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. i ; t. :ipl SAT, TCC 23, mi THS CArCLETATC-3 . .';:"!5;i. J f ' can you spare 9 minutes to read a message 19 centuries oiar The Sermon on the Mount is for everyone Anyone who reads it will be happier today. Anyone who carries it in his heart will be happier forever. Read... re-read... and understand its words. No speech ever ptotalscd...or dtlivcrea'...so much. HEN he saw the crowds of'peopje he went up on the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his dis ciples had come up to him, he opened his lips to teach (hem. And he said: if Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to .them! Blessed are the mourners, for they will be consoled! Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land! Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for 'uprightness, for they will be satisfied! Blessed are the merciful, tfoughts of lust toward another has already committed adultery in his heart. But if your right eye makes you fall, get rid of it, throw jt away, for you might better lose cre part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit! If your right hand makes you fall, get rid of it, throw it away! For ypu might better lose one part of your body than have it all go down to the pit! if They were told, "Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a'tertificate 6f divorce." But ' "im you thaflf : any ground, exceptunraithfulness, matces her commit adultery, and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery. if Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, "You shall not swear falsely, but you , must fulfill your oaths to the Lord." But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne, or by the earth, for it is his foot stool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the " ! great" Icing. You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black. But your way of speaking must be "Yes" or "No." Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one. . ii .:n L. .1 I niu.J tU Tri: l .TI ..UriVSL5 SI m You have heard that the men of old were pure in iicuu. iwi mcv win cc uuu: uicmcu ic jv i , the peacemakers, for they will be called God's tfcld "Xou shall not murder," and "Whoever .Jt Tx..j . ' Zu k- ,Ar.A KAr.-rhRrder will have to answer to the court. But i IV yu uiai auyuuc wuis c auiy wiui 1119 brother( will have to answer to the court, and anyone who speaks contemptuously to his brother will have to answer to the great council, and anyone who says to his brother "You cursed fool!" will have to answer for it in the fiery pit! So when you are presenting your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother has any grievance against you, leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your CT.yuun 101 men uprigiuncM, xur uic ruuuuiii Of Heaven belongs to them! Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely Jay everything bad of you, on my ac count. Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way ney persecuted the prophets who went before OU! ic You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, hovt can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot. You are the light of the; world! A city that it built upon a hill cannot be hidden. People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure; they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven. Do not suppose that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets. 1 have not come to do away with them but to fulfill them. For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an ' or crossing of a will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed. Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you that un less your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even" enter the Kingdom of Heaven! . - i "i You have heard thaj men were told "You shalTnoc commit adultery." But I tell you that dvohr whO' Strays from his marriage in gift. Be quick and come to terms with your op ponent while you are on the way to court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you, you will never get out again until you have paid the ' last penny! You have heard that they were told, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too; and if anyone wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat too. Aqd if anyone forces you to go one mile, go two miles with him. If anyone begs from yOu, give to him, and when anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn away. if You have heard that they were told, "You must' love your neighbor and hate your enemy.", But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for yOur persecutors, so that you may show ye-ur-, selves true sons of your Father in heaven, for' he makes his sun rise on bad and good alike,' iinj makes the rain fall on the upright and. the wiongdocrs. For if you love only those Vhb;. love you; what reward can you expect? Do not .ihe very tax-collectortdo.that?And.ifou are; polite to your brothers and no one else, what Is there remarkable in that? Do not the very heathen do that? So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is. ir But take care noj to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven. So when'you are going to give to charity, do not blow a trumpet before yourself, as the hypo crites do, in the places of worship and the streets, to make people praise them. I tell you? : that is all the rewarc i tey will "geTtn'en- you give to charity, your, own left hand must' not know what your right hand is doing, so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. steal them. For .wherever your treasure is, vour heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be light, but if your eye is unsound, your if When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the places' of worship and ia