Matthew 5:1-48

Contents: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light. Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.

Characters: God, Jesus.

Conclusion: The relationship of a child of God will be manifested in the world by his shining and burning as a light for Christ, by his quiet and savory influence in society, and by his conformity to the Word of God in all things.

Key Word: Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:1; Matthew 5:2.

Strong Verses: Matthew 5:3-16; Matthew 5:18; Matthew 5:28; Matthew 5:32; Matthew 5:39; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 5:48.

Striking Facts: Matthew 5:3. Some teach that the teachings of the sermon on the mount are applicable only to the future earthly kingdom of Christ, not the present age, and as such are postponed until Christ's second coming. However we think of the «kingdom of the heavens» as the church age, during which Christ, through regeneration, is peopling the heavens, and these principles seem to have clearer application to the present age than to that time when righteousness shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.