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Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 6:25-34
Good morning. We're taking this winter to walk through the first official sermon of Jesus that's recorded in the Gospels. It's called The Sermon on the Mount, because when Jesus gave it he was sitting on a mountainside. And his audience was made up of two concentric circles of people. Sitting closest to him was a group that Matthew calls ''his disciples''-which is not just the twelve official disciples; it's a larger group of people who were following and learning from Jesus. And then beyond them, there was a larger crowd, made up of people who were curious, but not necessarily bought into Jesus. They were listening from a distance. So as Jesus taught, he was focusing primarily on that closer group-the people who believe in him. But he was also very conscious of that outer circle, and he knew that the truth of his words were hitting home with some of them as well.
So we've been saying every week that the Sermon on the Mount is not a list of rules to keep; it's an invitation to a certain kind of life. Jesus calls it the ''Kingdom of Heaven,'' and it's a life that we can only experience when we're connected with Jesus as our King. And it's a life where the condition of our heart, and what's going on deep inside of us, is actually more important than what we're doing on the outside. Because ultimately, our outer words and actions flow from our inner self.
So in today's passage, Jesus brings up an inner struggle that the vast majority of people in the first century...and in the 21st century have experienced. Did you know that up until just a few years ago, the number one reason that college students would seek counseling services at their school was because they were struggling with depression. So they wisely went to get help for that struggle. But a few years ago, there was a new number one reason college students went for help. Do you know what it was? Anxiety. Ot ...
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 6:25-34
Good morning. We're taking this winter to walk through the first official sermon of Jesus that's recorded in the Gospels. It's called The Sermon on the Mount, because when Jesus gave it he was sitting on a mountainside. And his audience was made up of two concentric circles of people. Sitting closest to him was a group that Matthew calls ''his disciples''-which is not just the twelve official disciples; it's a larger group of people who were following and learning from Jesus. And then beyond them, there was a larger crowd, made up of people who were curious, but not necessarily bought into Jesus. They were listening from a distance. So as Jesus taught, he was focusing primarily on that closer group-the people who believe in him. But he was also very conscious of that outer circle, and he knew that the truth of his words were hitting home with some of them as well.
So we've been saying every week that the Sermon on the Mount is not a list of rules to keep; it's an invitation to a certain kind of life. Jesus calls it the ''Kingdom of Heaven,'' and it's a life that we can only experience when we're connected with Jesus as our King. And it's a life where the condition of our heart, and what's going on deep inside of us, is actually more important than what we're doing on the outside. Because ultimately, our outer words and actions flow from our inner self.
So in today's passage, Jesus brings up an inner struggle that the vast majority of people in the first century...and in the 21st century have experienced. Did you know that up until just a few years ago, the number one reason that college students would seek counseling services at their school was because they were struggling with depression. So they wisely went to get help for that struggle. But a few years ago, there was a new number one reason college students went for help. Do you know what it was? Anxiety. Ot ...
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