#The Sermon on the Mount

[chernobog13]

The Life of Brian version of The Sermon On The Mount.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Carl Heinrich Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890) The Sermon on the Mount, 1877 The Museum of National History

[tabernacleheart]

You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to [genuinely] love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond [not with churlish indignation but] with the supple moves of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best— the sun to warm and the rain to nourish— to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that. [God is calling you to a higher standard-- one of spiritual maturity, not immature pride!] In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re Kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.

Matthew 5:43-48 MSG

[geezerwench]

Not even the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.

The Twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit

Charity

Joy

Peace

Patience

Kindness

Goodness

Generosity

Gentleness

Faithfulness

Modesty

Self Control

Chastity

[theformulaforsuccess]

Join Douglas Vandergraph as he delves into Matthew 6, the heart of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. This chapter encompasses profound teachings on giving, prayer—including the Lord's Prayer—fasting, and trusting in God's provision. Gain a deeper understanding of Jesus' words and their relevance to Christian living today. Perfect for those seeking spiritual guidance and a comprehensive Bible study.

Jesus' Sermon on the mount has 3 parts:

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[kanisa-maghrebia]

The Sermon on the Mount is one of  Jesus’ most profound teachings. Found in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5-7, it lays out the core principles of Christian living. This sermon includes some of  Jesus most famous teachings, like the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer. It addresses how Christians should live in relation to God, others, and themselves.

Understanding the Sermon on the Mount teachings is crucial for Christians today because it gives clear guidance on how to live according to God’s will. Jesus calls His followers to a higher standard of righteousness, not just by following rules, but by having a heart changed by God’s grace.

In this article, we will look at three key areas of the sermon:

Jesus teaches about the Law and righteousness.

The parables He used to explain His message.

The Beatitudes, which describe the blessings for those who live according to God’s kingdom values.

These teachings continue to challenge and inspire Christians, encouraging them to live out their faith with integrity and love.

[bsahely]

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT – The Spiritual Wisdom of the Beatitudes | Anthony Profeta | heedthespirit.com

Reproduced from https://www.heedthespirit.com/the-sermon-on-the-mount-the-spiritual-wisdom-of-the-beatitudes/ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT – The Spiritual Wisdom of the Beatitudes In Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” (Matthew 51:16), he declared to the crowd which gathered to listen to him, a number of “Blessed are” statements. These statements have been called “The Beatitudes”; and the spiritual wisdom…

[coptorthodox]

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you. Matthew 5:43-44

[reverendchrismullis-blog]

(Pastor Chris Mullis) This message explains Jesus' profound truth about blessings in the Kingdom of God--what we call the Beatitudes.  Watch, listen, read, and learn what the Beatitudes really mean. Watch - https://youtu.be/TeOuhMNhY9Q Listen - https://on.soundcloud.com/TciTM Read - https://www.pastorchrismullis.com/2023/08/explaining-beatitudes.html

[martyschoenleber]

The Nearness of God, The Pain and the Sorrow and the Longing for More

There are times when our spiritual senses are so keen, so lambent and alive that our hearts can hardly be contained and tears drip down our cheeks as if a relief value had been opened to make it possible for us to survive the moment. Those times are rare. They are wonderful. And sometimes, they are painful. They are soul deepening and they help to create in us and even greater longing, a sense of…

[limitedbible]

Matthew 5:1 - 5:16

The Sermon on the Mount

1 So having seen the crowd, he went up into the mountain and having sat his students came to him. 2 And having opened his mouth, he taught them saying,

The Beatitudes

3 The poor are blessed in spirit, since the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

4 The mourners are blessed since they will be comforted.

5 The gentle are blessed since they will inherit the Earth.

6 The ones hungry and thirsty for justice are blessed since they will be fed.

7 The merciful are blessed since they will receive mercy.

8 The pure in heart are blessed since they will see God

9 The peacemakers are blessed since they will be called the sons of God

10 The ones persecuted because of righteousness are blessed since the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

11 You are blessed when they will hate you and persecute you and they will say all evil things against you lying on my account.

12 Rejoice and delight that your reward is great in the heavens. Just as they persecuted the prophets before you.

Salt and Light

13 You are the fertilizer of the Earth. But if the fertilizer weakens, what will it be fertilized with? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and to be trampled on by men. 14 You are the light of the world. A city lying on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and place it under a basket, but on a lampstand and it lights the whole house. 16 So let your light shine in front of humanity, so where they see your good deeds and they will honor your father in the heavens.

