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Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Sermon on the Mount

Link to Lessons: The Sermon on the Mount

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Outline

SectionSubjectPassageLesson
I Introduction1
Context of the SermonMatt 5:1-22
II The Beatitudes“Blessed are…”Matt 5ff/ Luke 6:20ff3
a) The Beatitude of SalvationMatt 5:3/ Luke 6:204
b) The Beatitude of ComfortMatt 5:4/ Luke 6:21b7
c) The Beatitude of Covenant QualificationMatthew 5:510
d) The Beatitude of Doctrinal DesireMatthew 5:6/Luke 6:21a13
e) The Beatitude of Giving and Receiving GraceMatthew 5:715
f) The Beatitude of SpiritualityMatthew 5:816
g) The Beatitude of WitnessingMatthew 5:918
h) The Beatitudes of PersecutionMatthew 5:10-11, Luke 6:2221
i) Inner Happiness Produces Outer HappinessMatthew 5:12 Luke 6:2322
j) Preservation Quality of Inner Happiness: Salt of the EarthMatthew 5:13 Mark 9:50
Luke 14:34
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k) Influence of Inner Happiness: Light of the WorldMatthew 5:14-1627
III Impact of the Mature BelieverMatthew 5:13-16
a)      Salt of the EarthMatthew 5:13
b)      Light of the WorldMatthew 5:14-16
IV. The Lord’s Relationship to the LawMatthew 5:17- 20
a)      Fulfilling the LawMatthew 5:17
b)      Fulfillment ContinuedMatthew 5:18
c)      Jesus Stresses the Importance of the LawMatthew 5:19
d)     Superseding Religious RighteousnessMatthew 5:20
V. Jesus Clarifies the Mosaic Law
a)      Introduction
b)      The Prohibition Against MurderMatthew 5:21
c)      Anger ProhibitedMatthew 5:22
d)     ReconciliationMatthew 5:23-26
e)      Overt to Mental AdulteryMatthew 5:27-28
f)       Self-JudgmentMatthew 5:29-30
g)      The Case of Immoral DivorceMatthew 5:31-32
h)      The Issue of OathsMatthew 5:33-37
i)        The Case for RevengeMatthew 5:38-42
j)        Virtue Love Mandate and IllustratedMatthew 5:43-48
VI. Warning Against Pharisaic Hypocrisy
a)      Rewards for RighteousnessMatthew 6:1