How to Understand the Sermon on the Mount | John Ortberg
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- Let go of your General Prevailing Assumptions and rest in the reality of God’s Kingdom here on earth.
Daily Question for the Comments:
What might be some general prevailing assumptions in our world today?
Here's How:
Read through the Beatitudes and consider how these "Blessed" statements from Jesus fly in the face of our culture's General Prevailing Assumptions.
Now reflect on your own life. In what way are you living under the culture's General Prevailing Assumptions as opposed to the truths of God's Kingdom articulated by Jesus?
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Daily Question for the Comments:
What might be some general prevailing assumptions in our world today?
Good stuff!
That our value is based on our achievements, that love is about getting our needs met, that our identity is defined by our feelings
being loved (or lovable) is the ultimate goal -
The beliefs and expectations I’ve been taught to place on myself tend to bleed over onto others. Distorts my view of God and corrupts the extension of genuine love and grace. I recognized this a couple years ago and have been working on it, but wow, GPA’s tend to become entrenched in us!
I love this message, it encapsulates spiritual growth and freedom
Thank you for dedicating your life to helping others grow into new and better versions of themselves, me included!
I pray for your protection.
Having become a Christian as an adult, these teachings are paramount for growth in Christ. I feel truly blessed by this ministry 🙏🏻🩵🕊
You never fail to bring something so powerful that my eyes are open to the will of Jesus in my life. THANK YOU !
Ohhhhh. A golden rule day. Love it!
The GPA John shared about "scale" is very pervasive, especially in our culture (church and culture in general). It's a struggle to feel "significant" unless I do something"big." But the truth of following Jesus is that he most always is about the one person right in front of me and not the masses. The Kingdom of the Skies is about the 1...that's really all we can connect with at a time. Jesus inverts our ways most every time!
Great message today, John 🎉❤
Thank you, John!
Always a word that brings insights, power and purpose to our lives! Grateful to hear these teacings! Thanks 🙏
This is so helpful! This is the Kingdom He offers us now!
“Illustrating what life in the kingdom looks like, to puncture our general prevailing attitudes”.
Great reminder that Jesus teaches to change lives, as opposed to our present day tendency to parrot information or teaching! A rather subtle shift in perspective that really brings more life and freedom to the teachings in this passage🙌🏼
yes! "parrot information" great call out
One prevailing assumption: Busier is better! Somehow being sooooooo busy increases my importance. I feel guilty not being ‘productive’ all the time!
Oof. that's a good one
It took courage for Dr. Willard to teach the "Be Attitudes" as he did. We want to praise those who are poor in spirit, merciful, or poorly treated rather than no matter your condition, you are blessed because the Kingdom of God is now an available option as we apprentice ourselves to Jesus and learn to do what he prescribed. Thank you, John, for filling in the gaps and continuing the do the work began by Dallas and others. I appreciate your courage and teachings. Please be encouraged to continue,
Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement - we deeply appreciate it and are blessed. Bucky
Letting go of my finances - my perceived security - is an ongoing challenge for me. I need to remind myself that the Lord is my provider.
Thank you for reminding me that 'people' are important in my day whoever that might be
Thank you Father God for a daily devotional that speaks life over me and in turn will become a blessing to those around me
So grateful for John’s teaching. I look forward to it everyday 🙏🏻
“Statements designed to puncture our prevailing assumptions.” Just leaped out at me. Such panoramic words! Who says “puncture” these days? A word made fresh all over again. Thank you John.
I love this clarification that Jesus was speaking to puncture prevailing assumptions.
Brilliant. There's a bit of a glow from you in this one, John. Perhaps from doing the will of the Father earlier? Like a brisk walk in the cold can change our disposition, obeying a prompting has a way of moving us beyond our usual daily concerns. Thanks for "puncturing the general prevailing assumptions."
So helpful
“Puncture the general prevailing attitude”- so good!
A GPA I struggle with is that if I don't take care of it God won't take care of it. Always working on that one
So appreciate the concepts that John brings forward. Having grown up with a legalistic view of the words of Jesus, it is freeing to move into a GPA attitude and changing my life in the moment.
