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Matthew 5 The Sermon on the Mount Jesus climbs a hillside in Galilee, sits down, and speaks words that turn the world upside down. In this short teaching we look at Matthew 5 in its biblical setting: the mountain that echoes Moses at Sinai, the poor and occupied crowd who first heard these words, and the kingdom Jesus describes — where the empty, the mourning and the gentle are called blessed.
We walk through the Beatitudes, the calling to be salt and light, and the words of Jesus about the law: He did not come to destroy it, but to fulfil it. Then we listen to the six times He says, “Ye have heard that it was said… but I say unto you,” and we see that He is not making the law heavier, but deeper — moving from the hands to the heart. That is exactly what Jeremiah and Ezekiel had promised: a law written on the heart, and a heart of flesh instead of stone.
Matthew 5 is not a ladder we climb to reach God. It is a portrait of the life that grows when God reaches us. First the blessing, then the walk. First grace, then the shining.
Scripture used in this video
Matthew 5:1–2 — Jesus goes up the mountain and teaches Matthew 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit Matthew 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn Matthew 5:5 — Blessed are the meek Matthew 5:6 — Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness Matthew 5:8 — Blessed are the pure in heart Matthew 5:13 — Ye are the salt of the earth Matthew 5:14 — Ye are the light of the world Matthew 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men Matthew 5:17 — I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil Matthew 5:21–22 — Murder, and the anger of the heart Matthew 5:27–28 — Adultery, and the look of the eye Matthew 5:33–37 — Oaths, and letting your yes be yes Matthew 5:38–39 — An eye for an eye, and not striking back Matthew 5:44 — Love your enemies Matthew 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect
Background references
Exodus 19–20 — Moses on Mount Sinai and the giving of the law Jeremiah 31:33 — God writes His law on the heart Ezekiel 36:26 — A new heart, a heart of flesh instead of stone Luke 18:9–14 — The Pharisee and the tax collector, empty hands before God Isaiah 66:2 — God looks to the poor and contrite in spirit
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