This morning we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew and the sermon on the Mount. Until this point Jesus’ Sermon has been primarily centered on us individually. You are blessed with the blessings. The behaviors are manifested in your life. Now we begin to see how the presence of these behaviors and blessings in your life has an essential impact on the world around you.

Jesus wants us to know that murder is actually just one symptom, one expression, of a deeper and wider disease.  Murder is just the ugly offspring of anger.  No one ever said, I’m so grateful and thankful and appreciative for you, I just can’t wait to hurt you.  So what you really need to do is go after the anger that produces murder and that anger lives in each of us. Matthew 5:13-20

This morning we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew. We've been looking at the Sermon on the Mount, the longest sermon by Jesus on record. This morning we finish the introductory section known as the Beatitudes.

This morning we continue our study in the gospel of Matthew. We’ve been looking at the Sermon on the Mount, the longest sermon by Jesus on record. This morning we finish the introductory section known as the Beatitudes.

We continue our study through the Gospel of Matthew.  We’re in the Sermon on the Mount, the most famous teaching of Jesus.  And specifically, we’re in the opening section known as the Beatitudes, from the Latin word beatus for blessed, because it’s a list of eight behaviors and attitudes specially blessed by God. Matthew 5:9

We continue our study through the Gospel of Matthew. We're in the Sermon on the Mount, the most famous teaching of Jesus. And specifically, we're in the opening section known as the Beatitudes, from the Latin word beatus for blessed, because it's a list of eight behaviors and attitudes specially blessed by God.

We continue our study in the gospel of Matthew. We've come to the Sermon on the Mount, and we're looking at the opening passage, called the Beatitudes, where Jesus tells us about the behaviors and blessings that characterize those who are devoted to Him.