The first argument of this book is that the Sermon on the Mount is an eight point sermon with an almost perfectly chiastic structure. Each beatitude is one of the eight points, and the remainder of the sermon elaborates on those eight points. This book’s second argument is that the Sermon on the Mount fulfills six of the Ten Commandments. In Matthew 5:17, Jesus says he came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets. Jesus was not exaggerating. His Sermon reveals the true intention of six of the Ten Commandments. In points three through seven, Jesus issues pairs of negative and positive commands that help us avoid breaking the Ten Commandments. The third and final argument is that Jesus calls us to practice and teach the commands in his Sermon. Other New Testament writers mentioned the same eight points, often in the same order as Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount. The eight points underpinned their teaching and guidance to the church. The writers were intimately familiar with these eight points, naturally weaving them into their writing. We would be wise to know Jesus’ eight point sermon equally well.