T HE C HARACTER OF A D ISCIPLE L UKE 6:20-26

20 T HEN LOOKING UP AT H IS DISCIPLES, H E SAID : B LESSED ARE YOU WHO ARE POOR, BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF G OD IS YOURS. 21 B LESSED ARE YOU WHO ARE HUNGRY NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE FILLED. B LESSED ARE YOU WHO WEEP NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL LAUGH. Luke 6:20-21

22 B LESSED ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE HATE YOU, WHEN THEY EXCLUDE YOU, INSULT YOU, AND SLANDER YOUR NAME AS EVIL, BECAUSE OF THE S ON OF M AN. 23 “R EJOICE IN THAT DAY AND LEAP FOR JOY ! T AKE NOTE — YOUR REWARD IS GREAT IN HEAVEN, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THEIR ANCESTORS USED TO TREAT THE PROPHETS. Luke 6:22-23

24 B UT WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR COMFORT. 25 W OE TO YOU WHO ARE FULL NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HUNGRY. W OE TO YOU WHO ARE LAUGHING NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL MOURN AND WEEP. Luke 6:24-25

26 W OE TO YOU WHEN ALL PEOPLE SPEAK WELL OF YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THEIR ANCESTORS USED TO TREAT THE FALSE PROPHETS. Luke 6:26

S IMILARITIES TO M ATTHEW ’ S BEATTITUDES : THE SAME AUDIENCE THE SAME BASIC FORM A REFERENCE TO HEAVEN IN THE FIRST BEATITUDE OF EACH THE USE OF THE DIVINE PASSIVE IN EACH SHARED MATERIAL

S IMILARITIES TO M ATTHEW ’ S BEATITUDES : THE SAME CONCLUDING BEATITUDE EACH LIST OF BEATITUDES ENDS WITH THE SAME ENTREATY TO “R EJOICE ”

D ISSIMILARITIES TO M ATTHEW ’ S BEATITUDES : T HE MOST STRIKING IS THE DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER T HE ORDER OF THE BEATITUDES M ATTHEW ’ S BEATITUDES ARE ALSO MORE DEVELOPED. L UKE ’ S BEATITUDES ARE FOLLOWED BY FOUR CORRESPONDING WOES M ATTHEW ’ S ARE ON A MOUNT ; L UKE ’ S ARE ON A LEVEL PLACE.

H ERMENEUTICS T HE SCIENCE OF INTERPRETATION, ESPECIALLY OF THE S CRIPTURES. T HE BRANCH OF THEOLOGY THAT DEALS WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF B IBLICAL EXEGESIS.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING ( VS ) P OOR IN SPIRIT – T HESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING BUT G OD ON WHOM TO DEPEND. – T HEY REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING OF THEIR OWN TO GIVE TO G OD AND THEREFORE MUST DEPEND ON HIS MERCY.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING ( VS ) P OOR IN SPIRIT H UNGRY NOW – J ESUS IS SAYING, "B LESSED ARE THEY WHO HUNGER SPIRITUALLY, WHO HUNGER AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS." – I T MEANS TO HAVE A STARVING SPIRIT, A SPIRIT THAT CRAVES RIGHTEOUSNESS.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING ( VS ) P OOR IN SPIRIT H UNGRY NOW W EEP NOW – T HE IDEA IS A BROKEN HEART, A DESPERATE, HELPLESS WEEPING. – I T IS A BROKENNESS THAT COMES FROM SEEING J ESUS ON THE CROSS AND REALIZING THAT ONE ' S OWN SINS PUT H IM THERE.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING ( VS ) P OOR IN SPIRIT H UNGRY NOW W EEP NOW P ERSECUTED – T HE PERSECUTED ARE THOSE WHO ENDURE SUFFERING FOR C HRIST. – H E MEANS BEING HATED, OSTRACIZED, REPROACHED.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ;

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH F ULL NOW

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH F ULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL " SECURITY " CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR G OD.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH F ULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL " SECURITY " CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR G OD. L AUGHING NOW

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH F ULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL " SECURITY " CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR G OD. L AUGHING NOW – LAUGHTER AT ANY MENTION OF G OD OR OF ETERNITY.

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH F ULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL " SECURITY " CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR G OD. L AUGHING NOW – LAUGHTER AT ANY MENTION OF G OD OR OF ETERNITY. A LL SPEAK WELL OF YOU

T HE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE ( VS ) R ICH - I T DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY ; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH F ULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL " SECURITY " CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR G OD. L AUGHING NOW – LAUGHTER AT ANY MENTION OF G OD OR OF ETERNITY. A LL SPEAK WELL OF YOU – OPPOSITE OF THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR C HRIST ' S SAKE.