3When Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, the people had never heard anyone speak like this. The crowd was shocked at His teaching and authority. Was Jesus simply giving a great sermon that stunned His hearers or was He laying out the normal culture that was expected from all who would be citizens of His kingdom?This book is a prophetic call that examines the culture of the kingdom of God as compared with the culture of the Western church. Through this introductory study of Jesus? teaching from the Mount of Beatitudes, we discover answers to some challenging questions regarding the culture of the kingdom: What is the value system of the kingdom of God? How do we overcome the influence of the enemy in our lives and society? Are we living by the values of the kingdom or the values of the world system?