The Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Exposition. Gore Charles
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Charles Gore
The Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Exposition
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066231309
Table of Contents
CHAPTER II THE BEATITUDES IN GENERAL
CHAPTER III THE BEATITUDES IN DETAIL
T HE P LACE OF THE C HRISTIAN C HARACTER IN THE W ORLD .
CHAPTER IV THE REVISION OF THE OLD LAW
CHAPTER V THE REVISION OF THE OLD LAW (continued)
CHAPTER VI THE MOTIVE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
CHAPTER IX CHRISTIAN CHARACTERISTICS
R ESERVE IN C OMMUNICATING R ELIGIOUS P RIVILEGES
C HARACTER THE O NE T HING N EEDFUL
APPENDIX II THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CHRISTIANS
APPENDIX III THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH IN REGARD TO DIVORCE
I. PERSONS AND AUTHORITIES CITED
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
CHAPTER I
THE SERMON
I
WHAT is the Sermon on the Mount? It is the moral law of the kingdom of Christ, or in other words it occupies in the New Testament the place which in the Old Testament is occupied by the Ten Commandments. It is thus an excellent example of the relation of the two divine “testaments,” or rather covenants, to one another. There is a sentence of St. Augustine’s on this subject which it would be useful for every one to have constantly in mind. “We do wrong,” he says, “to the Old Testament if we deny that it comes from the same just and good God as the New. On the other hand, we do wrong to the New Testament if we put the Old on a level with it.”2 This is a general statement of the relation between the two covenants, and it applies especially to the moral law. The moral