Chapter 4 finished with:
“Great multitudes followed Him
—from Galilee, and from Decapolis,
Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.”
(Matthew 4:25)
“And seeing the multitudes,
He went up on a mountain,
and when He was seated
His disciples came to Him.
Then He opened His mouth
and taught them, saying:”
(Matthew 5:1 – 2)
In my Bible
And also the Bible App
The text in the next three
Chapters are all in RED
Denoting the words of Jesus
So as Matthew records
In chapters 5 to 7
Jesus is teaching the multitudes
From the vantage of being seated
On the mountain
- The Beatitudes
- Believers Are Salt and Light
- Christ Fulfills the Law
- Murder Begins in the Heart
- Adultery in the Heart
- Marriage Is Sacred and Binding
- Jesus Forbids Oaths
- Go the Second Mile
- Love Your Enemies
- Do Good to Please God
- The Model Prayer
- Fasting to Be Seen Only by God
- Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
- The Lamp of the Body
- You Cannot Serve God and Riches
- Do Not Worry
- Do Not Judge
- Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking
- The Narrow Way
- You Will Know Them by Their Fruits
- I Never Knew You
- Build on the Rock
22 topics that Jesus taught the multitude
Each of these I and many others
Have preached on
And taught about
And instructed people in
And yet Jesus spoke these words
To those who were listening
As Matthew has recorded them
These Devotionals have come as a result
Of a sermon I preached recently
Where I was challenging everyone
To read the four Gospels
The point being to find out
More about Jesus
The 22 points or topics
Are titles in my Bible App
Simply reading the topic titles
Tells us so much about what
Jesus was saying
Go and read these three chapters
And let His words speak to you
Maybe even spend some time
In these three chapters alone
Take a break
And meditate on His teaching here
Let Jesus through His words
Minister to you
And change you