The Sermon on the Mount ends with a climax in which Jesus calls upon His audience to make a choice between Him and the religious system of the Pharisees and Scribes.

Matthew 6:19-24 - Jesus speaks on materialism and how the desires of our heart speak directly to where our treasure lies.

Jesus continues addressing the practical display of righteousness by addressing the act of fasting and how it is a mirror into the relationship we have with ourselves.

The second part of the Lord's prayer constitutes God's daily provision, His pardon for our sins, His protection from temptation, His sovereignty in everything, and the prerequisite for receiving His forgiveness.

God's will is confusing for a lot of people based on the fact that it seems so hard to find. Fortunately, we can know the will of God for our lives from Scripture. It is clear, unmistakable, and applicable.

Jesus' prayer that he spoke in front of all his disciples was designed to teach them and to teach us how to pray. It is a model for all other prayer, and with it, contains divine attitudes and perspectives that Christians are called to cultivate in their lives in relation to God.

Jesus shows in this passage how the authenticity of our relationship with God is directly related to our prayer life.

Beginning in the 6th chapter, Jesus shifts focus from the inner righteousness of the heart to the outer display of that righteousness. He cites three examples which correlate to our relationship with others, with God, and with ourselves. In the first example, giving to the needy, Jesus illustrates the hypocritical way of giving and the true way of giving that God desires. This in turn, determines the richness of our relationships with others and the reward that we receive.

In the last verses of Matthew 5, Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, addresses one of the most difficult things that we as Christians are called to do: love our enemies.

Adultery like murder begins in the heart and that is why one who constantly is lusting after a woman is doing so because of a heart that is immortal and lustful.