Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
"The followers of Jesus are to different," writes John Stott, "different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle and network of relationships—all of which are totally at variance with those in the...
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John R.W. Stott's observations on the radical blueprint for Christian living contained in the Sermon on the Mount is part of The Bible Speaks Today series edited by Mr. Stott and J.A. Motyer.
General Preface Author's preface Chief Abbreviations Introduction: what is this sermon? - 5:1-2\ A Christian's character: the beatitiudes - 5:3-12\ A Christian's influence: salt and light - 5:13-16\ A Christian's righteousness: Christ, the Christian and the law - 5:17-20\ A Christian's righteousness: avoiding anger and lust - 5:21-30\ A Christian's righteousness: fidelity in marriage and honesty in speech - 5:31-37\ A Christian's righteousness: Non-retaliation and active love - 5:38-48\ A Christian's religion: not hypocritical but real - 6:1-6,16-18\ A Christian's prayer: not mechanical but thoughtful - 6:7-15\ A Christian's ambition: not material security but God's rule - 6:19-34\ A Christian's relationships: to his brothers and his father - 7:1-12\ A Christian's relationships: to false prophets - 7:13-20\ A Christian's commitment: the radical choice - 7:21-27\ Conclusion: who is this preacher? - 7:28,29\ Study guide
