What kind of person is invited into the kingdom? Matthew 5
Micah 6: 1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1: 18-31; Matthew 5: 1-12 The season after Epiphany is about manifestation. This is what we have been talking about on Sundays. We see things about Jesus that were previously hidden. … In last week’s Gospel reading, Jesus began to gather the Apostles who would come to reconstitute the 12 tribes of Israel. We also read that Jesus called people to repent, saying that the Kingdom of Heaven has come near. To be citizens of this new kingdom means a different way of being- a different way of thinking and acting- which is why we are called to repent. Repenting means to change our mindset. … Today’s Gospel reading begins the Sermon on the Mount, which is chapters 5-7 of Matthew. It is an answer to the question: What is a citizen of the kingdom of God like? Our readings today speak about a life aligned with God. We read in Micah, “what does the LORD require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8)....