{"id":211,"date":"2004-10-18T21:27:53","date_gmt":"2004-10-18T21:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/10\/sermon_on_the_m.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:40","slug":"sermon_on_the_m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/10\/sermon_on_the_m.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Sermon on the Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a three month absence, my quiet times have resumed. there were actually a few days on vacation in August that never made it on the site, but it’s been too long since I had a regular QT. Thanks to Justin<\/a> for the prompting and the accountability to do what I know is good for me.
\nMathew 5:1-7:29, Luke 6:20-49
\nMathew 5:3 – Humility seems to be something I lack these days. I’ve had this uncomfortable realization that I think myself more highly than I ought. I’ve been frustrated by the lack of recognition at work and thinking I ought to be more respected in general. In a performance review at the office, one of my peers (anonymously) said that I think that my way is the only right way. Ouch.
\nLuke 6:24-25 – I can’t help but wonder what these woes mean for us in the USA. We are so amazingly wealthy. I fear that many will miss God because of their wealth. I can only pray (as I type on my laptop in my easy chair in my living room, wirelessly connected to the internet) that I will not be one of them. With wealth comes great responsibility, I think. It makes me wonder, what am I doing with my riches besides making my self comfortable? What good am I doing with them? How can I do more?
\nMathew 5:13 – May I never loose my ‘salt’, that is, may I never blend in with this world.
\nMathew 5:19 – What does this mean? Breaking God’s law and promoting the breaking of God’s law, yet they are in heaven. Or is ‘the kingdom of heaven’ referring to something else? If so what? It seems odd.
\nMathew 5:27-30 – One of the hardest scriptures for a man to reconcile with. Jesus’ teaching here gives insight into how important our actions, our deeds, are to God.
\nMathew 5:44-48 – Why love our enemies? Because that is what God does. You don’t see God withholding blessings or good things from non-Christians. If so, we’d be able o tell easily who was God’s by their blessings. “Did you see the Smith’s lawn? God must not love them.”
\nMathew 6:33 – I’ve heard ‘His Kingdom’ in this verse equated to the church, or rather this church<\/i> or that church<\/i>. But is Jesus referring to the church, even the universal church, here? Or is it a bigger concept of just seeking God and His ways. I suppose that those two, God’s church and God’s ways, are somewhat interchangeable.
\nLuke 6:37 – Is Jesus telling us, as some would believe, that to judge is a sin? It’s not really what he says. But put this verse with those that follow and there’s a clearer picture of what he’s trying to teach. If we insist on being overly critical and judgmental, that is how God will judge us as well. And the fact of the matter is that the most trivial of sins in others are obvious to us while we cannot see the glaring iniquities in our own lives. We must be careful how we look at others.
\nMatthew 7:7-8 – What a promise! If we are looking for answers, we are promised that we will find them. The question is, are we open to the answer which is outside of the possibilities we see? Or will we only be content with the answer we think we’ll find?
\nMatthew 7:24 – Jesus’ words is the solid foundation upon which we should build our lives. Our opinions and reasoning change, but his words do not. Actually, it’s not just his words, it’s our following them. The difference in this parable between the wise and foolish was not the lack of His words, it was the lack of keeping them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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