Episode 94: Matthew 5-7 - Two Kingdoms, One Choice: The Sermon on the Mount in One Episode
March 26, 2025 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall
In this episode we’ll be talking about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. It spans nearly three chapters in Matthew’s gospel… and it will challenge you to rethink many assumptions you may have had about how this life of ours should be lived. This is a quick flyover looking at the structure of the sermon.
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Where Luke puts the blessings and woes together... Matthew separates them out into two separate discourses and on two separate mountains.
1. Matt 5:3 - kingdom opened vs. Matthew 23:13 - Kingdom shut 2. Matt 5:4 - Mourners comforted vs. Matt 23:14 - Mourners distressed 3. Matt 5:5 - Meek inherit the earth vs Matt 23:15 - fanatic compassing the earth trying to gain control 4. Matt 5:6 - True righteousness sought vs Matt 23:16-22 seeking a template for righteousness. 5. Matt 5:7 - Merciful obtain mercy vs. Matt 23:23-24 - mercy neglected 6. Matt 5:8 - purity within vs Matt 23:25-26 - external purity 7. Matt 5:9 - Makers of peace vs. Matt 23:27-28 - makers of lawlessness 8. Matt 5:10-12 - The persecuted vs. Matt 23:29-33 - The persecutors
This placement of this phrase in the sermon (5:17; 7:12) marks off the main body of Jesus’ teaching in the sermon. The two occurrences of the phrase establish an inclusio, a kind of envelope, for holding the teachings of Jesus in which he challenges the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees.
Deppe, Dean B. All Roads Lead to the Text: Eight Methods of Inquiry into the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011. Print.
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