The Sermon on the Mount is one of the crowning messages of Jesus' career. It communicates the kind of life that those who are in the Kingdom of God live. These are not instant downloaded kingdom attributes but will take us this life and then some to produce in completion.
The introduction is called the Beatitudes and tells us who God thinks has a blessed or "The good life". Who is in? What are the characteristics of those who are in?
We start to see right away that the Kingdom of God, Jesus' Kingdom, is counter cultural. It stands to reason that as we follow him, we will be too.
This message is based on Matthew 5:1-12.
