Sermon On the Mount: Matthew 5:6-7

When I began preparing today’s talk, there was a sudden moment when I felt very smallThe spiritual wisdom of Jesus rivals every other enlightened text- even gurus, like Gandhi, who rejected Christianity have admired the Sermon• reading the words of Jesus, and trying to explain them to you,◦ leaves me feeling inadequate and foolish◦ like a four-year old who is told, “Explain quantum physics- what I know about these two Beatitudes, I learned on the job,• not from other Bible teachers or commentaries,◦ but in my own ministry of applying the words of God to the lived experience of people on this journey• what we’ll go over today may be challenging, but it will be practical and liveable,◦ and what I believe Jesus wants us to learn