Sermon On The Mount: The Most Time-Honored Narratives In The Bible

The 10 Commandments were the acts of what not to do according to the Bible. They were stated by God on Mount Sinai to the people of Israel after releasing them from slavery. These Commandments are known to be divine because God stated them himself, in fact he wrote them with his fingers onto a stone tablet which left a powerful meaning. They are also known as a positive law because there is no room for ambiguity. Throughout Exodus 20 Moses restates God’s words of the Commandments to explain them. On the other hand, the Beatitudes were 8 blessings created by Jesus in the Sermon. They were Jesus’s sacred values that he taught to the people that followed and walked with him during his journey. These blessings were at the heart of his teaching.

My opinion the ten commandment was to display us how negligent we are and how severely in need of a savior we are. The Ten Commandments were never given as a set of guidelines to live by. They were given to show us our utter failure in the eyes of God. I think people do in general have the correct perception of the original purpose of the Ten Commandments as a covenant. There is a pattern to the covenant found in the bible. People been using the Ten Commandment to identify to people what they shouldn’t do.

In Chapter 2 of Encountering the New Testament the author talks about a few of the different practices that unified the Jews as well the different religious groups that had different beliefs. Judaism was unified in the beliefs that they had been chosen by God, they were waiting for the messiah to come, they respect the synagogues, they shared the same laws and traditions of elder. Although these beliefs were unifying there were seperate religious groups and leaders that held different beliefs. Probably the most well known group of religious leaders were the Pharisees. The Pharisees were a small group of religious leaders that believed in God, and the coming messiah. Although many of the Pharisees did live good lives many of them were

Reflecting on this week assignment, “The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative,” Haddon W. Robinson enlightened me on the importance of going back to re-read also study the Old Testament. However, through further study, I glean there is a hermeneutical side also a homiletical side that will help me improve my sermons bristle with accuracy, clarity, interest, also relevance. Preaching an Old Testament narrative is challenging due to the fact of misreading them (Scriptures), read them poorly, or read them to prove a point outside the purpose of the biblical storyteller. This is called abuse of the Bible considering, it leads to what God says is bearing false witness.

The Ten Commandments are regarded as the fundamental laws that all Christians are to conform to. They were written by the hands of God himself and revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, inscribed on two stone tablets. They offer basic rules of behaviour for spiritual and moral living to Christians. These laws still instruct Adherents today, for they expose sin and show us God's standard. Without the sacrifice of Christ, Adherents are completely helpless to live up to God's holy standard.

It was after the escape, did the followers of Moses wander into a desert. Unified by the laws given from God to Moses. The laws were called the commandments. These commandments that were given from God describe

There are three stories from Jesus' Galilean ministry that stick out to me. The stories that stick out to me are, The Sermon on the Mount, the story of the Pharisees trying to trick Christ, and the third is the story of when Jesus fed 5,000 people! All these stories show the power of God and the transparent teachings of Christ.

During the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus covered many ideas, rules, and other important topics. This speech is covered in three consecutive chapters (5-7) in the book of Matthew. Since Jesus was teaching during this sermon, each chapter consists of at least five topics that explain the teachings. Starting with the first chapter (5) of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus begins the speech by introducing the Beatitudes. After this section, the discussion of Salt and Light is introduced.

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

These commandments became the central elements in the Judaism faith. The Ten Commandments can be found in the Torah books of the Hebrew bible of Exodus and Deuteronomy. The Torah however does not refer to these laws as the Ten Commandments but they are called aseret hadevarim which means “ten words” (The Access Bible. Exodus. 34:28.)

The Commandments of the Torah – Halachah which means ‘the way of life’- is the foundation of the Jewish ethical system and the essence of the 613 mitzvot, which include the written and oral Torah. The Ten Commandments that were given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai is the basis of the covenant between God and the Jewish people and state the central code of conduct for a “devout Jew”. These commandments are split into positive and negative commandments, which highlight how a Jew should and should not conduct themselves. The positive commandments deal with the relationship and worship between God and his people of Israel. This can be seen in the commandment, “You shall have no other gods before me” The negative commandments are concerned with individuals and their relationship with the community on what they should not do. An example of this would be, “You shall not murder

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

In Matthew's Gospel, starting with Chapter five verses three through twelve, Jesus tells us of the Eight Beatitudes. These verses are much like The Ten Commandments in nature, but more philosophical:

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.

The sermon commences with the eight beatitudes, with prescribed blessings that follow them. These beatitudes advocates righteousness in our hearts, unlike the pretentious righteousness that the can be associated with the law. The qualities that the beatitudes tell you to embody, puts Christ followers at somewhat of a disadvantage because of the selfish, deceitful nature of humans. The blessing or reward that accompanies these beatitudes aren’t for this world, and by this it introduces the notion of kingdom that is far greater than this world. This supports the concept of sacrificing and enduring persecution in this world, so you are rewarded in eternity. The sermon then strikes a metaphoric comparison with followers of Christ being the salt of the earth, and the light of the world. In Leviticus 2:13 it shows us how salt was categorized as being divine back then. This means that Christ followers are supposed to posses a sense of divinity, and shouldn’t lose this quality by conforming to the things of the