Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5, 6, 7

The most well known of the sermons Jesus gave is probably the Sermon on the Mount.  The sermon is recorded in Matthew 5, 6 and 7.  If you break each verse into a subject, you will get a synopsis of what Jesus taught.  The right hand column is a short note on what the verses mean. Each verse has a link to it at biblegateway.com. 

Verse	Subject	Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 5
3	Humility	God is the one who helps you know who you are and who he is. Allow him to do this in you.
4	Comfort	In all loss, God is there. Let him be a God of comfort to you.
5	Meekness	Being who you are and knowing who you are before God is what you want to achieve.
6	Long to know God	Truly desiring a relationship with God will prepare you for one.
7	Kind and merciful	When you are kind and merciful, you honor God and receive the same back from others.
8	Pure heart	You must want to know God sincerely before you can.
9	Peacemaker	God blesses those who work to bring HIS peace to all situations.
10	Persecution	Persecution is the time you need to lean into God even more than usual. He is God, he won't let you down.
11	Persecution	Look for God’s guidance and opportunities in the persecutions of this life. Silver linings are there in all of them.
12	Persecution	Consider persecutions in a positive way: A challenge you can meet with God's help.
13	Salt of the earth	Relationship with God is necessary to meet the trials of this life. It is also how you enjoy and find meaning in it.
14	Light	God chooses the light bearers - including you - and gives you purpose and meaning so you shine from the inside out.
15	Light	Let God's light shine in you. It will shine naturally as you walk with him and seek his will.
16	Light	Others know God through your light, and it may be the only light they see, so keep your light strong and pure.
17	Scripture	The moral codes and prophesies in the Old Testament are still true.
18	Scripture	Jesus came to blend the old covenant and the new covenant into one.
19	Scripture	The Old and New Testaments, and everything in them, are on a continuum of fulfillment.
20	Pharisees	Rules are necessary for some things but are only part of knowing God. Honesty, goodness and mercy of application are too.
21	Murder	Under the old covenant, murder only applied to the actual physical death of another, now it applies to thoughts of wanting to murder.
22	Anger	Murder starts with anger. Controlling anger and name calling prevents escalation of these destructive emotions.
23	Anger	Unresolved anger compromises your communion with God and man.
24	Anger	You cannot worship God as all power and omniscience if you won’t trust him to help you with your anger.
25	Anger	Not dealing with your anger at others leads to other kinds of trouble - personal, civil and criminal.
26	Anger	Seek to be at peace with others at all times so you can live in peace.
27	Sexual sin	Healthy and unhealthy sexual conduct is identified and described in the Old Testament.
28	Sexual sin	Not committing sexual sin is only part of avoiding it.  It starts with your thoughts. This is where the impetus to sin begins.
29	Sexual sin	What you look at affects sexual thoughts (i.e., pornography). Avoid visual temptation. You know when this occurs.
30	Sexual sin	What you let yourself do or fantasize about affects your mind sexually. Ask God for help in right thought and conduct.
31	Divorce	The Law of Moses allowed divorce but it was not because it was seen as being ideal.
32	Divorce	Unfaithful sexual conduct shows you have broken covenant with God and your spouse.
33	Vows	Do what you say you will do. Be honest with yourself, God and others.
34	Vows	Swearing “by God” is unnecessary when you do keep your word. It is blasphemous otherwise.
35	Vows	Swearing "by earth" or “by Jerusalem” is unnecessary and blasphemous because God made the earth.
36	Vows	Don’t even swear on your own word. Just do what you say you will do.
37	Vows	Only say what you mean and do it. Vows or other promises are not needed.
38	Tit for Tat	In the Old Testament, laws were based on equal response to broken laws, such as an eye for eye or tooth for tooth.
39	Tit for Tat	The New Covenant goes beyond tit for tat, requiring more of you. When in conflict, ask God what he wants you to do.
40	Generosity	Even when you are being accused, seek God’s direction for how to be generous of spirit to those accusing you.
41	Generosity	Help carry the load of others when needed and do it generously, not as little as you can get away with.
42	Generosity	Be kind and giving when others need help.
43	Love your enemies	It is a natural response to hate your enemies. but Jesus says to change your thinking about that.
44	Love your enemies	Ask God how to love your enemies and pray for those who mistreat you, as he did on the cross.
45	Love your enemies	Misfortune comes to all people, good or evil. Develop understanding and empathy for others, even enemies.
46	Love your enemies	Loving and praying for those who treat you badly is character of and from God.
47	Love your enemies	Anyone can dislike another. Jesus asks you to rise to a new standard to seeing others as he does.
48	God's ways	Strive to follow the ways of God.  They are perfection and always lead to better things.

