Devotionals September 8 – October 7, 2021: The Best Sermon Ever: The Sermon on the Mount

Every nation or kingdom has a set of rules for its citizens to live by. So too does the kingdom of heaven. Citizens who desire to honor their heavenly Lord will seek to follow these rules in his service. Our passage for devotions this month, Jesus’ sermon on the mount in Matthew 5–7, provides an instructive summary of what God requires of heavenly citizens. Here Jesus is speaking to the crowds and his disciples, explaining what characterizes such people. We could sum up the whole sermon with...