The Sermon on the Mount (Chuck Missler)

I looked at The Sermon on the Mount back in my posts:
Matthew chapter 5 (Sermon on the mount # 1)
Matthew chapter 6 (Sermon on the mount # 2)
Matthew chapter 7 (sermon on the mount # 3)

I do not expect anyone to go back and read them but if you would like to I have provided the links.

Here is a link to an article by Chuck Missler, who cofounded Koinonia House with his wife Nancy, which addresses the The Sermon on the Mount as a whole. Chuck is human and obviously his words are not scripture but I thought this article was worth linking to. The article is only short and takes about 5 minutes to read. The end of this article is an advertisment for one of Chuck's resources which I am not advertising (it just happens to be at the end of the article), I wont be purchasing it but I should mention it before you go there.

Ultimately we should be like the "Bereans [who] were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what [was] said was true." - Acts 17:11

"[The] first 16 verses of Matthew 5 describe the true Christian and deal with character. The rest of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5, 6, and 7) deals with the conduct that grows out of character. Character always comes before conduct, because what we are determines what we do...Does the Christian need to ''keep the Law''? The fact of the matter is that the Law is still a standard: it reveals to me that I cannot measure up to God’s standard. This drives me to the cross of Christ. The only way I can fulfill the Law is by accepting the only One who could fulfill it - Jesus Christ."
- Chuck Missler

See also Changing Our Mind(set) by Gordon Cloud and Attitudes of Being by Joe for a great look at the begining of this wonderful Sermon and the be-attitudes of Christian character.