| Sermon on the Mount | Jesus’ Teaching | James |
| “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matt 5:3 | Those who don’t amount to much by the world’s standards should be glad, for God has honored them. | “But the brother of humble circumstances is to boast in his high position;” James 1:9 |
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matt 5:3-4 | When you humble yourself and realized your dependence on God, He will lift you up. | “Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.” James 4:10 |
| “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy…” “For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Matt 5:7; 6:14 | Be merciful to others, as God is merciful to you. | “For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:13 |
| “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matt 5:9 | Blessed are the peacemakers; they plant in peace and reap a harvest of goodness. | “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable,
considerate, submissive, full
of mercy and good
fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” James 3:17-18 |
| “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matt 5:11-12 | Whenever trouble comes, be joyful. | “Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,” James 1:2 |
| “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matt 5:12 | Be patient in suffering, as God’s prophets were patient. | “As an example, brothers, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.” James 5:10 |
| “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be guilty before the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.” Matt 5:22 | Watch out for anger; it can be dangerous. | for human anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. James 1:20 |
| 33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors,You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord. 34 But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, because it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. 36 Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. 37 But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one. Matt 5:33-37 | Be honest in your speech; just a simple yes or no so that you will not sin. | Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment. James 5:12 |
| 19 “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. Matt 6:19-20 | Treasures on earth will only rot away, and be eaten by moths. Store up eternal treasures in heaven. | 2 Your wealth has rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days. James 5:2-3
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| “No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matt 6:24 | Friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God. | You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God. James 4:4 |
| 1Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use. Matt 7:1-2 | Watch who you judge, be consistent. If you judge each other with evil intentions, you are criticizing God’s law. | Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. James 4:11 |
| 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him. 12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Matt 7:7-12 | Ask God, and he will answer. | Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly—and it will be given to him…… The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. James 1:5; 5:15 |
| “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Matt 7:21-23 | Scripture is clear that no one is saved by works. However, genuine faith must express itself in your actions if you are truly saved. | 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? James 2:14-16 |
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