Chapter 31 Living a Righteous Life
Chapter 32 How to Pray
Chapter 33: Fasting
Chapter 34 When you pray, pray like this:
Chapter 35: Prayer and Worship
Chapter 36: Prayer and Supplication
Chapter 37: Treasures of the World and Treasures of Heaven
Chapter 38: God or Money?
Chapter 39: The Bondage of Sin
Chapter 40: Do Not Worry
Chapter 41: Birds and Flowers in the Air
Chapter 42: Little Faith
Chapter 43: Increase Your Faith
Chapter 44: The Causes and Treatment of Anxiety
Chapter 45: Do Not Criticize
Chapter 46: Tea and Beam
Chapter 47: Spiritual Judgment and Discernment
Chapter 48: Seek and Find
Chapter 49: The Golden Rule
Chapter 50: The Narrow Gate
Chapter 51: The Narrow Road
Chapter 52: False Prophets
Chapter 53: Trees and Fruit
Chapter 54: False Peace
Chapter 55: Unconscious Hypocrisy
Chapter 56: Targets of the Self-Defense Force
Chapter 57: The House Built on Sand and the House Built on Rock
Chapter 58: Rock or Sand?
Chapter 59: Trials and the Test of Faith
Chapter 60 Conclusion

This book is a collection of 60 sermons on the Sermon on the Mount that I preached during Sunday morning services when I was pastoring at Westminster Church.
There is one reason why I published this book.
Because so many people asked me to publish the Sermon on the Mount in book form, I could no longer turn them down.
For those who have heard my sermons in person or read them in church publications, this sermon will need no explanation, regardless of the form in which it is published. However, for other readers, it may require a little explanation.
This sermon was written down in shorthand, so it is in its original form with little or no alteration.
There was no attempt whatsoever to modify the form of the sermon.
There are several reasons for this.

I am convinced that what the church desperately needs today is a return to expository preaching.
I would like to emphasize both words, 'lecture' and 'preaching', but especially the latter.
The purpose of a 'sermon' is not to be an essay, nor to be published, but to be heard by an audience and have an immediate impact.
Therefore, sermons have certain characteristics that cannot be found or expected in books.
Therefore, I believe it would be a great mistake to exclude these features when publishing sermons as books.
I think the problem with most sermons printed today is that they are overly embellished to be read, not to be heard by the congregation.
The flavor and form of these sermons are literary rather than homiletic.

Another characteristic of 'expository sermons' is that they are not simply interpretations or commentaries on certain Bible verses.
When the interpretation of the text is conveyed in a sermon, it becomes a message, takes on a distinct form and shape, and, furthermore, must always be applicable and relevant to the situation at hand.
Although this book has many shortcomings, I hope it will be helpful in this regard.
The text of this book is in the form of a sermon.
Those who are not interested in exegetical preaching may be offended by stylistic flaws, such as the use of 'repetitive style' for emphasis, the so-called 'preachy style'.
However, I ask you to read this sermon as it is, as intended.
My greatest hope is that these sermons will spark a renewed interest in expository preaching.
This book was brought to print by F. Hutchings, who had almost miraculously written down the sermons I preached.
I am indebted to Mrs. Hutchings and my eldest daughter, Elizabeth Catherwood.
Like many of my fellow preachers, I must admit that my wife has been both my best listener and my harshest critic.

- March 1959
At Westminster Abbey in London
Martin Lloyd Jones