Verse	Subject	Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 6
1	Good Deeds	Resist the temptation to publicly announce your good deeds. Do them unto God as he is the one to bless and reward you.
2	Good Deeds	Give to those less fortunate quietly and without drawing attention to yourself.
3	Good Deeds	Do kindnesses as a matter of course and in private. Do not broadcast the good you do.
4	Good Deeds	Only God needs to know the good you do for others.
5	Prayer	Pray to God simply and in relationship. Praying so others can admire you is for those not in relationship with God.
6	Prayer	Pray in private directly to God.
7	Prayer	Repetitive public prayers show you don't trust God to hear you and respond. Or, you are grandstanding.
8	Prayer	God knows exactly what you want and need. Keep your prayers simple and straightforward.
9	Lord's Prayer	Our Father - he is the Holy Father of us all. Honor is due him because he is God.
10	Lord's Prayer	State your desire to see things as God does and to live God's way.  His ways are higher than yours.
11	Lord's Prayer	Affirm your basic physical and emotional needs are provided and that you need not worry about them.
12	Lord's Prayer	God will forgive your failings. Likewise, you must also forgive others.
13	Lord's Prayer	God will give you whatever you need to overcome temptation and evil, but you must ask.
14	Forgiveness	God forgives you as you forgive others. In faith you seek to forgive others first. God then forgives you.
15	Forgiveness	When you are not generous to the shortcomings of others, you are not able to receive the same from God.
16	Fasting	Fasting is for your deeper connection with God. It is not a matter of public approval or admiration.
17	Fasting	If you are fasting, be cheerful and joyful. You are getting closer to God, after all.
18	Fasting	God will reward you in your efforts to know him better. Fasting is its own reward in this regard.
19	Treasure	Material treasures of earth will be gone when you are and in the meantime, can also be be stolen or cause suffering.
20	Treasure	Develop the treasures that are eternal. No one can take those away like they can the things of earth.
21	Treasure	Where you treasure is (what you put your faith in) is what you receive now and in the future.
22	Purity	The light of God will shine in and through you when you sincerely seek and want to know him.
23	Darkness	You are subject to darkness and evil desires if you do not allow God to help you guard your thoughts.
24	Love and Money	There is no middle ground - You trust God for your needs or you don't. You can't trust money or other things of this earth.
25	Earthly needs	Don't worry about things - food, drink and clothes. God placed you here and provides for your earthly needs as you honor him.
26	Earthly needs	You are the pinnacle of God’s creation. He provides for all he created. Strive to bask in it and trust him as nature does.
27	Worry	Worry will not add a moment to your life. God determines the number of your days.
28	Fashion	Human fashion will never approximate the beauty of what God has created for you. Seek God's beauty.
29	Monied and elite	The most monied and elite of this Earth do not possess the style or beauty of nature nor can they create it.
30	Faith	God cares for all beings in the natural world he created so he will care for you just as well.
31	Food and Fashion	Clothing and possessions are temporary and of this Earth. Relax and put your focus on God and his treasures.
32	Earthly needs	God knows exactly what you need. Let him give to you instead of worrying how to get from him.
33	Earthly needs	Make God #1 in your life over all else. He will take away unnecessary earthly desires you have as you trust him.
34	Worry	Trust God now. He will provide for tomorrow as you trust him completely today. Worry means you don’t trust him yet.

Verse	Subject	Sermon on the Mount - Matthew 7
1	Judging others	Jumping on the faults or mistakes of others is a critical spirit and to be avoided.
2	Judging others	With a critical spirit, you may find others don't appreciate your efforts and you will be right.
3	Judging others	Focus on your own shortcomings instead of those of others. Yours could be worse and you don’t even realize it.
4	Judging others	A person with a critical spirit will not see others accurately because they are blinded by their own faults.
5	Judging others	A critical spirit attracts hostility. Release undue focus and criticism of the faults of others.
6	Discernment	Be wise about what you share with others. Not everyone will honor what is sacred to you.
7	Asking	God is not distant. He is right where you are. When you truly ask, seek or knock on his door, he will answer you.
8	Asking	Everyone who truly wants to know God will find him. God is always waiting for you.
9	Asking	If your child asks for nourishment and security, do you give the opposite? No, and neither does God.
10	Asking	You would not try to taunt or harm your child. God does not have it in him to do that to you either.
11	Asking	As imperfect and hard hearted as you are, God is not. He wants relationship with you.
12	Golden rule	Treat others as you want to be treated. This is God's law, going all the way back to Moses.
13	Effort	Many say they want to know God but don't realize he has standards and wants you to see things his way, not your way.
14	Effort	It is a lifetime's work to be in relationship with God and not everyone has the desire to see it through.
15	True teaching	Not everyone teaching about God is submitted to him. They are in it for money or other dubious reasons.
16	True teaching	A true teacher of God will never exploit your weaknesses or lead you down the wrong path.
17	True teaching	A true teacher of God can be identified by whether they know and practice what is in God’s word.
18	True teaching	A true teacher of God is not a perfect human being, but reflects God's ways in what they say and do.
19	True teaching	Walk away from anyone who claims to be a true teacher but shows otherwise in their actions.
20	True teaching	Charisma or a compelling personality is not the test of a true teacher. God's character must be in them.
21	Religious people	Being religious is not the true test of whether you are a follower of God. Your actions show whether you are.
22	Religious people	You must walk in God's ways and be obedient to him if you want to be in permanent relationship with him.
23	Religious people	Those who think themselves important are not making God important. They probably do not yet belong to God.
24	Foundations	Following the teachings of Jesus must be foundational in your life, not something you do here and there.
25	Foundations	You are able to live in strength and confidence only as much as you know God and abide in his presence.
26	Foundations	If you don't take God or his ways seriously, don't expect to have strength and confidence when you need it.
27	Foundations	You fall down and are weak to the extent you are not in relationship with God and honor his ways.
28	Jesus' teachings	Jesus' sermons greatly impressed those who heard them. Truth was presented in a new, fresh way.
29	Jesus' teachings	As now, the mastery and authority of Jesus was superior to the prevailing religious ideas and leaders of his day.