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/*Influencing Your World*/
Goal: Introduce the series by giving the background to the discourse.
Call Christians to actively determine they will be both salt and light and call unbelievers to faith in Christ.
/*Introduction*/
If you want to know how a Christian is to live it would seem evident that listening to what Jesus taught would be a good place to start.
This discourse of Jesus is often called the Sermon on the Mount.
It took place on a hillside at the northern end of the Sea of Galilee, probably not too far from Capernaum.1
*Background*
It was given about half way through Jesus’ ministry.
It was during the time of his popularity.
The Sermon on the Mount (Matt.
5-7) is the first of 5 discourses that Jesus gave and that are recorded for us.
*Presuppositions for our study.*
1.
The Sermon does not present the means of salvation but rather the way believers are to live.
a.
The way we are to live is radically different from that of the world.
b.
The principles taught are covered in other NT passages.
2. This discourse clearly shows *the necessity* of the new birth.
a.
Every topic we will cover will /point people to the Savior/, Jesus Christ.
b.
The religious leaders of the day taught that righteousness was an external thing, a matter of simply obeying rules and regulations.
c.
Jesus shows it is a matter of the heart!
3. The discourse reveals the only way to true and profound happiness.
a.
As I apply the truths of these chapters to my life, not only do I benefit *my life pleases God.*
4. Living out these principles is the best means of evangelism.
a.
In a culture that espouses the idea that there are many truths,
b. and that there is no one truth for everyone,
c. people are like buoys a drift on the ocean.
d.
They may not even realize it but they are looking for something real that is truly life transforming.
Living out these principles is evidence of a transformed life.
/*I.
The Foundation for Righteous Living*/
Verses 3-12 are called the Beatitudes.
Warren Wiersbe’s has a very simple outline of these verses.2
*A.
Our Attitude toward Ourselves, 3*
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1. 1It refers to man’s total spiritual poverty and establishes the starting point for true blessedness.
*B.
Our Attitude toward our Sins, 4-6*
4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
1. 1Refers to grieving over sin.
When there is grief over sin, there is comfort from God.
5 "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
2. Gentleness1 recognizes God’s Holiness and man’s rightful position as He relates to God.
The result is to reign with Christ.
6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
3. Hunger and thirst recognize the intense drive within the believer to be righteous before God.
*C.
Our Attitude toward our Lord, 5-9*
7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
1. Mercy is active compassion, reaching out to someone in need and meeting them at their point of need.
8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
2. This refers to having a mind that is pure and clean, not tarnished with a desire to be both in the world and with the Lord.
9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
3. We are to carry the message of peace, the Good News of the forgiveness of sins in Christ.
*D.
Our Attitude toward the World, 10-16*
10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 ¶ "Blessed are you when /people /insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
1.
In Christ we can rejoice regardless of the world’s response to us.
2. Why?
Because there is eternal reward.
3. John MacArthur writes of the beatitudes:
A Christian who has all those qualities will be so far above the level of the world that his life will rebuke the world-which will bring persecution from the world (5:10–12) and light to the world (vv.
14–16).3
*E.
What is the Foundation for Righteous Living?*
1.
The foundation is knowing Jesus Christ as your personal savior.
a.
This is not simply knowing about Jesus.
b.
It is coming to the realization that I am “poor in spirit.”
c.
Totally destitute of spiritual power.
d.
I need to come to Him in humility and seek His forgiveness for sin.
2. After coming to Jesus there will be a “hunger and thirst” to be like Him.
a.
If that hunger is not there then question whether or not you have come to Christ.
3. Our study this summer is entitled /Radical Christianity./
a.
We are going to develop the various subjects Jesus taught on.
b.
Today it is “influencing the World.”
/*II.
Influencing the World for Christ*/
*Introduction*
In 1988 our family was invited back to Shawinigan Quebec for the 20th anniversary of the church I had pastured for 9 years.
I spoke Sunday morning and after the service a woman who had been seated right up front that came up to me.
She asked if I recognized her.
I didn’t.
Her family had purchased the house next door to us just prior to our moving into our house.
They knew I was the pastor at the Baptist Church.
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