Sermon on the Mount Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/sermon-on-the-mount/ To prepare people for eternal life. Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:42:43 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg Sermon on the Mount Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/sermon-on-the-mount/ 32 32 Seek Righteousness and Be Satisfied https://www.stepstolife.org/article/seek-righteousness-and-be-satisfied/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:42:43 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=22903 Jesus said that the soul’s hunger for righteousness will be satisfied. A good appetite is a sign of life and health. If you have ever taken care of someone who is dying,...

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]]> Journey with Jesus https://www.stepstolife.org/article/journey-with-jesus/ Tue, 04 May 2021 19:45:39 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=22719 The second beatitude in the Sermon on the Mount says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4).

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]]> Principles of True Righteousness https://www.stepstolife.org/article/principles-true-righteousness/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:21:18 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=6693 The Pharisees taught a superficial, external righteousness based on law, but Jesus described a righteousness that comes from within, in the heart. Where the Pharisees were so concerned about minute details of conduct, tithing, fasting, and presenting themselves in holy robes, they neglected the major issues of character.

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]]> Inspiration – The Poor in Spirit https://www.stepstolife.org/article/inspiration-poor-spirit/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:20:51 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=4775 Those who know that they cannot possibly save themselves, or of themselves do any righteous action, are the ones who appreciate the help that Christ can bestow. They are the poor in spirit, whom He declares to be blessed.

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]]> Sermon on the Mount Series – The Way of Holiness https://www.stepstolife.org/article/sermon-mount-series-way-holiness/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 23:00:48 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=3499 The great majority of the world will go down a broad way which leads to destruction. Jesus said that the way that leads to life is a narrow way, and only a few compared to the world population will find it (Matthew 7:14).

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]]> Sermon on the Mount Series – The Riches of Glory https://www.stepstolife.org/article/sermon-mount-series-riches-glory/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:52:02 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=3471 Many poor people today believe that they would be happy if they were financially secure. What did Jesus mean when He said, “Happy are the poor”?

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]]> Sermon on the Mount Series – Inconsolable Sorrow https://www.stepstolife.org/article/sermon-mount-series-inconsolable-sorrow/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:38:09 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=3418 If you realize your condition and have true heart sorrow for the condition that you are in, if you are poor in spirit and you recognize that in a spiritual sense you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, and mourn over this condition, the Lord says, you are going to be comforted.

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]]> Sermon on the Mount Series – To Satisfy the Hungry https://www.stepstolife.org/article/sermon-mount-series-satisfy-hungry/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:16:20 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=3262 In His Sermon on the Mount Jesus pronounced a blessing on those who were hungry. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6).

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]]> Sermon on the Mount Series – Mercy Triumphs https://www.stepstolife.org/article/sermon-mount-series-mercy-triumphs/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:25:30 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=3218 If we are unmerciful, then we cannot obtain mercy ourselves. Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” In this beatitude, there is restated by Jesus, not something new, but an old truth,...

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]]> Sermon on the Mount Series – The Peacemakers https://www.stepstolife.org/article/sermon-mount-series-peacemakers/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 23:47:23 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=3119 The reward for being a peacemaker is the highest of all privileges. Jesus said that those people will be called the children of God.

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