In a world that admires men of power and wealth, supremely exemplified in the Caesars and their modern equivalents, Christians are to follow the example of a poor and humble Galilean who was crucified by a Roman governor. No wonder Peter speaks of Christians as exiles! The ways of empire are to be utterly foreign to those who worship and follow Jesus of Nazareth. The priorities of a superpower will inevitably be the antithesis of those found in the Sermon on the Mount.
