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Jesus Christ’s First Sermon

Sermon on the Mount — Jesus’ Lessons on Love!

Mrs Diane Mary Markey
6 min readJul 23, 2022
A mosaid of Jesus preaching His Sermon on the mount.
A mosaic on display in a museum in Prague, Czech Republic, image supplied by dreamstime.com

Seeing the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him. And He opened His mouth and taught them Matthew 5:1–2

You are the salt of the earth, Matthew 5:13a

You are the light of the world. Matthew 5:14

I have come …not to abolish the Law … to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17

I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Matthew 5:44

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The Sermon on the Mount is recorded in Matthew’s Gospel Chapters 5,6 and 7.

Jesus taught His disciples and the large crowd that had gathered around Him. This sermon centres on how God wants us to treat one another. This is the very foundation of Jesus Christ’s Gospel. His good news to the world.

The gospel of love. Where each person supports, cares for and holds dear every person they meet.

What a wonderful world this would be. If each of us Jesus’ followers was caring and a supporting person. An individual who, with the love of Jesus in her heart. Without thought of herself. Helps care for and holds dear all those who need her love.

This world would shine with God’s magnificent love if each follower of Jesus. Constantly demonstrated a true and pure heart. A heart filled with empathetic understanding for the plight of other people.

A heart ready to forgive when she has been hurt. Knowing that she has been challenged by God to forgive others. So that God through Jesus can forgive her of her sins.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

What a wonder it would be if all the pain and hurt would be erased. Where with the love of God in our hearts. The followers of Jesus would

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Mrs Diane Mary Markey

Published inspirational books on my love for God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. The articles on Medium also are Christian stories. Retired Counselor.