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The Life of Christ · Foundational

The Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount is the King's own picture of the people who belong to Him: it exposes the heart, sends the sinner to Christ for a righteousness he cannot produce, and shows the believer how to live by grace.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

Place the Sermon in the life of Christ, and show why its Preacher is its first subject

2

Say plainly how the Sermon applies to believers today, neither as a way of salvation nor as a message for someone else

3

Explain the Beatitudes, salt and light, and the words Ye have heard, and why Jesus aimed at the heart

4

Answer the claim that the Sermon teaches salvation by works, including Matthew 5:20, Matthew 6:15, and Matthew 7:21

5

Read Judge not in context, and tell the difference between calling sin what God calls it and judging a heart

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