Reading plan

The Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 5–7 as one sermon: character, law, practice, and obedience.

2 stages
5 steps
5 days
15 min/day
  • gospels
  • ethics
  • kingdom
By Sean Luis Guada Rodriguez

About this plan

Matthew 5–7 as one sermon: character, law, practice, and obedience.

Journey

Titles and a short look at each step. Full study notes, passages, and tasks open when you start the plan.

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  1. IBeatitudes

    Who is truly blessed — and why it sounds upside down.

    1. Blessed are…

      Nine lines that reverse common ideas of luck and success.

      Matthew 5:1-12

      • 1 question
      • 15 min
    2. Salt and light

      Salt that loses taste is thrown out. Light that is hidden fails its purpose.

      Matthew 5:13-16

      • 15 min
  2. IIThe law within

    “You have heard… but I say to you.”

    1. But I say to you

      Jesus does not lower the law: he drives it inward to the motive.

      Matthew 5:17-48

      • 15 min
    2. In secret

      Giving, praying, fasting — three practices, one warning.

      Matthew 6:1-18

      • 15 min
    3. Two foundations

      Houses on rock and sand close the sermon with a choice, not a slogan.

      Matthew 7:24-29

      • 15 min

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