The former, tends towards antinomianism or cheap grace; the latter towards legalism or works righteousness. Rather, it is message that proclaims the fulfillment of the law found in Christ. Herein is revealed the ordo salutis of the Kingdom of Heaven. The scheme of Jewish soteriology is hereby dissolved. No longer is salvation only in heaven and in the future, nor can this future salvation only be earned by moral exertion. No, the Son of Man has come for the redemption of sins on earth.
He introduces the future salvation to the present. Accordingly the beatification valid here and now: Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. That is the light which came to shine on earth, and that is the light in which the disciples may rejoice. For that reason they are called the light of the world, not primarily because of what they do , but what they receive.
But that light must beam forth, for men do not light a lamp and put it a bushel. What Jesus thus requires is that men reflect the light which they received from Him.
The endowment of the accomplishes good works in its recipients, and thus the kingdom finds embodiment in the lives of the faithful. Such an eschatological reading protects us from both extremes of antinomianism and legalism. With this fulfillment lens, we can see how the kingdom of God has come in the person, work, and teaching of Christ. Speaking of the way a proper understanding of eschatology helps answers questions about the conditional statements in the Sermon, Ridderbos states,.
It is the great reality of the future which in Jesus Christ has come to earth which also touches those belong to Him. That is the order of the beatitudes and commandments. In this way the commandmants can also be a conditional expression of admittance to the Kingdom. Whosoever fails to radiate the love of the Christ thereby proves that he has no part in Christ and is not included in the Kingdom of God. Indeed, because the radical commands of Sermon are given to the disciples of Christ who are communion with the King, he can give the most difficult commands because he has also given or will soon give the power and life associated with his kingdom.
The Sermon on the Mount calls the disciple to live according to the future kingdom in the present world. It would be tempting to read this eschatological Sermon as one that calls the disciple of the kingdom to forsake the world entirely, yet that is exactly what the Sermon does not teach. Hence, every reading of the Sermon which leads followers to abandon the world misses the point.
As Ridderbos puts it,. He did not urge sexual abstinence or poverty. He refrainedd from a deprecatory judgment of government and courts of law, and accepted them as indispensable Matt.
Even as with John the Baptist, no soldier was required by Jesus to leave his service Matt. What are the Beatitudes? The Beatitudes are proverb-like blessings that Jesus explained to his followers during the Sermon on the Mount. In these, he described the sorts of characteristics people should have in order to be blessed by God. The Sermon on the Mount curriculum-key-fact. When Jesus first started preaching, he spoke from a mountainside in front of a large crowd.
This speech is known as the Sermon on the Mount. Do not murder. Do not even be angry with another person or insult them. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Fasting Matthew But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret.
Lay Up Treasures in Heaven Matthew For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! You cannot serve God and money. Do Not Be Anxious Matthew Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Judging Others Matthew For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! The Golden Rule Matthew For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
A Tree and Its Fruit Matthew You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
I Never Knew You Matthew
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