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I wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not.

[godslove]

[inamindfarfaraway]

The Exorcists’ Masks of Virtue

The vast majority of Exorcists in Hazbin Hotel have a notable design element that other angels don’t: their masks are missing an eye. Specifically, the right eye.

I believe this is a reference to the Bible, Matthew 5:29. Jesus says, “If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.”

He’s being hyperbolic. Mr Free Healthcare was not pro-mutilation. What he means is that you have to be willing to make sacrifices to prevent sin. The context of the eye metaphor is him condemning adultery and warning that even something as easy, casual and small as a look full of lustful intent can lead to further, worse sin if you don’t notice your sin, hold yourself accountable for it and do the work to not let it influence your decisions. This will probably be hard. It could be very, very painful. Changing your perspective can feel as horrible as plucking out your eye, so many people can’t bring themselves to do it. But although it won’t feel that way in the moment, it’s healthier for our general wellbeing in the long run to abandon traits and behaviours that damage ourselves and/or others.

(You may notice that Jesus’s teaching that you can have sinned, redeem yourself by giving up sin and thus escape damnation is the founding principle of the Hazbin Hotel. You may also notice that it contradicts everything the Exorcists believe.)

The Exorcists seem to follow this idea of painfully excising badness for the sake of the greater good devoutly to the point of placing it above teachings like ‘Thou shalt not kill’, with their job being to remove sin, in the form of sinners, to protect Heaven. Hence the missing right eyes. They’re a declaration of moral righteousness and inability to stumble.

But the truth is that the Exorcists all have their right eyes. Their flawlessness is a facade. Underneath, they are untouched, think themselves morally untouchable and, as shown by their horror and outrage when even one of them is killed, would much rather be physically untouchable too. This perfectly represents their complete unwillingness to acknowledge their own faults, let alone improve. They are never the ones who sacrifice. They force the sinners to sacrifice and don’t compensate it with any salvation. They metaphorically rip out the sinners’ eyes, but still condemn their entire bodies as inherently, permanently sinful. So they’ll just have to do another Extermination to get the other eyes! And another one to cut off their right hands! And so on until there’s nothing left.

The only exception to the rule is Vaggie, both in appearance and character. Her mask has the left eye crossed out instead. Even before her expulsion, she’s set apart to the audience as an Exorcist who has the capacity to, shall we say, see a different side of things. Her mask having its ‘sinful’ right eye reflects her understanding that the Exorcist worldview is wrong.

When she almost kills a demon child, her hateful vision clears. She discards the part of herself that’s an unquestioning, merciless agent of death, terror and grief… and as punishment for what Lute perceives as treacherous weakness, gets her eye plucked out.

Of course Lute leaves her with only the ‘sinful’ eye. It brands Vaggie forever as the inversion, a perversion, of what the Exorcists are meant to be.

You know, all this talk of eye removal in the Bible reminds me of another line - ‘an eye for an eye’. Adam directly quotes it in “Hell is Forever”. He uses it to frame the Exterminations as Old Testament-style punitive justice; the sinners did harm and so they receive it. But putting aside the debate about how ethical the concept of revenge is, the entire point of taking an eye for an eye is that it’s proportional. The punishment fits the crime. If someone cuts your eye out, you shouldn’t murder their whole family in front of them and then slowly disembowel them to death. That would be the sin of wrath. You should just make them pay without excessive pain or collateral damage. This is the fairest form of revenge.

The Exorcists don’t do that! The Exterminations aren’t proportional to the wrongs of all they hurt, nor was Vaggie’s brutal punishment equivalent to her extremely mild insubordination. Lute literally takes Vaggie’s eye, and more, after Vaggie does nothing to her! That’s the opposite of the phrase! Adam and his soldiers are wrathful and cruel, deriving satisfaction from others’ suffering. But they just can’t stop going on and on about how disgustingly evil the sinners are, in total hypocrisy… despite some of the sinners being far better people than the genocidal Exorcists are… it’s like they’re obsessed with specks of dust in the sinners’ eyes when they have massive logs stuck in their own. Oh hey, that’s in the Bible too!

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Life of Brian

[yeoldegodzilla]

A painting reflecting the medieval belief that Godzilla attacked Jerusalem while Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount.