When you think about Jesus, do you think of him most when he was a baby, a boy, or a grown man? At Christmas, most of us think about Jesus when he was a baby. But, the rest of the time, we likely think about him as a man. This makes sense, because the Gospels focus most on what Jesus did when he was a man. And what do they focus on? His death and resurrection—that’s for sure. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all end with stories about Jesus’s death and resurrection. But they also focus on Jesus’s making disciples, healing the sick, casting out demons, caring for people’s physical needs, and performing miracles that showed he was God’s heaven-sent Son (like walking on water!). This is why Jesus was called the Son of God, the Good Shepherd, the Lamb of God, and Lord. Jesus was also called Teacher, and that is because he was a teacher, or what we’d call a “preacher.” Like your pastor, he regularly preached sermons. In fact, Jesus once told his disciples that the reason that he came was so he could preach the good news of God’s kingdom (see Mark 1:38). Today, we will learn about his most famous sermon—the Sermon on the Mount.