Read: Matthew 5-7
This is the account of what we call the “sermon on the mount”. Jesus begins with the beatitudes and then interprets the ten commandments. Jesus told us that he didn’t come to do away with the law, but to fulfill it. As he went through the sermon he transferred his nature on to us. We are the salt of the earth. We are the light of the world. Our righteousness should exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees because their motives were out of line. We are not righteous to win the approval of God and man but because our hearts have been made new and our nature is to be righteous. So we don’t have to prove anything to anybody. All heaven is watching and we are free to do what God puts in our hearts to do even when it is not what everyone else thinks we should do.
Jesus taught them how to pray in Matthew 6. He taught us to pray secretly from our hearts. We are to pray God’s kingdom down to earth. We only need today’s supply and God will take care of our future. He taught us the importance of forgiveness, fasting, and laying up treasures in heaven. He summed it up by saying to seek the kingdom first then everything you need will be added to you. If we do that we won’t have time to judge others.
Lord, give us the heart to seek your kingdom first.
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