Part One

Matthew
3:15 -Jesus is baptized because God told him to and it is the right thing to do. (curious as to why Jesus did not baptize John here). As Jesus rises he receives Gods spirit. I assume he did not have it until now. So, does that mean he could not do any miracles or magic until this moment?

4:7 Do not test God.

4:10 Serve only God

  :17 A kingdom is come and whoever Jesus is speaking to much change their hearts and minds.

5: This Kingdom is for: humble, those who do right, show mercy, have pure thoughts, bring peace, and suffer persecution. They will have a reward in heaven.  So, you have to do these things or be this type of person to be part of the kingdom, which will get to go to heaven.

:13-14  Live so others will see the good I do, and I need to praise good. So, I need to do good things and people need to see it.

17-20 Jesus is not abolishing Moses's law, but to fulfill it but we are to follow ALL of its commands.  SO, I need to sacrifice animals still, and do nothing  on Sat??

21-26  I do not need to be angry with anyone. I should make this anger right with the person I have a probem with. Or if they have a problem with me, I should make it right.

27-30 I do not need to look at women for sex, or look at them and think "man Id hit that" The whole I cant look OR touch rule

31-32- I can only get a divorce for sexual sin...what? So, I can only divorce if my wife looks at or touches another man sexually. ... that dosn't make things easy. Well, Im not married...

33-37 I am to make no promises or vows. I should only simply say yes or no, If I am do do something. Now... this is, hmm. Okay. Vows and promises are a huge part of our culture. We have contracts, binding documents, WEDDING VOWS, so..  If I make a vow, it is wrong? Simple as that. How am I to expect people to just take my word for it? ...okay...

38-42 Do not fight... take a punch, and keep taking them. Do not fight back. If a man sues me for a shirt, give him two. I am forced to do anything, do a little extra. I am to say no, to no one. Whatever anyone asks of my, I am to do.  ....now this is a HEFTY command. Let everyone walk all over me? Is this supposed to show that I do not take pride in my body, items I own, and my own life. That I have a greater purpose, so do what ever you want to me kind of thing??  ....This is like that Jim Carrey movie.

43-48 Love my enemies and pray for them. This is like God. He gives everyone rain and days. He does not show favor to friends or enemies.  ... I suppose he will show favor to those in his kingdom, considering they are the ones going to heaven.

6
1-4 Giving... do not let others see me do good. No one should be aware of my giving and good deeds. God will know and that is all that matters.... okay now. Small issues, earlier, I was told to act so others could see the good that I do (which was a stipulation for being in the Kingdom). Now, people should not be aware of my deeds. Or at the very least, I should not make an ordeal out of my deeds and giving. A little confusing.

5-14 Prayer- only closed up in our rooms, not in front of others. God is in our private place with us. God knows what we need, we do not need a fancey prayer.  what to say- for kingdom to come, what he wants may be done (dosnt God do what he wants? what does this mean, he does things he does not want to do?) food, forgive us as we forgive, do not let us be tempeted, save us from the evil one... SO, we need to forgive, thats a biggy. God can keep us from being tempted?

16-18 If i should fast, I should keep it to myself. Not make a big deal of it.  ...I kind of like this motto. keep to your own business and do not go around talking about it all the time.

19-24- store treasures in heaven (where the kingdom is going to go) not on earth. My heart will be with my treasures. I look at people and want to help, I am full of light. If I am jeaous, I am full of darkness.... I can not serve two masters. I will only be loyal to one.  I can not serve God and money. How do I serve money... clearly by putting it before God, but how? by making me not meet the requirements of being in the kindgom?

25-34
Dont worry about food and clothes...(hard one for me) The birds do no worry, they just fly around and are taken care of. I am more important than a bird, So I most of all should not worry about being taken care of.   I should worry/want to be in Gods Kingdom, and I should do what he wants (see above). God will give me the rest. Each day has enough trouble, do not worry about tomorrow.  

Stopping here.


In summary:

The new testament is offering to those who are worthy to be in a kingdom, which will go to heaven.
To be worthy, you have to be a certain type of person.
This type of person has these qualities, as I see it:
Humble (no pride, a lot of these qualities, no fighting, resolving problems, giving at all times no mater what, require a complete lack of pride in ones self and what one has or does. Cause If one were to give, it should be in a manner that is not flashy or looking for attention. It seems humility is a MAJOR factor here.
...well, humility really sums up everything so far.  To be part of the kingdom is to be God like (we are to replicate Gods qualities it seems) and humility key. We are to only serve the kingdom, and that is all we should worry about, the rest will work itself out anyway.