The Sermon on the Mount is Jesus' most inspiring and challenging description of the Christian counterculture. John Stott's teaching on this timeless text shows how its value system, ethical standard, religious devotion and network of relationships clearly distinguish it from both the nominal church and the secular world.
In this volume Stott's The Message of the Sermon on the Mount is condensed into brief readings suitable for daily use which take us passage by passage through the Scripture text. Including eight weekly studies for individuals or groups, this book covering Matthew allows readers to enjoy the riches of Stott's writings in a new, easy-to-use format.
John Stott was one of the most beloved and masterful Bible teachers of the last fifty years. His books have sold in the millions. Or is it some other kind of composition? How would its earliest listeners have heard its encoded allusions and systematic program? This book offers new insights into the Sermon on the Mount by seeing it in the shadow of the all-pervasive Temple in Jerusalem, which dominated the religious landscape of the world of Jesus and his earliest disciples.
Analyzing Matthew in light of biblical and Jewish backgrounds, ritual studies, and oral performances in early Christian worship, this reading coherently integrates every line in the Sermon. It positions the Sermon as the premier Christian mystery.
An explanation of the Sermon on the Mount, the word of king Jesus to his people, that also puts it in its scriptural context. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture.
Here is a Christian value-system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle and network of relationships--all of which are totally at variance with those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counter-culture is the life of the kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the divine rule.
Stott accurately expounds the biblical text and relates it to life today. Above all, the author says, he wants to let Christ speak this sermon again, this time to the modern world. Learn what it means to be a citizen of the kingdom of Heaven according to Jesus Sermon on the Mount in this 9-week study. Talbert concludes that only when the text is read in three contexts--the whole of Matthew, the whole of the New Testament, and the entire biblical plot--can the Sermon on the Mount make a contribution to decision making.
The three chapters of Matthew known as the Sermon on the Mount contain truths so rich and powerful that even a lifetime of study could not exhaust their depths. In this classic commentary, now revised with a fresh look and ESV Bible references, seasoned pastor R. Kent Hughes guides readers through this glorious portion of the Bible with exegetical precision, expositional clarity, and practical sensitivity.
Part of the Preaching the Word series. Saint Augustine once described the Sermon on the Mount as "the perfect measure of the Christian life. Matera shows how the Sermon on the Mount summons believers to single-minded devotion and wholehearted service to God. He unfolds the historical and theological background to the sermon. He explores the meaning of the individual Beatitudes, which articulate Jesus' call for a more abundant righteousness, piety without hypocrisy, and the need to become "doers" of the Word.
This lively and engaging commentary is an ideal resource for adult education and Bible study groups. It is also ideal for all who want to live their discipleship more fully. Too often the Sermon on the Mount has been interpreted as though it were a book itself rather than a portion of a book. Dale Allison insists on the contrary that the full meaning of these chapters in Matthew's Gospel can be seen only in relation to the broader literary context of the Gospel as a whole, with its Jewish Christian orientation.
Indeed, the Sermon and the moral imperatives it contains must be understood: 1 in relation to the example provided by Jesus' words and deeds elsewhere in the Gospel; 2 with reference to the community of believers that constitutes the intended audience of Matthew's Gospel; and 3 in terms of what the Gospel says elsewhere about the end of the age.
The Sermon does not present a simple set of rules, perhaps only intended for a small and select group within the Christian community, but seeks to instill a moral vision and to inspire the moral imagination of all who would follow Jesus. Skip to content. The Sermon on the Mount. The Gospel According to Matthew. Author : Anonim Publsiher : Canongate U. The lessons concentrate on both theological and practical questions raised, such as "How did Christ fulfill the law? Stott, beloved scholar worldwide, encourages learners to apply the Sermon's principles to life and ministry.
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