The Sermon on the Mount

by Scaer, David P.

• ISBN13: 9780570052548
• ISBN10: 0570052548
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Concordia Pub House

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(12)
Introduction
The Church's First Statement of the Gospel	21	(28)
The Place of Honor	21	(4)
Matthew the Scribe	25	(7)
The Sermon as Catechetical Instruction	32	(2)
Interpretations of the Sermon	34	(15)
The Speaker of the Sermon (5:1-2)	49	(26)
The Use of the Pentateuch in Presenting Jesus	50	(11)
Placing the Sermon on the Mount	61	(1)
The Hearers of the Sermon	62	(13)
Part 1: The Sermon and Its Message
The Beatitudes---Christology and Ecclesiology (5:3-12)	75	(20)
The First Beatitude	77	(6)
The Second Beatitude	83	(1)
The Third Beatitude	83	(1)
The Fourth Beatitude	84	(2)
The Fifth Beatitude	86	(1)
The Sixth Beatitude	87	(1)
The Seventh Beatitude	88	(1)
The Eighth Beatitude	89	(1)
The Ninth Beatitude	90	(5)
The Presence of Christ in His Church (5:13-16)	95	(6)
Old Testament as Authority Fulfilled in Jesus (5:17-20)	101	(6)
Necessity of Reconciliation (5:21-26)	107	(6)
Adultery, Evil Thoughts, and Excommunication (5:27-30)	113	(6)
A Hard Saying---The Marriage Ethic (5:31-32)	119	(4)
Speaking in God's Presence (5:33-37)	123	(4)
Retaliation Made Impossible by Atonement (5:38-42)	127	(4)
The Complete Reconciliation (5:43-48)	131	(14)
Part 2: Life within the Community of the Followers of Jesus
The Giving of Alms---Church Offerings (6:1-4)	145	(6)
The Rubric on Prayer (6:5-15)	151	(52)
The Lord's Prayer	154	(4)
Our Father Who Art in Heaven	158	(4)
Hallowed Be Thy Name	162	(1)
Thy Kingdom Come	163	(2)
Thy Will Be Done	165	(2)
On Earth as It Is in Heaven	167	(1)
The Lord's Prayer in Its Concern for the Church	168	(2)
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread	170	(13)
And Forgive Us Our Debts, as We Forgive Our Debtors	183	(4)
And Lead Us Not into Temptation	187	(2)
But Deliver Us from Evil	189	(1)
For Thine Is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever and Ever	190	(1)
The Sermon's Exposition of the Prayer	191	(12)
A Brief Treatise on Fasting (6:16-18)	203	(6)
The Treasures in Heaven (6:19-21)	209	(4)
The Total Allegiance (6:22-24)	213	(4)
The Little Sermon within the Sermon (6:25-34)	217	(12)
Part 3: Other Matters of Church Concern
Life in the Church (7:1-5)	229	(4)
The Sacred and the Holy (7:6)	233	(4)
Proper Prayer (7:7-11)	237	(4)
The Golden Rule (7:12)	241	(6)
Part 4: The Sermon As Teaching Authority in the Church
The Two Ways (7:13-14)	247	(4)
The False Prophets (7:15-20)	251	(4)
The Final Judgment (7:21-23)	255	(4)
Surviving the Judgment (7:24-27)	259	(4)
The Sermon's Conclusion (7:28-8:1)	263	(4)
Appendix I The Beatitudes	267	(2)
Appendix II The Law and the Prophets	269	(2)
Bibliography	271