Jesus delivers the beatitudes and reveals God’s teachings during the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus compares humans to salt and light, expressing their individual and culminating worth. He mentions he came to earth to fulfill prophecies, and tells his followers that if they follow his teachings, they will enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus encourages peace amongst his followers, and asks them to accept the lawful punishment of sin. He says simply looking at a women with lustful intent is committing adultery in one’s heart, and filing for divorce is also a sin. He commands his followers not to take oaths where they must swear to God, and tells them not to resist evil presences. He says to turn the other cheek to that who slaps you. Finally,
The sermon at the mount is a collection of teachings and sayings that Jesus preaches to people at Galilee. It takes place after Jesus had been baptized by John the Baptist. This is the longest teaching by Jesus in a single preaching. It is found in the New Testament in the book of Matthew. It transverses chapter five to seven of the Gospel of Matthew. The main theme of sermon of the mountain is how people should relate with other people and God. The sermon is preached at a mountain when Jesus saw the crowd and his disciples’ were following him, he sat at a level ground on the mountain and started to preach. The Preaching’s can be divided it four major parts; The Beatitudes, Lord’s Prayer and parables.
The point of this assignment is to discuss the passage chosen, as well as information regarding the historical/cultural background of the passage and applying it to my life as a human being. It is also important that I apply this information on the passage to the Christian life or church ministry. The passage I have chosen for this assignment is from Matthew chapters 5-7 and is labeled “The Sermon on the Mount”. The Sermon on the Mount is the longest and most prominent of the five discourses of Jesus in Matthew. The whole point of the Sermon on the Mount was to show people who converted to Christianity how to live. It is to show how Christians should live in their actions, words, thoughts, and others ways of life. With that being said, this way of life was preached by Jesus Christ as he “went up on the mountain” to deliver his powerful message. The information for this passage is in, of course, the bible and our textbook “Encountering the New Testament”, as well as many other resources on the web that are related to the bible and passage.
This sermon is believed to have been given abound ship in route to the New World. This sermon was inspiring to the Puritans, giving them a sense of holy duty that would be crucial if they wanted to increase their chances of survival in the new world.
The book of Matthew, The Sermon on the Mount is one account of what Jesus taught during his walk on earth. Many people of that time witnessed the sermon and were amazed and astonished, not from what was said, but how it was said. The multitudes of people felted as if Jesus was truly the authority of God. The purpose of this essay is to offer a critical review of the writing that was presented in class. Jesus taught that every man has some decisions to make on their journey to the land of milk and honey.
Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, as outlined in the book of Matthew chapter five to seven, employed ordinary worldly objects and events that people associated with daily to communicate a divine message. For instance, Jesus challenged his followers that they should be salt and light in the world and should strive to change the world for the
The direct teachings of Jesus give instructions of how to live as Christians and the Parables were used in the Gospel to immediately confront us with a truth and evoke a change. (Fee & Stuart,2003, p. 152). The five major discourses of Matthew’s Gospel are centred around five lengthy Sermons using parables to make a point and call the people to make a change.
This sermon was my favorite because I was able to personally relate to it the most, I could understand it and the message better than any of the other sermons, and I think it had the strongest message out of all of the sermons. I really felt like I was able to relate to this sermon because it speaks of two sons and a father and the decisions they make and the way they react to each other’s decisions. And I have one sibling who just happens to be an older brother so I was able to relate to it better than any of the others. Clearly, I chose the Parable of the Prodigal son because I could relate to it the best, understand it better than the others, and I felt like it had the strongest message out of all of the
No matter what my background and the struggles I have in life, I can use all experience as motivation and relevant opportunities to assist in teaching others. In the midst of preaching and teaching, I learned that I must always seek to make learning relevant by using real-life scenarios and illustrations. Not only that, but I must go the extra mile to ensure that I create lessons and sermons connecting with learning modalities. Moreover, I should strive to always include reluctant learnings in every learning opportunity and not single-out students because of their
The sermon on the mount shows us Jesus 's ethical teachings on how a person should live his or life, the distinction from the law, and this has a reaction from the society. Jesus ' Sermon on the mount has had a huge impact on the Christian religion and somewhat shaped the religion in a sense. It has been a reference point for Christian ideals on the right way to live your life. It was a well constructed, alluring sermon that must have captivated the minds of the people.
I chose, “Satan Takes the Word Away.” The reason why I chose this sermon is, after reviewing a portion of each sermon, this one interested me the most from a personal level. First, I had no idea of the what the subject matter was about and second, I am easily distracted.
This source gives us a direct example of how Jesus spread his teachings. The famous sermon he delivers in the source was recorded by the apostle Matthew. The date is not exact when he delivered the Sermon on the mount, but it is believed to be sometime after 27 C.E (Matthew, Sermon). His preaching style was an entirely new idea, due to the fact he would rather travel and show his followers works and share a message rather than worship in a synagogue. Through this style he was able to create more followers because of his commitment and closeness to the community he would be in. In the religious revolution that occurred due to his sermons, history would be changed forever due to the sheer numbers of
The Sermon on the Mount is a sermon given by Jesus Christ found in the book of Matthew in the Holy Bible. The beginning of this sermon includes a list of blessings called the Beatitudes. Jesus uses these to explain God’s favor towards those who are striving for righteousness. For those who had come to believe and follow Jesus as the son of God, every word that he spoke in the Sermon on the Mount was intended as words of encouragement for Jesus’s disciples and were taken as such. For those who were skeptical, the crowd, that Jesus was truly the son of God, Jesus’s words took on a totally different meaning. The Beatitudes, simple words that promote the humility of man, were explicit words of encouragement for Jesus’s disciples. Yet at the same time, to the crowd listening, the Beatitudes were an implicit invitation to become men of God by believing that this man is God in the flesh, God in spirit, God almighty, God omniscient, God omnipresent, and God omnipotent.
in just the sophomore class due to stress, repugnance, or isolation. A copious amount of students at the school complain about stress and ridiculous rules. As a matter of fact, about 75 percent of students are disinterested with the school. The students believe that the school needs to progress in order to keep interest. Advancement in rules, a time for community every day, and the reduction in homework can significantly adjust a student’s perspective on school. Likewise, it illustrates how Christians should behave. To improve Northwest Christian School, one should make the lunchroom into a cafe before school, allow students to wear their school shirts any day of the week, and assign no homework on Wednesdays or weekends.
It’s the day of the Holy Apostles track meet for my 8th grade year and the air was very brisk and breezy. The only running event I had for that day was the 800m race. I started running the 800m in 4th grade. It was my best race and the race I liked the most. I had never won the 800m against these schools before, and I definitely wasn’t expecting to win that day. My rivals in this race were from three other schools St. Leonards, St. Joan of Arc, and MQS . The girl from St. Leonards, Sydney Bartz, was a girl who I have beaten and have raced against since I was in 5th grade. My other two rivals were from St. Joan of Arc and MQS ,Zoey Goodman, who was the girl who I have been up against since 5th grade and I have never beaten her because she has