Today in class we are going over the Sermon on the Mount. Our teacher is pastor Jason from Astoria Oregon. Today we were discussing what was the purpose of the Sermon on the Mount. Was it a way to live by so we can reach salvation? Is it rules to follow as believers in Christ? The conclusion that we came up with was it is neither; The sermon on the mount is an image of what the kingdom of God should look like in us.
So the next question is, how do we live this way? The spirit of God is the only way we can truly change. Jason had a cool quote that I enjoyed because it made things more clear. He said “Growing up in a town with lots of trees, I never saw a single fruit tree struggling to pop out a fruit from its branches”. Fruit is not produced by machines. We as Christian often try to do “good things” or things that we think and know God would want us to do, but we sometimes do it just because we know we should do them, not because we want to. So I think the way to answer the question, as to how we live the way the Bible teaches, is to Abide (stay) with Christ. By doing so, his spirit will run our lives. We want to create our own fruit rather than let God create in through us.
We need to stop trying so hard to be good people and “relax” and let go of things so that Christ will lead us and run our lives, then we will be able to truly represent Christ and his teachings. If I would just do this, it would change me more and more. I would be a better Brother, son father (in the future) Example to others as a Christian. So what’s holding us back?
Another thing that came in to my brain during class was, have you ever been in love? I mean like really in love? With a women, man? If so, you know how it feels to just desire and to really Love them. That’s what God gives us, and for what? Nothing, he loves us and gives us Grace because of it.
So this is what I got out of the first day of class on the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount was not intended to be a list of rules for us as Christians to follow or for people to do these things for Salvation.
So the next question is, how do we live this way? The spirit of God is the only way we can truly change. Jason had a cool quote that I enjoyed because it made things more clear. He said “Growing up in a town with lots of trees, I never saw a single fruit tree struggling to pop out a fruit from its branches”. Fruit is not produced by machines. We as Christian often try to do “good things” or things that we think and know God would want us to do, but we sometimes do it just because we know we should do them, not because we want to. So I think the way to answer the question, as to how we live the way the Bible teaches, is to Abide (stay) with Christ. By doing so, his spirit will run our lives. We want to create our own fruit rather than let God create in through us.
We need to stop trying so hard to be good people and “relax” and let go of things so that Christ will lead us and run our lives, then we will be able to truly represent Christ and his teachings. If I would just do this, it would change me more and more. I would be a better Brother, son father (in the future) Example to others as a Christian. So what’s holding us back?
Another thing that came in to my brain during class was, have you ever been in love? I mean like really in love? With a women, man? If so, you know how it feels to just desire and to really Love them. That’s what God gives us, and for what? Nothing, he loves us and gives us Grace because of it.
So this is what I got out of the first day of class on the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount was not intended to be a list of rules for us as Christians to follow or for people to do these things for Salvation.
