Matthew 4, 5 & 6

Wow. So much in these passages. The first chapter is when Jesus was tempted by Satan (we already covered how Satan is a real person, so yes, this conversation actually took place.) And it's not a new lesson, but it's worth remembering that Jesus showed us how to defend against Satan's temptations: not with cunning or willpower, because those aren't strong enough. Only the Word of God is strong enough.

Chapter 5 is the Beatitudes. I wonder why we still call them that. I mean, that's not in the original text. It's a KJV word. Maybe there's just not a good word to replace it.

Then we get an interesting contrast between chapter 5 and chapter 6. Chapter 5 says to let your light shine before men, so they will see our good works and glorify God because of them. Then chapter 6 says that when you do good, to do it in secret (says the same thing with fasting, Daniel Fasters) so that only God would see it and reward you. I'm going to have to ponder on those for a while, how those work together.