Here are the plain truths we would all agree upon.
The Sermon of the Mount was given directly and primarily to Christ’s disciples.
Could you look at Matthew 5:1 with me for a moment? The crowds around may have listened, and we, through the inspiration of the Bible, can also now hear this message. However, Jesus intended the first responders to be His disciples. So, Matthew 5-7 was initially communicated directly to the Twelve, His first disciples.
In Matthew 6, Jesus expresses some expectations or desires of His disciples, not commands. Notice that Jesus never commands these disciplines or choices. He states them as assumptions that these are things they would be doing. In other words, Jesus says this is what I expect you are already doing as my disciples.
What were those expectations?
JESUS ASSUMED HIS DISCIPLES WOULD GIVE, PRAY & FAST
Notice the way Jesus introduced these three areas of spiritual discipline:
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