
The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life

Jesus, we know, consistently refrained from laying down hard-and-fast rules and regulations for the details of our conduct, knowing that if our principles were right, such things would take care of themselves without fail; and we may be sure that, with his supremely practical and common-sense handling of human problems, he would have given the wise
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As we study the Sermon on the Mount, we shall find every clause in it reiterating the great truth that outside things are but the expression (ex-pressed or pressed out) or out-picturing of our inner thoughts and beliefs; that we have dominion or power over our thoughts to think as we will; and thus, indirectly, we make or mar our lives by the way i
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The plain fact is that Jesus taught no theology whatever. His teaching is entirely spiritual or metaphysical.
Emmet Fox • The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life
If only you will find out the thing God intends you to do, and will do it, you will find that all doors will open to you; all obstacles in your path will melt away; you will be acclaimed a brilliant success; you will be most liberally rewarded from the monetary point of view; and you will be gloriously happy. There is a
Emmet Fox • The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life
that the Will of God for us is harmony, peace, and joy, and that these things are to be attained by cultivating right thoughts, or “righteousness,”
Emmet Fox • The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life
To pray scientifically is to keep affirming that God is helping him, that the temptation has no power against him, and constantly to claim that his own real nature is spiritual and perfect.
Emmet Fox • The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life
when you have any ordinary thing to do, you hold the thought, “Divine Intelligence is working through me now,
Emmet Fox • The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life
If you direct your attention to the outer world of manifestation, which is in its nature continually shifting and changing, you are bound to have unhappiness, poverty, and ill-health; whereas, if you direct your attention to God; if the Glory of God comes first with you, and to express His Will becomes the rule of your life, then your eye is single
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If someone makes himself personally obnoxious to you, do not resist him in thought. Resist not evil; realize the Indwelling Christ in your “enemy,” and all will be well.