This familiar passage provides the hinge between Jesus' preceding treatment of the ethic of His kingdom and the concluding section of the Sermon on the Mount in which He addressed the way men must enter His kingdom. It draws the main body of the sermon to a close by highlighting the fact that the essence of the kingdom's ethic is a life of authentic sonship - a life of love. But it also introduces the concluding section by pointing to the fundamental gospel truth that men enter the kingdom of heaven, not on the basis of genetic descent, covenant heritage, or religious or ethical integrity, but through the new birth. Men becomes sons of the kingdom by being joined to the Son through His indwelling Spirit. Moreover, true sonship is about receiving from a heavenly Father; it expresses itself in a posture of dependence, humility, and trust. Whether seeking to enter Jesus' kingdom or living as one of its sons, God calls all men to a life of faith.
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