This is a

Bible Project podcast and this year we're reading through the Sermon on the Mount.

I'm John Collins and with me as co-host Michelle

Hi Michelle.

Hi, John. So the Sermon on the Mount is a collection of teachings where Jesus invites

his followers to a greater righteousness. In other words, how do we live in right relationship

with God and others.

Last week, we ended a series of teachings

where Jesus talks about our relationship with our stuff.

That's right, and now Jesus is turning his attention

to conflicts in relationships.

Ah yes, who among us has ever experienced such a thing, relational drama?

Right, even when we are doing our best.

I mean, let's say that your hunger and thirst for right relationships or you're seeking to be a peacemaker.

Yeah, maybe you're even praying, Father, your will be done here on the land as it is in the sky.

No matter how much we all strive to do right by God and

others, we're inevitably going to bump into each other and make mistakes.

And so how do we do right by each other when we encounter difficult relationships. Here's Tim.

Jesus' teachings don't offer you a solution for every possible scenario that could

come up. But they do offer, it seems, a compass, like a true north. There's four little

literary units here that have been bundled together and has some famous lines from Jesus.

Do not judge.

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