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The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes
An overview
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The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes I love ‘em and
I hate ‘em!
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The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes
Like the extraction
of a rotten tooth
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The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes
And yet . . .
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The Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes
And yet . . .
Rom. 8:37; Eph 1:5
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The Poor The mourners, The meek, The hungry & thirsty, The merciful, The pure, The peacemakers, The persecuted
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The Poor – Heaven The mourners, The meek, The hungry & thirsty, The merciful, The pure, The peacemakers, The persecuted – Heaven
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They point to three relationships:
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They point to three relationships: Our relationship/view of ourselves;
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They point to three relationships: Our relationship/view of ourselves;
Our relationship with God;
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They point to three relationships: Our relationship/view of ourselves;
Our relationship with God; Our relationship with
others.
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Consequently, the more these traits become a part of who I
am, the happier I will be with God, with self and
with others.
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Memorized by the early church, part of a required catechism.
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Each of the beatitudes is interrelated and interdependent.
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Each of the Beatitudes reflect the character of our Savior.
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3Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count
others more significant than yourselves.
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4Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the
interests of others.
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5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
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6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with
God a thing to be grasped,
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7but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the
likeness of men.
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8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming
obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Phil. 2:3-8
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The Beatitudes depict the ideal disciple of Christ. This is
how we all should look, think, feel.
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The Beatitudes are not like the gifts of the Spirit. They are more
like the fruit of the Spirit – we are to have each attribute.
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Though we are called to partner with Christ, we can’t do it alone.
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Though we are called to partner with Christ, we can’t do it alone.
What? Why not?
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The beatitudes are not natural to us. In fact, they are absolutely
contrary to our old nature. There is no innate desire to be poor,
meek, and merciful!
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit Vs.
The American ideal of the “self-made man.”
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The American view that “success” can be counted, measured,
weighed, photographed and featured on my Facebook page.
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American individualism Vs.
The Eastern view that the group’s welfare is more important than
the individual.
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The Eastern view that learning contentment with what you have .
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They are the men who, in a world of schools, academies, colleges and other
institutions of learning, are often compelled by unfriendly circumstances to
acquire their education elsewhere and, amidst unfavorable conditions, to hew out for themselves a way to success, and thus
to become the architects of their own good fortunes. Frederick Douglas
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought
me thus far? 1 Chron. 17:16
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Depart from me for I am a sinful man O Lord. Luke5:8
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Luke 18:13
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Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one
of your hired servants. Luke 15:19
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To be “poor in spirit” means that realizes that despite all his God-
given gifts, talents, and treasures, he can accomplish nothing of eternal value or worth on his
own. Only with God . . .
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Without poverty of spirit,