The Sermon on the Mount: Living in the Kingdom of Heaven --- Lesson #2

John Sullivan (FBC Trustee + Deacon) - Matthew 2:1-14; 4:23; 5:1-12; Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Exodus 1:15-22; 2:1-4; 32:15

 

The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is the longest recorded teaching of Jesus, and the most important. Throughout this series, we'll look at the Sermon as the foundation of what Jesus thought, believed, and taught, and ask how we ought to live because of what it says.

The Sermon on the Mount
"Living in the Kingdom of Heaven"

Lesson #2

I. A Prophet Like Me from Among You
A. The Setting of the Sermon: A Mountaintop
B. The Promises of Moses
C. Fulfillment in the Story of Jesus
D. On the Mountaintop: A New Law

II. The Beatitudes
Principle 1: Focus on the Structure of the Beatitudes
Principle 2: Focus on the Audience of the Beatitudes
Principle 3: Focus on the "For" in each Beatitude
Principle 4: Focus on the Beginning and the End
Principle 5: Focus on the Invitation into Kingdom Life