The Sermon on the Mount

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Outline

Section	Subject	Passage	Lesson
I Introduction			1
	Context of the Sermon	Matt 5:1-2	2
II The Beatitudes	“Blessed are…”	Matt 5ff/ Luke 6:20ff	3
	a) The Beatitude of Salvation	Matt 5:3/ Luke 6:20	4
	b) The Beatitude of Comfort	Matt 5:4/ Luke 6:21b	7
	c) The Beatitude of Covenant Qualification	Matthew 5:5	10
	d) The Beatitude of Doctrinal Desire	Matthew 5:6/Luke 6:21a	13
	e) The Beatitude of Giving and Receiving Grace	Matthew 5:7	15
	f) The Beatitude of Spirituality	Matthew 5:8	16
	g) The Beatitude of Witnessing	Matthew 5:9	18
	h) The Beatitudes of Persecution	Matthew 5:10-11, Luke 6:22	21
	i) Inner Happiness Produces Outer Happiness	Matthew 5:12 Luke 6:23	22
	j) Preservation Quality of Inner Happiness: Salt of the Earth	Matthew 5:13 Mark 9:50 Luke 14:34	24
	k) Influence of Inner Happiness: Light of the World	Matthew 5:14-16	27
III Impact of the Mature Believer		Matthew 5:13-16
	a)      Salt of the Earth	Matthew 5:13
	b)      Light of the World	Matthew 5:14-16
IV. The Lord’s Relationship to the Law		Matthew 5:17- 20
	a)      Fulfilling the Law	Matthew 5:17
	b)      Fulfillment Continued	Matthew 5:18
	c)      Jesus Stresses the Importance of the Law	Matthew 5:19
	d)     Superseding Religious Righteousness	Matthew 5:20
V. Jesus Clarifies the Mosaic Law
	a)      Introduction
	b)      The Prohibition Against Murder	Matthew 5:21
	c)      Anger Prohibited	Matthew 5:22
	d)     Reconciliation	Matthew 5:23-26
	e)      Overt to Mental Adultery	Matthew 5:27-28
	f)       Self-Judgment	Matthew 5:29-30
	g)      The Case of Immoral Divorce	Matthew 5:31-32
	h)      The Issue of Oaths	Matthew 5:33-37
	i)        The Case for Revenge	Matthew 5:38-42
	j)        Virtue Love Mandate and Illustrated	Matthew 5:43-48
VI. Warning Against Pharisaic Hypocrisy
	a)      Rewards for Righteousness	Matthew 6:1