The Sermon on the Mount Revisited
Why is the Sermon on the Mount so famous? In Matthew 5, Jesus says we should be poor in spirit, mourn, be meek, hunger and thirst for righteousness, be merciful, pure in heart, and a peacemaker to be in the image of the kingdom. Then he says to put this light on a stand for all to see. Jesus then says he has not come to abolish the law and that every letter counts, and we need to be better …