1. Matthew
Chapter 5
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2. Summary of Last time: Remember, last time, we finished Chapter 4 and
just barely began to talk about Chapter 5…
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3. Matthew 4:18 & 19 NASU
Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. (19) And He *said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."
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We saw that He called ordinary men to do His work and
to proclaim His EXTRA-ORDINARY message!
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4. 1 Corinthians 1:26 NASU
For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble
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Now, Paul is not saying that NONE were important in the
world’s eyes, just not many were
And for most of us, we fall into the category of not great by
the world’s standards…
And aren’t you glad, God will take ordinary people?
And isn’t it humbling to consider He would entrust His
MOST IMPORTANT message for mankind to us?
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5. Matthew 4:18 & 19a
Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 And He said to them, " Follow Me…
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When He called His disciples to follow Him, it was a call to
action,
They couldn’t just say they believed in Him and adopt some
principles or whatever,
He called them to FOLLOW Him!
The disciples had spent some time with Him before this,
maybe “hung out” with Him a bit, But now, He is calling them
to FOLLOW Him,
He is calling them to take action,
To leave everything, to live where He lived, and to put their
faith or words into real life action!
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6. John 12:25 & 26
25 " He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me ; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
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Jesus calls ALL of us to FOLLOW Him:
Not just call ourselves Christians, not just get
“fire insurance”, but we are called to FOLLOW Him!
The first disciples left EVERYTHING,
We may not be called to leave everything, but we MUST be
WILLING to leave everything if necessary,
NOTHING can stand in the way
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7. John 12:25 & 26
25 " He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me ; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
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And…
…It doesn’t matter what ANYONE else is doing,
we must just FOLLOW Him!
In fact, we must never put even our own self before
following Him!
We are called to put our words into ACTION!
We are called to FOLOW HIM no matter what the cost!
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8. Matthew Chapter 5 Last time we began our introduction of Chapter 5…
We just briefly set the stage, and we will go over that
again, and then we will begin Chapter 5...
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9. We need to remember a little about the multitudes that
came to hear Jesus teach…
Remember, they were predominantly Jews (some others too)
And remember the Jews were really quite self-righteous
We saw as they came to John the Baptist to be baptized,
they were heavily relying on their ancestry…
They thought they were automatically “in” with God just
because they were children of Abraham
They were the only ones that God had “chosen” and had
been given the promises from God
They also were the only ones that God had given the Law to
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10. They figured since God had chosen them, and had entrusted
His Law to them, that if they kept His Law, they were in His
kingdom
In fact, God told them if they just KEPT ALL of His Law, they
WOULD be His children!
******Note****
They also seemed to overlook the passages in the OT that
said God also would be the God of the NATIONS
So, these prejudice, self confident, self righteous, people,
were the majority of the multitudes that came to hear
Jesus teach
Chapters 5-7 are what we usually call “The Sermon
on The Mount”…
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11. And so in this Sermon on The Mount, we have a large
section of Jesus teaching the crowds
And the crowds were mostly Jewish
So, as we look at His teaching, we need to keep in mind
who He was talking to, to better understand what He
was trying to teach
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12. Chapter 5
READ Chapter 5….
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13. Matthew 5:1
When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.
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Compare with Luke’s account…
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14. Luke 6:12 & 13
It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles…
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15. Luke 6:17
…Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,
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Some believe that these are two different times of Jesus’
teaching because it says that “Jesus came down”…
It is possible…
It is also possible He came down from a higher point to a
lower point that was “level” because it was a good place
to teach, but He was still on the mountain
I don’t really think it matters too much, we will be looking
primarily at Matthew’s account of the “Sermon on the mount”
And we do know that Jesus spent extended times with the
crowds and so it is likely He did this multiple times and
taught on many of the same subjects
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16. 4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:3-12
3 " Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5 "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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17. 7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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18. 11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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This section is often called “The Beatitudes”…
The word "beatitude" is not found in the English Bible,
but the Latin word beatitudo, is found in the Vulgate version
of the bible (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390 AD AD)
beatitudo is found in Rom 4:6-8 referencing Ps 32:1-2,
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19. Romans 4:6-8
6 just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
7 "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED. 8 "BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
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David is said to pronounce the "beatitudo" on the man whose
transgressions are forgiven, and on the man whose sin the
LORD will not take into account.
The word is found often in the OT and frequently in Psalms
So since the word “blessed” occurs frequently in this
section of Jesus' teaching in Matthew, it is often called...
