The Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 5

What are the attributes by which people can know followers of Jesus Christ? For this the New Testament is our primary source and grounding for guidance. The Sermon on the Mount especially is a key text that teaches how we are to live in order to be the "light of the world". Here we look at Matthew 5, the first of the sermon's 3 chapters, where Jesus teaches the fulfillment of the Law, that we are not to become angry or lustful, that we should not resist evil but rather love our enemies and give to all that ask, turning none away, having good will toward all indiscriminately, as the rain falls on both the just and unjust.