Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World: An Exposition of Matthew 5

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“I am deeply convinced that the church of Christ needs to study the Sermon on the Mount again and again,” writes D. A. Carson. In his popular explanation of Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5–10, this renowned author clearly presents the inescapable demands on the believer to live a pure and dedicated life. As Carson covers the Sermon on the Mount and the events that follow, he blends good writing,...

Since this is God’s universe there can be no higher “blessing” than to be approved by God. We must ask ourselves whose blessing we diligently seek. If God’s blessing means more to us than the approval of loved ones no matter how cherished, or of colleagues no matter how influential, then the beatitudes will speak to us very personally and deeply. Another observation is that the kind of blessing is not arbitrary in any of these eight beatitudes. The thing promised in each case grows naturally (or

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