His ory

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Living
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His ory
Sermon on the Mount
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The Problem

• God made man simple mans complex problems are
  of his own devising. (Ecclesiastes 729)
• Yet the Sermon on the Mount appearsanything but
  simple!
• The command Be just like God!

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Proposed Solutions

• Be a sinless Christianor else
• Problem There is none righteous (Rom. 3)
• Intended only for the Apostles
• Problem includes the crowd (Matt. 728)
• Just general guidelinesan idealnot meant to be
  practiced.
• Problem
• Whoever hears these sayings and puts them into
  practice (Matt. 724)
• Teach them to obey everything (Matt. 2820)

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Making Sense of the Sermon

• What God Requires Holiness

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Leviticus 191-2 You shall be holy.

• Ephesians 14 He chose usbefore the creation
  of the world to be holy

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Making Sense of the Sermon

• What God Requires Holiness
• The Promise God calls us Holy

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• Leviticus 191-2 You shall be holy, for I
  the Lord your God am holy.

Deuteronomy 1813 (LXX) when you come into
the land that the Lord your God is giving you
you shall be perfect (teleios) before the Lord
your God.
Matthew 548 Be perfect (teleios), therefore,
as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Making Sense of the Sermon

• What God Requires Holiness
• The Promise God calls us Holy
• The Calling Live up to your calling!

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Taking the Sermon to Heart

• God expects righteous living (from unrighteous
  people)
• We know what is righteous by listening to God

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Jeremiah 426

• "Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we
  will listen to the voice of the Lord our God to
  whom we are sending you, so that it may go well
  with us when we listen to the voice of the Lord
  our God.

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Taking the Sermon to Heart

• God expects righteous living (from unrighteous
  people)
• We know what is righteous by listening to God
• Remove every other voice
• Let the voice of God challenge us
• Be willing to hear His word fresh new
• Listen with Love
• We must put what we hear into practice!