Sermon on the Mount
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The points are what Jesus said. For example, "Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy." So if we want to go to Heaven, we need to hear what Jesus says and do what he says, regardless of what others are doing to the contrary.
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• Matt 7:24-27 . . Everyone who hears these words of mine, and acts upon them,
may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain
descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house;
and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
. . . And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not act upon them, will
be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell,
and great was its fall.
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• Matt 7:24-27 . . Everyone who hears these words of mine, and acts upon them,
may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock. And the rain
descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house;
and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
. . . And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not act upon them, will
be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew, and burst against that house; and it fell,
and great was its fall.
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I believe the main point of the Sermon on the Mount is that it contains the Laws for the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matt. 5:3) (Matt. 5:10) (Matt. 5:19) (Matt. 5:20) etc. etc. etc.
The question one must ask, is, 'What is the Kingdom of Heaven'? The Sermon on the Mount is found in (Matt. 5-7)
The Sermon on the Mount is nothing but law. It doesn't speak of faith in Christ or the New Birth. The Sermon on the Mount is not describing how we are saved and go to heaven.
The Sermon on the Mount describes the laws of the Kingdom that is yet future. It is the Kingdom Christ came to establish with Israel. (Matt. 3:1-2) (Matt. 4:17) (Matt. 10:5-7)
That Kingdom is now 'future' because Israel, to whom it was offered, rejected the King and in so doing, rejected the Kingdom. The Kingdom was taken away from Israel, for now. (Acts 1:6-7)
So, how one defines the 'Kingdom of Heaven' will certainly affect how they view the Sermon on the Mount.
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