Hear his voice – “the crowds were amazed at his teaching” (v 28) Make it real – “everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man” (v 24)

Earlier in the Sermon on the Mount, Christ emphasised how we can trust our heavenly Father, for he knows how to give good gifts to his children. Now, as we approach the end of chapter 7, he makes clear that we must trust him, even if it seems impossible, because all other alternatives lead to…

Far from a blanket ban on making any judgements, this is a warning not to judge badly, because we desperately need to be part of …

Matthew 6 begins with a warning against reducing our righteousness to a performance to be seen by men. The end of that chapter is about the thing that makes us play a part instead of pleasing God – worry

Having issued the ominous warning, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven Matt. 5:20 Jesus now poses six piercing challenges to what we think righteousness really is, and whether what we’re actually looking for is the absolute least we…

After the beatitudes Jesus says two profound things to his hearers, ‘You are the salt of the earth You are the light of the world Matt. 5:13-14 Two assertions which imply two requirements of Christ’s followers,

The Sermon on the Mount begins with the wonderful disorientation of the beatitudes: nine statements which demand a complete re-evaluation of what we consider an ideal life to look like. It’s nothing less than a demand that we Change our Values, by changing what we value.