutionary as they presented the people of the time a completely new way of thinking about piety and what God values in human actions.

The Sermon on the Mount is where Jesus used stories of miracles that are turned into a tale in order to inspire the reader. The writers make affliction a necessary necessity so as to make the afflictions of the community acceptable to the members of the new Christian communities. This Sermon warns the readers of Matthew's Gospel that they can’t disregard or refuse His teaching without damaging costs. In the last few verses of this sermon the writer shows us that God calls notice to Himself as the central position of the entire sermon. This isn’t a simple rewording of the law but it’s the utmost expression of how Christians should live which only He can bring into being. Jesus becomes the new Temple of Jerusalem, where entrée to the Kingdom

Jesus, speaking direct to supreme evil, teaches a vital lesson, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt 4:4). Keeping the commandments of God and the testimony of Jesus is sound heavenly advice (Rev 12:17).

The main themes of Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount were adultery and an eye for an eye. Jesus teaches his disciples that they should not commit adultery or give into their humanly desires. Jesus proclaims that, “…if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell” (Jesus 292). To rid themselves of lustfulness, they must remove their eyes for it is lured to other women. For that, it is in their best interest to remove a part of themselves rather than their whole body to be damned in hell. Furthermore, Jesus preaches about his own meaning behind the phrase “an eye or an eye”. In the texts, it stated that, “…that

The book of James is a General Epistle (Apostolic Letter). James the half-brother of Jesus WHOSE scholars believe he wrote it approximately 60 A.D. It was likely the first New Testament book (letter) to be written. The key personalities of this book are James and Persecuted Christians. James wrote this book to Jewish believers to encourage them to endure and live bold Christian lives.

From Jesus’ life and one’s belief in him stems the question of how a Christian should live their own life. As aforementioned, Jesus was a prime example of how a Christian should live, but it is often difficult for people, in their flawed ways and sinful nature, to live a life as Jesus did. This does not mean one should not try

Six days after this confession by Peter in Caesarea, Jesus takes three of his disciples to the top of a mountain. These disciples, John, Peter, and James, had all just claimed that Jesus was the Son of God and Jesus was going to prove this to them. Jesus took these three disciples to the top of this tall mountain where Moses and Elijah had appeared magically next to Jesus. Then a voice from the sky claimed that Jesus was the true Son of God and was to be treated as such. They should treat Jesus differently than how the people treated Moses and Elijah.

This week we learned how Jesus talked to his disciples, how he led his people, and how this week's content will help the case I am working on. It seems that he would not just give the answer to the person he was teaching, he used parables so that the individual would be able to play the scenario in their head and come up with their own conclusion. In the historical world, Jesus was not the only individual that used parables.

I read 100% of the assignments for week three. The targeted audience for the letter to the Galatians obviously centered around the inhabitants of Galatia at the time he wrote it, who considered themselves believers. Paul wrote to this group of people with intentions of bringing to light their waywardness from what he previously taught them, for as Gundry (2012) aptly stated, “he is shocked that the Galatian Christians are deserting to another Gospel” (p. 391). The Judaizer’s influence on them upset Paul, and this concept of being swayed by others who twist Scripture and impose unnecessary rules is an issue strewn throughout Christian history. Needless to say, Galatians is a big deal both historically and currently as it offered guidance to the people of Paul’s day, but has continued to do so for future