Note: You can watch this teaching on CrossWalk’s YouTube channel.
Jesus was on a mission: to bring more shalom into the world. He talked about this whenever he spoke of the Kingdom of God, which operates from a completely different center than the kingdoms of this world. Today, we take a look at his campaign speech in Matthew 5-7. The point of this teaching is to gain familiarity with this foundational teaching, so much of the recorded video and audio are simply reading through what Jesus was remembered saying using Eugene Peterson’s The Message translation.
My challenge to you is to first listen to or watch the teaching, which includes a brief meditation on the first section of the speech. Occasionally, I give some text notes which may be helpful. This week, try to carve out 20 minutes a day to simply read through the speech on your own, jotting down a note or two about what is messing with you.
Good luck!