The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-11-25
Tabernacle Addresses
By Wilbur Glenn Voliva
The Sermon ON the Mount
CONTINUED from last week.

THE INTRODUCTION TO CHRIsTs ADDRESS
The introduction is very short Mutitudes surrounded
the Christi of them from good motive, of them
from bad motive. He went up into mountain and He
sat down. In those times in the synagogues, when they
the Word of Cod they stood up when they expounded
the Word, they sat down.
The next thing He did to open His MOUTH and the
expression used here signifies that He had something to
and that He was position say authoritatvely
BEATITUDEs, OR CONSTITUTION DIVISIONS
Next He taught Them and the first section of this
Sermon we designate the Beatitudes the blessings
there are nine of them shall deal with them at length
at the proper time.
blessing pronounced upon the poor in spirit; upon
all who mourn; upon the meek upon those who hunger
and thirst after righteousness upon the mercfu upon
the pure heart upon the peacemakers upon the
secuted; and upon the reved.
CHRIsT's APOSTLES CALLED FLIGHT AND ''SALT"
Following these Beatitudes we have of the most
marabe and egotistical statements Christ made He
said to His Apostles, eye the salt of the earth.
Think for a moment of twelve men, many of them
humble fishermen of them gather being the salt
of the earh How the Scrbe and the Pharisees and Sad
ducees must have smiled They represented all that
respectable CD in the religious world at that time They
the chief ministers in the Temple at Jerusalem They
were the shining CD lights in the synagogue. They were
the Interpreters of the law They were in Short what the
popular dvines at the present tme and yet Jesus
said to His dsciples-to those humble Apostles-"Ye
the salt of the earth eye the light of the word
and it was true.
LIGHT TO SHINE RIGHTEOUSNESS To BE GREAT
Then He proceeds to exhort them to let their light
shine not to put under bushe and He points out that
their righteousness must exceed the Righteousness of the
Scribes and Pharisees.
RITUALIsTIC TENDENCIES
The Pharisees were the ritualists of their day. They
dressed in long flowing robes They broadened their ply
acteries They stood the street and sounded
trumpet when they prayed They did everything for
show to BE- seen of There today minister's choir
conductors members of chors ushers, in fashionable
churches everything they do to make show and to
be of men.
Christ sad Except your righteousness exceeds their
righteousness We shall in wise enter into THE KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN"
THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT ENLARGED
He then takes up the question of murder Under the
old Mosaic law in the Ten Commandments the people had
been told hou shalt do no murder but Jesus the Christ
for the first time points out that murder does not consist
alone in the overt act of taking e but that be
murderer who takes lfe that murder is in the
heart and he who is angry with his brother shall be IN
danger of the Judgment and that whosoever shall say
"Raca" thou vain and empty fellow shall be in danger
of the Council Whosoever shall say Thou fool shall
be in danger of hell fire."
PEACE WITH MEN TO PRECEDE PEACE WITH GOD
Then He brings before them the absolute necessity OF
getting right with before you get right with God,
saying if man brings his gift to the altar and there
membereth his brother has augh against him. he should
leave his gift and and be reconced to his brother and
then and offer his gift.