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a Bible Project podcast and this year we're reading through the Sermon on the Mount.

I'm John Collins and with me as co-host Michelle

Hi Michelle. Hi John. So let's start with a recap of where we've been on the sermon on the mount.

Remember that the sermon on the mount is three parts, an introduction, a main body, and a conclusion.

We've already walked through the introduction, the announcement of who's participating in God's

Kingdom.

We begin with the Nine Blessing. He says, surprise, God's kingdom is starting with y'all.

You're the blessed ones, you're the salt and the light and the city on the hill. So that's

opening. Next is the main body of the sermon, which is all about living in right relationship with

God and others, because that's what the kingdom of God is all about.

Now the main body is large and it has itself three parts.

The first part is what we've just finished. The Torah and the prophets have shown us what it means to live in right relationship

with God and others and Jesus came to fulfill it.

He opens up saying, like, hey, I'm announcing to everybody

the fulfillment of the Torah and the prophets.

The way of life, of doing right by God and right by others surpasses what any generation of Israel

has ever been able to live up to before. Today we move into the second part of the

main body. This second part is all about religious practices. A

religious practice is something that we do habitually in order to live and

right relationship with God and our neighbor.

It could be going to church or a prayer meeting.

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