“The Beatitudes”
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20. 11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Looking back at Matthew…
The Greek word that is translated “Blessed are” is the word
makarios (mak-ar'-ee-os); meaning: SUPREMELY
BLESSED; or fortunate, or well off:
The KJV uses blessed, or happy
While it can mean blessed or happy,
In this context Supremely blessed is very fitting and we
Will see that as we look at the beatitudes individually
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21. The “Beatitudes”: "Blessed are the poor in spirit…”
"Blessed are those who mourn…”
"Blessed are the gentle…”
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…”
"Blessed are the merciful…”
"Blessed are the pure in heart…”
"Blessed are the peacemakers…”
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness…”
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you…because of Me.”
Now when Jesus taught something, He often had many
different things He was teaching and His message
would have taught different people different things based
on their own situation…
So, I realize there are probably many different things Jesus
was teaching with the “beatitudes”, I am just going to
point out a few ways to look at them, and the things
I find to be interesting…
I may not look at them in the same way as another, and I
may leave out things that others have said…
So, here goes...
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22. Acts 3:25 & 26
25 "It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.' 26 "For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways."
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**** This is Peter’s sermon to the crowd who gathered after
he and John healed the lame man at the temple in Acts
chapter 3...
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Peter says that Jesus as our High Priest of the Book of
Hebrews will bless us…
So, it is interesting that He starts His sermon with a group
of blessings
Most of the blessings He pronounces here will make one
happy and they will be blessed indeed if they receive most
of what He pronounces here
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23. " Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3
" Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Happy or (Supremely Blessed) is the one who is so poor in
spirit, that they are empty of self and are ready to be filled
with Jesus Christ!
And it is those who will receive the kingdom of heaven!
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24. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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God is pleased when we weep with those who weep
(Romans 12:15)
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25. 2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
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26. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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So…
God is pleased when we weep with those who weep
God is also pleased when someone mourns over their own
sin and it causes them to repent and leads them to
salvation
And so He will comfort those who mourn for others and
mourn over their own sin
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27. "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
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Some translations use the word meek here and that
is just as fitting
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28. Titus 3:1 & 2
1 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, 2 to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.
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Paul instructs Titus to teach that believers are to be
peaceable, and gentle and caring to all men
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29. "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
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So back to the beatitude here...
Matthew Henry says of this verse:
The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God,
to his word and to his rod, who follow his directions, and
comply with his designs, and are GENTLE towards all men
And they will inherit the earth - This is almost the only
temporary earthly promise in all of the NT
But, caring for others and being kind to others has a real
tendency to promote our health, comfort, and safety, even in
this life!
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30. Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
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31. Psalm 24:3-5
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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32. Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
NASU
A person who hungers and thirsts to have the righteousness
of Christ in himself and to have the image God in himself
will be satisfied…
...And eventually COMPLETELY satisfied!
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33. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
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34. Colossians 3:12 & 13
12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other…
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We, as Christians are COMMANDED to
be compassionate (merciful)
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35. James 2:15-16
15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, " Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
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And, not only are we to be merciful in our thoughts,
but we must put it into action!
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36. Psalm 41:1
How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The LORD will deliver him in a day of trouble.
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37. Matthew 25:34-36
34 "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 naked, and
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38. you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.'
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39. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
NASU
Jesus promises that God WILL be merciful
to those who are merciful!
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40. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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41. Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked thoughts
Lodge within you?
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God calls His own to get rid of the evil in their heart
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42. James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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Real religion in God’s eyes is to “Love your neighbor as
yourself”…
…And to keep yourself unstained by the world
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43. Psalm 17:15
As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.
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The psalmist had a heart to seek after God, and
he knew he would one day see God
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44. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
NASU
The Pure in heart are supremely blessed,
because they WILL see God!
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45. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
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46. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen
Romans 15:33
Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen
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God IS the God of peace
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47. Isaiah 9:6
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace
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Jesus is the prince of peace
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48. Colossians 1:19 & 20
19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross;
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We have peace with God through Jesus’ blood
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49. If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
Romans 12:18
If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
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We are called to live at peace with everyone
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50. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
NASU
A peacemaker is a true child of the
God of all peace!
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51. Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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52. John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil
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“The world” is evil
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53. John 3:19 & 20
19 "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20 “For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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Light exposes the darkness, and we who have the Light of
Christ in us tend to expose darkness
Usually not because we are trying, it just happens...
Have you ever been around someone who is just
uncomfortable being around you just because you are
a Christian?
