Sermon on The Mount
Matthew 5, 6, 7

“The more I read these three chapters—Matthew 5, 6, and 7—the more I am both drawn to them and shamed by them.” (Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and His confrontation with the World, D. A. Carson, 13).

Jesus is not saying ‘Live like this and you will become Christian; rather we are told, ‘Because you are Christian live like this.’
(Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, Lloyd-Jones, 11-12)

Every phrase can bear exhaustive exposition and yet never be completely plumbed.” (The Sermon on the Mount, Hughes, 14)

Sermon Discussion Questions

1. At first glance, what do you know about the Sermon on the Mount, and what insights do you have about it?

2. What verses stuck out to you as the sermon was read?

3. Do you agree that if Christians truly lived the Christian life as the Bible instructs, Christian churches would be crowded? Why or why not?

4. How can we apply the Sermon on the Mount each and every day?

5. Look up where the Sermon on the Mount is recorded in Luke (chapter 6) and discuss why you think Luke recorded less than Matthew.