Mountains and Molehills: A Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount

By Dave Mckay

McKay goes through Matthew 5, 6 and 7 line by line, bring to light the teachings of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount. He delivers a notoriously fiery sermon against materialism, apathy and hypocrisy in organised religion. His commentary is straight forward and easy to understand and gives an unflinching view into life as intended by Jesus and lived out by the first century Church. A must read for anyone who wishes to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God and wants to find out how to truly live by faith in today's world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dave Mckay
• Release date: Aug 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005699819

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Mountains and Molehills

written by Dave McKay

ISBN: 9781005699819

Smashwords Edition

copyright 2020

A commentary on the Sermon on the Mount.

Christ said his teachings are the Cornerstone on which to build our faith, but that the religious builders would reject his teachings. How many of Christ's commands can you remember?

A general ignorance of what he actually tells his followers to do illustrates just how successful these religious builders have been. Millions of people call Christ Lord, but refuse to obey his commands. They say they can take his name, ask his Spirit into their hearts, and believe in his divinity without any regard for his instructions to those who say they are his disciples.

This booklet looks at what Christ taught, in his famous Sermon on the Mount, and compares it to what is being taught in his name in today's religious world.

LEARNING TO LEAD

And seeing the multitudes, he went up a mountain; and his disciples came unto him (Matthew 5:1).

Only disciples are willing to climb mountains. So when Christ wanted to separate those who were genuine about following him, from the lukewarm crowds, he would simply climb a mountain, or impose some other discipline.

In the modern church, however, everything is measured in numbers. Masses have become the opiate of religion! Multitude mania grips the church, while the disciplines of Christ are set aside as too unpopular.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:2-3).

Blessed are you poor people, but woe to you rich people (Luke 6:20-24).

The poor of this world will inherit the kingdom of heaven because they are rich in faith; but rich men blaspheme Christ by condemning the poor (James 2:5-7).

Who dares to preach this today? The prosperity gospel of the Western church preaches exactly the opposite. It praises capitalism (the love of capital) while the Bible calls covetousness (the love of money) idolatry (Colossians 3:5), or the ultimate abomination. Christ's first requirement for a would-be Christian is to give up all your possessions (Luke 14:33).

If you can't do this, he says you should not begin to call yourself a Christian (Luke 14:29).

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted (Matthew 5:4).

First we give our wealth to God; then we give our families to him. It is better to mourn the loss of our families for God, and to have the comfort of Christ, than to try to keep something we will lose one day anyway.

A missionary who was killed by Indians in Ecuador said, It is wise to give what you cannot keep to gain what you cannot lose. Jesus promised to divide families (Matthew 10:35-37), and he rejected his own family when they