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Salt, Light, and Solid Rock: The Sermon That Redefined Blessed | Matthew 4–7
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Today we read the Sermon on the Mount, the longest block of Jesus' teaching in any Gospel. It opens with the Beatitudes, and the word translated blessed does not mean cheerful. Jesus pronounces favor on the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, the merciful, the persecuted—a list that inverts every measure of a successful life. He is not describing people who have it together. He is describing who the kingdom belongs to.
Then salt and light, two images about influence that only works when it is distinct. Salt that loses its saltiness is useless; a lamp under a bowl is…
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