Matthew 5-7 contains the longest of Jesus’ collected teachings. Within it are some of the most well-known and quoted passages not just from Jesus’ life, or the bible, but in all of religious history. Not only is it the most well-known and quoted, but it is often the most misunderstood. In the book of Matthew, Jesus’ ministry begins with him preaching the “good news (or the gospel) of the kingdom.” It is here in the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus describes what life in this kingdom is like, how those who are a part of this kingdom of heaven should and can live. Jesus challenges our fundamental assumptions of happiness, righteousness, love, anger, obedience, and so much more. By this Jesus describes a kingdom in which true happiness, true righteousness, true obedience, true love can be a reality for us, on earth “As it is in Heaven.”

This week, Brent Cummings, our Young Adult Pastor, closes out our series with the last passage in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:13-29. In this passage, Jesus "lands the plane" and closes his sermon with 4 illustrations, calling his listeners to heed and apply the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount. Within these 4 illustrations Jesus gives us a glimpse of the hope and security found in the Kingdom of God, as well as the emptiness of building our foundation on anything else. 

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