The stress is on being. It’s not on ruling or possessing. He’s not after what men do; He’s after what men are, because what they are will determine what they do. The ideals in the Sermon on the Mount are contrary to human ideas about government and kingdoms. In fact, the most exalted people in Christ’s kingdom would be the lowest of the low in the world’s eyes. Do you know who was the greatest man who ever lived up to that time? As far as the world was concerned he was nothing but an eccentric religious