Sermon on the mount

Question 1

1. Provide some of the most significant claims from the Beatitudes. What kind of people are truly blessed according to Jesus?

Answer 1

blessed are those who are meek for they shall inherit the land.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The peacemakers, the meek, humble, poor in spirit.

Question 2

2. What is Jesus’ attitude about adultery? When is one really guilty of the sin of adultery?

Answer 2

To lust after a woman is the same as commiting adultry

You are guilty if you commit it in your heart.

Question 3

3. What should we do instead of retaliating an eye for an eye?

Answer 3

Turn the other cheek,

Question 4

4. Why should we love our enemies and not just our neighbors and friends?

Answer 4

God loves them. He has the sun rise on them too. we must be like our father. There is no effort in loving those who care for you. The challenge is loving your enemies.

Question 5

5. What is Jesus’ overall opinion of money and material goods? What does he mean that you “cannot serve God and Mammon”?

Answer 5

He believes that they corrupt a person. That people should seek after riches in spiritual things, not things of this world.
You cannot serve god and the world. You have to choose. Either you are serving one, or the other… there are no other actions.

Question 6

6. Why should we not judge others?

Answer 6

We will be judged the same way we judge others.

Question 7

7. What is the Golden Rule? What does it mean?

Answer 7

Do unto others as you would have done unto you. It means to treat others the way you would like to be treated.