My GPA would be that good things happen to good people. Then, I ask why my life is full of continuous struggles or attacks. Will they ever end seems to be my question when I give the enemy airtime in my head. I have however learned, from Dallas and John that the way through refining fire is Isahia 41:13. God will reach down and take me by the hand through the fire if I let him. Why the fire comes, I don't know, but all I need to know is that I have one who will always be with me in the fire. I keep my eyes on him, not the circumstances. Thank you, John, for this enlightening lesson.
"GPA"! Wow! I had two or three of my own come to mind immediately. This structure will serve me for a long time; can't wait to share this with others.
My personal general prevailing assumption is that my day starts with getting through my spiritual routines that I fail to pay attention or give ample attention to the person God sent my way. Often this is towards those who live in my household! Thank you for this teaching. Hit home.
The good news of the law of inversion... I love it. No more engineering formulas for me in the Kingdom. :)
GPA - I need to manage my day, stick to the plan, follow the course or I’ll lose out, get behind, become overwhelmed. Teaching of Kingdom - release self-management, rest in Him for leading you through the day, and be open to interruptions. God knows the # of hairs on your head, how to turn water into wine, and loves to give and give and give as the prodigal son learned. Release, relax, rest, repeat!
ooooohhh, that's a good one!
One GPA that comes to mind is that I can control the number of days I will be on this earth . All I have to do is follow all of the health advice on the web. I believe in taking care of myself but not to add years to my life but life to my years.
So important to remember
One general prevailing assumption I fall into is thinking I need to know the truth so I must avail myself to different news sources because some of them are biased. I don’t need to. My Heavenly Father knows and He will guide me. And I’m not in charge!
That if I am different from someone, my daughter or my friend that I am wrong. God knows my heart, therefore I may be right in Gods sight but wrong in an unbeliever’s eyes.
Thank you for sharing every day!!
Ah, that's a good one Debbie. Thanks for sharing
I feel that a prevailing assumption today is that believing in God is not that important. Or better put that saying that I have changed because of my beliefs is not accepted. I’m often accused of being a hypocrite because I no longer care about the same things I did before. My saying that it is because I have changed because of God is not acceptable because God is not that important a Person today.
Again just what I needed
awesome to hear. thank you
Very powerful and enlightening, thanks as always John. Jesus, as always with his teachings hit us between the ears provocatively to make us think as opposed to hitting us between the eyes to hurt us.
So thanks for bringing clarity to this passage of scripture which can often be confusing
❤ Thank you
good morning ☀️ GPA for me I would say it’s my “principles”, my so-called moral compass…thank you for shaking me free…
and let God.💕🍃
John, thank you for your authentic and clear teaching. My husband and I appreciate this resource so much! Also, it hasn’t been until recently that I have come to understand that the Kingdom of Heaven is a “right now kingdom.” What a joy to do life with God!
Society makes us think we need to be seen to be validated. I feel most of how people are being seen is through social media. I would rather be seen in the background helping my neighbors/community.
I always get encouraged in my walk with Jesus from listening to Johns teaching. Keep on.
Making it a Golden Rule Day!❤️🙌❤️
I love this teaching on the General prevailing attitude. One of those might be that there’s just not enough so I need to grab and take care of myself and my people. But in the Kingdom we have a generous Father who provides richly. ( resources, time, strength etc).
gosh that's a good one. Scarcity mentality!
Good morning John,
thank you so much for this series and message. It resonates very deeply with me and touches me deep inside. It reminds me what means to follow Jesus and encourages me to not give up pursuing this life. -
Funny little story:
Today my daughter asked me, whether I am older than John. - I am 49 ... so be encouraged... 😊
Greetings from South Africa
How great to get back into the daily routine with Become New! It was missed greatly.
Love you posting a question, Tim. Something to ponder as we listen. Love fair amount of humor intertwined.
This has really helped me not to approach interpretation of the Bible in a rigid literal manner. One of my GPAs is "it's impossible to really change." Become New is helping me make incremental progress. Thank you.🙏🏻❤️
Tim and John guys i celebrate your creativity and clarity in teaching I pray we me to spot the GPA root and allow Jesus through the spirit to show the path in the Kingdom. Wow Im loving this
amen
Living in a state of grace is what it’s all about!
GPA= General Prevailing Attitude or General Prevailing Assumption. Old public school teachers like me may take a little while to convert those 3 letters into their new meaning.
I could easily throw out some "assumptions" regarding my own life, there are many but that would not give this lesson justice. I will seek to "puncture" my assumptions today in order to become more aligned with Jesus' statements. Thank you for this lesson!
