LIVING LIKE JESUS

The Sermon on the Mount

It is a wise rule in the examination of any teaching to proceed from the general to the particular. This is the only way of avoiding the danger of ‘missing the wood because of the trees’. This rule is of particular importance in connection with the Sermon on the Mount. We must realize, therefore, that at the outset certain general questions have to be asked about this famous Sermon and its place in the life, thought and outlook of Christian people.
The obvious question with which to start is this: Why should we consider the Sermon on the Mount at all? Why should I call your attention to it and to its teaching? Well, I do not know that it is a part of the business of a preacher to explain the processes of his own mind and his own heart, but clearly no man should preach unless he has felt that God has given him a message. It is the business of any man who tries to preach and expound the Scriptures to wait upon God for leading and guidance.

I do not think it is a harsh judgment to say that the most obvious feature of the life of the Christian Church today is, alas, its superficiality.

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I believe this statement is true and that is why this sermon series needs to be preached on a regular basis. So I am praying you will join me in this great adventure of having your life turned upside down for Jesus.

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Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (1976). Studies in the Sermon on the Mount (Second edition, p. 13). Inter-Varsity Press.