The sermon on the mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the new testament of the christian counter culture here is a christian value system ethical standard religious devotion attitude to money ambition lifestyle and network of relationships all of which are totally at variance with those in the non christian world and this christian counter culture is the life of the . The sermon on the mount deals with the radical nature of the king ruling in the life of the kingdom citizen stott states that two words sum up the purpose of the sermon christian counter culture in these three chapters jesus describes a new way of living initiated by god. Introduction to the sermon on the mount 5 now when jesus saw the crowds he went up on a mountainside and sat down his disciples came to him 2 and he began to teach them. Matthew 5 7 english standard version esv the sermon on the mount 5 seeing the crowds he went up on the mountain and when he sat down his disciples came to him. Summary jesus in matthew 5 7 was recorded to have given the most famous sermon that has ever been preached this is commonly referred to as the sermon on the mount but before we can understand the sermon it is important to know what the theme content is 1