Could it be that the Sermon of the Mount in Matthew 5 was simply a prefill of the sermon of the Mount of Calvary?
If you read through the Sermon of the Mount you will see that everything that Jesus said in Matthew 5, 6, and 7, He demonstrated in Matthew 26,27, and 28.
Matthew 7: Not everyone who says Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven.
"Hanging upon the cross Christ was the gospel."- Ellen G White
The cross is the center of our lives and the place where Christ's glory dwells. We must boast only in the cross. How do we be saved? We die. We die alongside Christ. Because Christ's cross is His thrown. He invites us to reign with Him over Satan and over old self and evil desires by taking up our crosses daily. It is a privilege to reign with Christ. This is paradise.
Christ is not calling you to preach the gospel. He is calling you to be the gospel. You are the Sermon on the Mount. Don't preach the sermon. Be the sermon.
We have to stop talking. We can't be foolish men anymore building our houses on sand. We must be like the wise builder: Jesus Christ who built His house on the rock. We must love people. We must take up our crosses so that we can truly overcome our evil desires and be transformed by God.
Today if you are tired of preaching the Gospel and not doing it, I want you to say "Lord make me the sermon of the mount." This is my prayer. I want to be the sermon. I'm tired of being foolish, knowing better but not doing better. Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary. Be the place where God dwells in the midst of His people. When the temple is fully built and the highway is prepared for the Lord it is then when God will say my city is complete. And the devil will try to break through. It will be seen that the Lord's thrown is in the midst of His kingdom.
Help me not to just preach the Gospel but to be the Gospel. That someone may see the way I live each day and say truly truly this girl is a follower of Christ.
The way Jesus fixes us is crucifixion.
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