Jesus preached this pivotal sermon on a mountaintop in Galilee when He challenged people who professed to be His disciples, to be strategically placed between the love of God and the pain of the hurting people in the world. He challenged His disciples to partner with Him and be conduits of His love. He concluded His sermon with a call to commitment and He appointed 12 of those people apostles, or “sent ones” who lived and died for Jesus.