Love the term engineer commands. This teaching is great in its clarity of thought and action. Kingdom principles are how are soul should react. Great stuff! I need a heart of action toward others that in turn bless me internally.
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Reading Mat.5:11 made me think of a GPA with the cancel
culture of today. But v12 is filled with eternal hope ♡.
Thanks for the excersise.
Thanks, John. A great explanation how we can bring "up there" to our lives "down here."
Thanks, John and others at Become New. You are doing great work!
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. I love the abundance of what is in John’s heart about the sermon on the mount. It is so interesting. It is so helpful. Thank you.
yes! Thanks, John
Thank you John, helpful message and a reminder about the Kingdom. I read Dallas Willard’s Divine Conspiracy last year and found it to be very impactful. Read it slowly over multiple months.
I don't think one can read it quickly! LOL thanks for sharing, Brian
My prevailing assumption that Jesus puunctured today is that knowledge and the love of Jesus' Gospel is enough and loving others is not as important. What I need to ponder: What good is my love of knowledge of Jesus' gospel if I dont love people as Jesus does; if I love and give knowledge to be loved and NOT to give love, what good is it?
One general prevailing assumption is that there are no general prevailing assumptions and each of us is free to do what we see best in our own eyes, with no consequences--either now or in the future--because we won't be caught, or if caught, we won't be held accountable--either now or in the future.
Love this! Thanks, John! I’m in (lead) a Bible reading/study group which, using YouVersion reading plans, read and discuss scripture nearly every day - and in this group this exact issue has, today, surfaced - Matthew 10 regarding loving one’s mother and father… This video will absolutely help us all!
Thanks John for your insight and teaching! You always introduce new thoughts. Ones I need to ponder 😊
Let’s live in God’s Kingdom of the beatitudes today here on Earth.
Thank you, John I really needed to hear this!
Great help thx
Love th is.
I often find the Bible difficult to understand. Thank you for breaking it down to my learning level. For a second, I recalled sitting at New Community on a Wednesday night watching, listening, learning, scribbling in my Bible, and understanding your teachings! I'm so grateful for your gift, John! God bless you and Nancy
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Thank you!
Most people think that the "GPA - General Prevailing Assumption" about life can be found by watching TV, attending lectures, etc. They are right! However, there are 2 different GPA's, one of the current cultured and one found in God's word in the Bible. Most of us listen only to the first GPA, that of what man says. The only GPA worth thinking about and learning is found only in God's Word in the Bible. And that only happens when you pick up the Bible and do more that just read... you read and think deeply about what is said.
Thank you for sharing!
I think that the overall teaching, or assumption of the SotM is that Jesus' followers are to stand out in the world, to shine His light (not our own) and to startle people by our radical and generous non worldly behavior.
We can't accomplish any of these teachings on our own without the Helper, the Holy Spirit.
love that. YES
@@BecomeNew thank you!
I think the general prevailing assumptions in our world today are the same as in Jesus’ day and perhaps that is part of the reason that Jesus’ words are still as relevant to us as in His day.
So good!
Thank you 🙏😊
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love these notes
Watching this from the UK I’m always a bit behind as the video lands during the day for me! But I find this teaching SO helpful. I’m going to be on the look out for GPAs today … I think English ones will be much the same as American ones!
Great stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it. Bucky
Insightful, funny and very helpful!
One of my GPAs has been that I must do my devotional every morning without fail, allowing no interruptions from anyone. So I used to ignore friends or family who would text or call during this time. However, God opened my eyes to this a couple of years ago -- who was I doing the devotional FOR? Was it to impress God how faithful I was? And isn't it equally important to respond when someone needs me, putting my own desires aside? Thank God, I have changed this habit & no longer get irritated when someone interrupts me 😊
So helpful!!
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Im so grateful that my life is not determined by my Grade Point Average..:)
GPA: Beauty, wealth, power=virtue or blessing.
oof. good one
My GPA is that the way people look says something about them.
That hits. Thanks for sharing
GPA=Legislating preferred or perceived moral behavior makes America a more God-fearing or blessed country.
I think the rule today is ME centered...All about me, what's in it for me, what does this mean for me? :(
ah, yes, so good. Tough to live out
A prevailing assumption would be by turning the other cheek Christians are suppose to be door mats.
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