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Chapter Four Of N. T. Wright's 'Sermon On The Mount'

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Chapter four of N.T. Wright discusses the difficulties of reading scripture. Interpretation is the main issue as it requires exegesis and hermeneutics that will indicate what the writer was trying to say and how it applies to us today. In this section, we are dealing with the Sermon on the Mount that deals with the coming kingdom of God. Wright states the larger truth; “God’s future is arriving in the present, in the person and work of Jesus, and you can practice, right now, the habits of life which will find their goal in that coming future (Wright, 103). The author makes a clear contrast between happiness ad blessedness (104). I think this begs the question to Christians on how this distinction is so crucial to us today. Allowing the habits
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