The setting forth of the Sermon on the Mount is an almost perfect codification of the religion of Jesus Christ. It covers the essentials. It is practical and personal. It is definite, specific, and yet widely illuminating. Once the true meaning of the instructions has been grasped, it is only necessary to begin putting them into practice to get immediate results. The magnitude and extent of these results will depend solely upon the sincerity and thoroughness with which they are applied. That is a matter which each individual has to settle for himself.
If you really do wish to become a different person altogether in the sight of God and man, then Jesus, in his Sermon on the Mount, has clearly shown you how it is to be done.
If you are prepared to break with the old man, and start upon the creation of the new one, then the study of the great Sermon will indeed be to you the Mountain of Liberation.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves
(James 1:22).
The Easter miracle is celebrated for four weeks in our denomination. It is fitting during this time to reflect upon the true meaning of Jesus’ resurrection in our personal lives. This series of messages exploring the Sermon on the Mount is the perfect vehicle for our reflection.
Jesus’ death and resurrection provides humans a way to bury their old sinful self and arise as a new person made in the image of God. If we are to become that new person and live into God’s promise, we must understand and accept the prinicples Jesus taught in this sermon.
Once understood, accepted and practiced with help from God, these principles will open the door to the freedom and joy that exists in our gardens. Freed from guilt, fear, anger and all the other negative fruits of disobedience, we become empowered by God to understand even more of God’s will and are strengthened by God to follow that will in all ways.
So, let us embark on the journey of understanding this sermon, so that we learn how we can walk together in our gardens filled with joy, hope and love.
Burying the old to raise the new,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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