HELP!!! - I need resources on the Sermon on the Mount

Greetings!

I am currently doing an in-depth study on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). The Lord has me going back to foundations - study of the basics, and how to break them down and explain them thoroughly to others.

We are at a crises time in Christianity! The foundations of our faith have been entirely messed up and we need to get back to the Old Time Gospel! We need to be personally and intimately familiar with the Lord's teachings, and I believe that for far too long a great too many of us have failed in this matter. Many of us can quote a thousand quotes from old time revivalists and men of God from the past, but when it comes to quoting the sayings of Jesus, we get dumbfounded! When it comes to understanding the parables of Jesus, many of us are ignorant to their meanings and practical applications! We've developed a thousands cliques that idolize men of God but we ignore the basic and essential teachings of the Lord Himself! My God, have mercy!!! --And yes, I'm preaching to myself as well.

We preach about a thousand subjects and sub-subjects but fail to teach all men to observe whatsoever Jesus specifically commanded!

Anyway, if anybody knows of any exceptionally good sermons, powerful commentaries, or other free resources to help me get more divine insight into the sermon on the mount, that would be wonderful. Though we shouldn't lean on men, sermons, and commentaries for our understanding of the Word of God, He has still put teachers in the church for a reason. Any suggestions???

video teachings on the sermon on the mount:

http://shepherdserve.org/video.htm

I am currently doing an in-depth study on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). The Lord has me going back to foundations - study of the basics, and how to break them down and explain them thoroughly to others.

There is a whole series of messages on the sermon on the mount by J. Glyn Owen that I have enjoyed listening through. Here is one of my favorite messages from that series:

[b]Sermon on the Mount: Salt of the Earth[/b]
https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=4731

Here is another good sermon on that subject by Keith Daniels:

[b]Sermon on the Mount[/b]
https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=1858

[b]Sermon On The Mount (video)[/b]
https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=4230

Well, here's a lead the Lord gave me recently.... that He was describing attributes of Himself. Now that may sound corny, but it made a lot more sense to my spirit than anything I've heard before. It follows on my beginning to grasp how counterintuitive to the flesh it is to follow Christ. But I see that following Him truly begins only with 'I in you'....

John 14:20
At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

The 'poor in spirit' are the abused. I recently began to think of some of the ways Jesus the Man had experienced some of the traumas which other children experience. For instance, from a very early age He knew Joseph was not his natural dad (Ps 22), His mother had had to hide during her pregnancy, laboured without a female member of her family by her side, and He was not even born at home with the help of a midwife on hand. This is all very isolating. Then, all the other boys of His age were brutally murdered by Herod. How did that make Him feel? He was an isolated example of His own peer group. The only others His exact age would have been foreigners. His own siblings were hostile... He was dragged away from the temple where He was in His element at the age of twelve, to be subject to a manual job. Plenty of OT history for how that kind of service pleases God, but it might not have been [i]His[/i] first choice... All this time, He was aware of His calling, but unable to do anything for the afflictions around Him in other people... How did He cope?

Mark 3
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard [i]of it[/i], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

No wonder... He brings the kingdom of heaven to the poor in spirit.

I have no idea if this is any help, or if these are so glaringly obvious I'm the last to [i]see[/i]. I often feel this way... :-(

Praise the Lord!

Thanks everybody - will keep me busy for a while. Any more suggestions, keep them coming!

Brother Josef, seriously fast and pray. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you.

Amen. I agree. Nobody should look at what man says until he's first sought out, listened to, and heard what God says about His own Book.

We need to be personally and intimately familiar with the Lord's teachings, and I believe that for far too long a great too many of us have failed in this matter. Many of us can quote a thousand quotes from old time revivalists and men of God from the past, but when it comes to quoting the sayings of Jesus, we get dumbfounded! When it comes to understanding the parables of Jesus, many of us are ignorant to their meanings and practical applications! We've developed a thousands cliques that idolize men of God but we ignore the basic and essential teachings of the Lord Himself! My God, have mercy!!! --And yes, I'm preaching to myself as well.

We preach about a thousand subjects and sub-subjects but fail to teach all men to observe whatsoever Jesus specifically commanded!

Terrifying, isn't it?

Anyway, if anybody knows of any exceptionally good sermons, powerful commentaries, or other free resources to help me get more divine insight into the sermon on the mount, that would be wonderful. Though we shouldn't lean on men, sermons, and commentaries for our understanding of the Word of God, He has still put teachers in the church for a reason.

But Joseph, if you want to "get back to basics" like you said in your second paragraph, why are you looking to "heap up teachers" to instruct you on the sermon on the mount?

Maybe just take it literally and let the Holy Ghost show you any hidden gems...

In case anyone else is interested in this subject, John Wesley has an excellent series of sermons on "The Sermon on the Mount" you can read for free here:

http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/

(Just scroll down the page until you see the 9 sermons on the sermon on the mount)

Corey, God bless you my friend! May the mercy and love of Christ be shed abroad upon your heart and may He teach you to be merciful even as our Father in heaven is merciful!

Perhaps others would be willing to share their gems and insights into this subject? What has God shown you and taught you concerning the Lord's longest recorded sermon? Any doctrines, revelations, prophetic insights???