before God and be judged by Him. It is a ‘strait gate’, it is a ‘narrow way’, this way that leads to life which is life indeed. How important it is, then, to look at this Sermon in general before we begin to argue with one another about what it means when it tells us to turn the other cheek, and so on. People always jump to these particulars and it is an utterly false approach to the Sermon. Let me now lay down a number of controlling principles which should govern the interpretation of this Sermon.