Jesus preached this sermon to bring about permanent life change, and His concern was (and still is) that we live in stark contrast to the world’s system. He desires that His followers be Christlike to the core—a divine minority who live differently from the rest of the world. Perhaps the best-known part of this message as recorded in Matthew 5 through 7 is the set of opening lines, known as the Beatitudes (5:1–12). —— Jesus’ miracles had drawn crowds from all over the regions of Galilee, Syria,