It is not because we have said anything about what they
do, it is just because of the Light that is in us!
And sometimes it will lead to persecution
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54. Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
NASU
But don’t worry, you have been promised the kingdom of
heaven!
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55. Matthew 5:11 & 12
11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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56. John 15:18-20
"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. 19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. 20 "Remember the word that I said to you, ' A slave is not
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57. greater than his master
greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
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Jesus promises us that we will be hated
and persecuted because of Him
Because the world hates Him, they will hate us too
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58. Matthew 5:11 & 12
11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
NASU
But again, don’t worry…
In fact rejoice!
Because you will be GREATLY rewarded in Heaven!
Remember how the Apostles in Acts 5:12-42 rejoiced after
they had been flogged?
They rejoiced that they had been counted worthy to suffer
for the name of Jesus!
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59. The “Beatitudes”: "Blessed are the poor in spirit…”
"Blessed are those who mourn…”
"Blessed are the gentle…”
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…”
"Blessed are the merciful…”
"Blessed are the pure in heart…”
"Blessed are the peacemakers…”
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness…”
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you…because of Me.”
I think it is also interesting how Matthew has these
beatitudes grouped…
Look at the groups (bullets)
It is reflective of the process in a person’s life who becomes
a follower of Jesus Christ…
The first two reflect when a person realizes their need for a
Savior
And the third through the ninth reflect what happens in a
Christian’s life and what a Christian should be like...
...and expect
Let’s look at them briefly in those groups and let me show
you what I mean…
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60. The “Beatitudes”: "Blessed are the poor in spirit…”
"Blessed are those who mourn…”
"Blessed are the gentle…”
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…”
"Blessed are the merciful…”
"Blessed are the pure in heart…”
"Blessed are the peacemakers…”
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness…”
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you…because of Me.”
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
READ BEATITUDE
A person must come to realize they are very poor in spirit...
They must come to the place of realizing they are
spiritually bankrupt and absolutely helpless before they
can come to Jesus...
They need to realize that they can never do it on their own…
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61. Romans 3:20
because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
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62. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
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63. The “Beatitudes”:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"
And so one must realize they are “poor in spirit” to see
their need for God…
And only after that, and after they put their faith in Jesus,
then they will receive the kingdom of heaven!
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64. The “Beatitudes”:
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
READ BEATITUDE
Once one realizes their hopeless situation it should cause
them to mourn…
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65. 2 Corinthians 7:10
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
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Paul is telling us here that a sorrow that God has brought
on in a person’s life will lead to repentance and salvation,
But a sorrow that is just of the world, leads to death…
A good example of one who had just a worldly sorrow is
Judas Iscariot, when he saw that Jesus had been
condemned, he felt remorse…
But, apparently he never repented, he just went out
and hanged himself!
(Jesus commented on Judas saying it would have been
better if he had never been born)
And a good example of one who had a sorrow that was of
the will of God…
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66. Luke 18:13 & 14
13 "But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' 14 "I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
NASU
You remember the story Jesus told of two men who went
up to the temple to pray…
The Pharisee was thanking God that he was so privileged
to be a Jewish MAN and that he was so good in all that
he did, and that he was NOT a TAX COLLECTOR!
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The tax collector came to realize his spiritual bankruptcy and
the hopelessness of his standing with God and it brought
about sorrow that caused him to cry out to God for MERCY!
And Jesus said that he went away justified!
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67. The “Beatitudes”:
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
The tax collector mourned over his sinfulness, and he
received mercy or comfort!
Oh how SUPREMELY BLESSED he was after that!
When God reveals to a person their sinfulness, it causes
them to mourn over it and turn to Him for mercy!
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68. The “Beatitudes”:
"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.”
READ BEATITUDE
Ever notice how a person changes when
they come to know Jesus?
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69. 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22 & 23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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And when Jesus begins to rule in a person’s life,
His Holy Spirit takes up residency in their life
And the fruit of the Spirit begins to become evident
And one of the fruit of the Spirit is GENTLENESS!
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70. Matthew 11:28-30
28 " Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. 30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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Jesus Himself is GENTLE…
Remember how when He was on the cross, the religious
leaders, and the people came by and mocked Him?
Jesus had the power to toast them all! - Yet He continued
to be gentle
It took tremendous power to continue to be gentle in those
circumstances!
And as followers of Jesus we should be Christ like, which
means we should be gentle!
Sometimes it takes great strength to continue to be gentle
...Strength only found in the power of the Holy Spirit!
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