What does First B Jackson teach about sermon on the mount?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the Sermon on the Mount has been treated as one of the most serious and demanding stretches of Scripture that disciples are called to actually live inside, not simply admire from a distance. Pastor Mark opened the series by grounding the Beatitudes in their original setting: Jesus seated on the mountain, speaking primarily to the people who were consciously following him. These blessings are kingdom values, and they only make sense inside a kingdom framework. The series has worked steadily through Matthew 5 and 6, passage by passage, with Pastor Jeff covering the six intensified commandments and Pastor Mark returning to close out chapter 6 on anxiety.
Pastor Jeff's treatment of Matthew 5 made clear that Jesus did not come to loosen the law but to press it all the way back to its origin in the heart. The format Jesus uses, 'you have heard it was said, but I say to you,' runs through six illustrations covering murder, adultery, divorce, oaths, and retaliation. In each case the outward legal rule is not removed; it is intensified. The righteousness Jesus calls his disciples to has to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, which means it cannot be self-generated. It has to come from him.
Pastor Mark's closing message on Matthew 6:25-34 followed that same logic into the area of anxiety. The Greek word behind 'do not worry' carries the idea of a divided focus, an attention pulled in two directions at once, and Jesus uses it six times in the passage. The command is not a shallow comfort. It is a diagnosis of what happens when a person tries to serve more than one master. The remedy Jesus offers is active: seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. That pursuit connects directly back to the Beatitude about those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, and it rests on a premise that makes it reasonable rather than naive, that disciples have a heavenly Father who already knows what they need.
Taught from Matthew 6:25-34 · Matthew 5:3 · Matthew 5:17-19 · Matthew 5:20 · Matthew 6:33
The passage taught · Matthew 5:10
10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- February 6, 2022 The Cure for Anxiety The pastor preaches through Matthew 6 on worry and anxiety, showing why seeking God's kingdom first is the only cure for a divided, anxious heart.
- January 9, 2022 But I Say to You Jesus intensifies the law's demands on murder, adultery, oaths, and retaliation, calling His followers to a righteousness rooted in the heart, not mere rule-keeping.
- January 2, 2022 Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Jesus opens the Sermon on the Mount with eight beatitudes that flip worldly values upside down, calling His followers to humility, mercy, and peace as kingdom citizens.
Mentioned along the way
- February 23, 2014 Big Red Dogs and Porcupines (3) A guest preacher explores why forgiveness matters so deeply to God and to us, drawing from Jesus's words to Peter and the Sermon on the Mount.