What does it mean to be a Christian? There might be several good ways to answer that question. To be a Christian means to believe in Jesus, and to follow Him. To be a Christian means to live in harmony with the other members of His body, the church. Today Jim will look at the transformative process going on inside believers, and he'll say that to be a Christian is to have God residing in us, doing extensive renovations. The seed of this concept comes from the words of Jesus. We'll spend most of our time today in the Sermon on the Mount, starting in Matthew 5. Here's part 1 of the sermon, Jesus Explains Righteousness.

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