Sermon on the Mount - PowerPoint Presentation

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Sermon on the Mount Lesson 3

Matthew 5:11-16Slide2

Matthew 5:11-16

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Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Rejoice

and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you

.” You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.Slide3

Matthew 5:11-16

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden

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Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house

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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.Slide4

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When they revile and persecute you” (v.11-12)

Blessed when you are accused falselySlide5

Luke 6:22-23

Blessed

are you when men hate you

, And

when they exclude you

, And

revile you, and cast out your name as evil

, For

the Son of Man's

sake.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy

! For

indeed your reward is great in heaven

, For

in like manner their fathers did to the

prophets.Slide6

Acts 6:11-14

Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." 12 And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They also set up false witnesses who said, " This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; Slide7

Acts 6:11-14

for

we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us."Slide8

“

When they revile and persecute you” (v.11-12)

Blessed when you are accused

falsely

V.12 - RejoiceSlide9

Acts 5:41-42

So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

And

daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.Slide10

John 15:18-21

" If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you

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If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you

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Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master. ' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. Slide11

John 15:18-21

But

all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.Slide12

The Salt of the Earth

" You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.Slide13

The Salt of the Earth

Who is the salt of the earth?

“You” – the ChristianSlide14

Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching

them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.Slide15

The Salt of the Earth

Who is the salt of the earth?

“You” – the Christian

“Flavor” - faithfulnessSlide16

James 5:19-20

Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,

let

him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.Slide17

The Salt of the Earth

Who is the salt of the earth?

“You” – the Christian

“Flavor” -

faithfulness

A world without the faithfulSlide18

Romans 10:14-15

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher

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And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:" How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace

, Who

bring glad tidings of good things!"Slide19

Matthew 5:13b

It

is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.Slide20

You are the light of the world (v.14-16)

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden

.

Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

Let

your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.Slide21

You are the light of the world (v.14-16)

What does it mean to be the “light”?

The

light repels darkness.Slide22
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You are the light of the world (v.14-16)

What does it mean to be the “light”?

The

light repels darkness.

Spiritual

light repels spiritual darkness that is to say it repels sin.

Spiritual light gives light to all who obey.Slide24

You are the light of the world (v.14-16)

Why be light to the world?

Let

your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven

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Matthew 5:16Slide25

You are the light of the world (v.14-16)

Why be light to the world?

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Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven

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But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven

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Matthew 10:32-33Slide26

What about you?

Are you

salt that’s lost its

flavor?

Are

you the light of the world or are you hiding it from the world

?