the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get! But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine thai their prayers will be heard if they use words enough. You must not be. like them. For God, who is your Father, knows what you need be fore you ask him. This, therefore, is the way you are to pray: 'Our Father in heaven, '! Your name be revere Jl a . Your kingdom cornel Your will he done on earth as it is done hi heaven! Give us today bread for the day, And forgive us our debts, ! . as we have forgiven our debtors. And do not subject us to temptation, But save us from the evil one.' For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too. But if you do not forgive ethers when they offend you, your heavenly Father cannot forgive you for your offenses. ' oil i if. When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward the) will get. But when you fast, perfume your hair and wash your face, so that no one may see that you are fasting, except your . Father who is un seen, and your Father1 who sees what is secret, will reward you. ' i Do not store up your riches on ekrth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them, but store up your riches in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy . thern, and where thieves cannot break in and whole body. y$H)K dark, J f , refpx your very light is darkness, how deep the darkness will -be! No slave can belong to two, masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make;light of the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, won, dering what you will have to wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body, than clothes? Look at the wild birds. They do not sow or, reap, or store their food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more account than they? But which of you with all his worry can add a single hour to his life? Why should you worry about clothing? See how the wild flowers grow. They do not toil or spin, and yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was never dressed like one of them. But if God so beautifully dresses the wild grass, which is alive today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more ' surely clothe you, you who have so little faith? So do not worry and say, "What shall we have to eat2" or "What shall we have to drinlf or "What shall we have to wear?" For these are all things the heathen are in pursuit of, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need all this. But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides. So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Let each, day be content with its own ills. ir Pass no more judgments upon other people. so tnat you may not nave judgment rasoa up vou. For vou will be iudged by the standi you judge by, and men will pay, you back the same measure you nave usea wiui enem-, Why do you keep looking at the speck in your' brother's eye, ana pay no attention to the Seam that is in your own? How can you say to your brother, "Just let me get that speck out of your eye," when all the time there is a beam in your own? You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you can sec to get the speck out of your brother's eye. 'if Do not give what 2s sacre to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you in pieces. Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what1 you search for. Knock, and the door will opea to you. FOr.it is always the one who asks, who receives arid th one who searches who finds; and the Orie wW knocks. to. whom the door opens. Whkh of yu. men whe his son asks him for some bmdwivebim. a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake? So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it I Therefore, you must always treat other people as you , would like to have them treat you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. if Go in at the narrow gate. For the toad that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it But the gate is narrow and the road is bard that leads to lit ft and there, are i f ew that find it . if Beware of the false prophets, who come (9 you disguised as sheep but are ravenous wolves underneath. You can tell them by their fruit Do' people pick grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles? Just so any sound tree bean good fruit. ii but a poor tree bears bad fruit No sound tree can bear bad fruit, and no poor tree can bear good fruit Any tree that does not bear gooA fruit is cut down and burned. So you can tell them by their fruit It is not everyone who says to me "Lord! Lord!" who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven. Many will uj to me on that Day, "Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?" Then I will say to them plainly, "I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!" if Everyone, therefore, who listens ' to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be tike a sensible man who built his house on rock. And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and die winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were oa rock. And anyone who listens to this teaching Qj mine and does not act upon it, will be tike a foolish man who built his house on sand. And the rain fell and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat about the house, and it went down, and its downfall was complete. if When Jesus had finished this discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes. This text Matthew: J, & T, ia foaa the New Testament, an American tmuiatio by tdpt L Goodspatd Cocrrijht, The Uomnit f Chkajok 1923 tod 1W8, Used bvptmiaiM.pf Uafonitv ef Chkaftk Proa. StiMtttieat to duif the text aad spirit of the Sttmm t welcomed by The Sermoa oa tht Mount Fkojari. Bos 20 MayvUle, New Yotk, USA PUNTED IN TUB PUBLIC INTZUST BY: St Joseph's AME Church White Rock Bapt Church N.G Mutual Life Insurance Co,
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