Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Quotes

“Discipleship is based not on devotion to abstract ideals, but on devotion to a person, the Lord Jesus Christ;”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct

“Wait for the fruit to manifest itself and do not be guided by your own fancy.”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

“You are the salt of the earth.” Some modern teachers seem to think our Lord said, You are the sugar of the earth, meaning that gentleness and winsomeness without curativeness is the ideal of the Christian. Our Lord’s illustration of a Christian is salt, and salt is the most concentrated thing known. Salt preserves wholesomeness and prevents decay. It is a disadvantage to be salt. Think of the action of salt on a wound, and you will realize this. If you get salt into a wound, it hurts, and when God’s children are amongst those who are “raw” towards God, their presence hurts. The person who is wrong with God is like an open wound, and when salt gets in it causes annoyance and distress and the person is spiteful and bitter. The disciples of Jesus in the present dispensation preserve society from corruption; the salt causes excessive irritation, which spells persecution for the saint.”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct

“These three things always work together— moral intelligence, the spontaneous originality of the Holy Spirit, and the setting of a life lived in communion with God.”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct

“The great thing about Jesus is that He makes us real, not only sincere.”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

“Jesus bases everything on God-realization, while other teachers base everything on self-realization.”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct

“Consecration would soon be changed into sanctification if we would only concentrate on what God wants.”
― Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount: God's Character and the Believer's Conduct