A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns, they just shine. 

The Sermon on the Mount is the first of the teaching of Jesus Christ.  It depicts the behavior which Jesus expected of each if his disciples.  Several commentators have heralded it as the Anthem of the Christian Faith, while others dub it the Anthem for Christian Living.  Whatever view is taken, it is still the expectations of Jesus Christ for his followers. 

The very first word of the sermon is “blessed.”  Several translations have presented the word “happy.”  While the word in the Greek can be translated “happy” this is not the meaning.

Perspective on the Sermon of the Mount is important.  Who perspective is important here?  God’s.  Happiness is a subjective state, but Jesus is making an objective judgment about these people.  He is declaring not what they may feel like, but what God thinks of them and what on that account they are;   they are “blessed.”

Following Christ, God thinks you are blessed.

Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 5: 3