This is the greatest hour to follow Jesus.

Would you take your Bible some Matthew 5?

We're going to look at verse 1.

And I'll just begin reading.

And seeing the multitudes, this is after he healed a great multitude, by the way, in Matthew 4.

Therefore, healing in the power of God isn't necessarily enough to protect the heart and fill the heart.

The display of powers need it, but does not necessarily guarantee, in fact, it does not

guarantee a life well lived with Jesus. And seeing the multitudes, he, that's Jesus, went up on a mountain.

And when he was seated, his disciples came to him.

Matthew here is pointing to Jesus as the king.

And comparing him.

That's a weak word.

He's using the mountain top language to relate him to Moses delivering the law on Sinai.

And Matthew here is introducing Jesus as the divine lawgiver,

the one better than Moses, the creator of Moses.

And so the scriptures here are instituting the highest law,

the law of the kingdom, the law of King Jesus.

And we call these the beatitudes.

Notice that disciples always come to Jesus.

They are a bit different than the rest of the crowd.

And we see this distinction between those that he healed, those that he set free in Matthew 4 verses 23 through 25.

The demoniacs and the sick, we see a difference now.

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