Christ Chapel College

With the world full of things that can misdirect our steps, Jesus warns of the chaos that results from storing up worldly treasures. Jesus wants to be the Lord of our lives, which means submitting things like our money and future and over to him. When we worship Jesus and invite him into more of what we have, he then becomes our treasure.

Jesus desires us to live righteously, or in a right relationship with God. The posture from which we live out this righteousness matters. By embracing the right identity, living before the right audience, and following the right example, our practice of righteousness becomes genuine, without feeling the need to perform.

The goal of the Christian life has never been to find fairness, but to chase a relationship with God, continuously learning what it looks like to reflect His image. By loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us, we are choosing to exemplify the same common grace and uncommon love shown to us by our Father.

Jesus continues to call us higher because He wants you fully free and full of life. Lust, divorce, and oaths are examples of a sickness that if not addressed, can run or ruin your life. Instead of offering a temporary fix to a deeply rooted issue, Jesus wants to get to the cellular level, so we may experience abundance in Him.

Continuing through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explains what it looks like to live a righteous life. He dives into various topics that relate to the state of our heart and what needs to be progressively worked out within us. Jesus begins this section by explaining how unresolved anger can lead to a ruined life. Who we are on the inside produces who we are on the outside, so Jesus encourages us to seek reconciliation.

Jesus came to fulfill and filter the plan of God. Through Jesus being the completion of the law and prophets, we are invited into a transforming relationship with God, not just a religion. This is an invitation into an abundant life with hands open to a new life offered by the Gospel.

When something becomes important to you in private, it naturally becomes public. As Jesus continues to teach the disciples what it looks like to live an uncommon life, He calls His followers to live as the salt of the earth and light of the world. Whether in the choices we make, the way we react, or the questions our lives create in others, we are called to display Jesus as an outpouring of our love for Him.

As Jesus continues through the rest of the beatitudes, He reminds His disciples what it means to live a life of flourishing with God. These characteristics reflect the work of God within us, producing a different hope. Jesus specifically highlights meekness, a hunger & thirst for righteousness, mercy, purity in heart, peacemaking, and faithfulness amidst persecution. Though these ways of living go against the cultural norm, they reveal a life changed by God, highlighting an uncommon life.

Early in his ministry, Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount to a crowd of people ranging from believers to skeptics, teaching them what it means to live an uncommon life. As he begins the sermon, Jesus first explains what it means to be blessed, not just a feeling of happiness, but ​to flourish with God. In the first few Beatitudes, he connects this idea of being blessed with being poor in spirit and mourning. Jesus promises that both will lead to an intimate relationship with God, where we can experience his presence.

Home is being present with God and His people. In the Parable of the Lost Son, Jesus tells the story of a son who lives a reckless life but chooses to come home after a moment of sobriety and reflection. When he returns, he isn't met with what he deserves, but with love and grace. In the story, Jesus also touches on what it looks like to embody home by welcoming others in.