Matthew 5:1-12; The final Beatitude is an expansion of Beatitude 8 on the topic of persecution. Jesus warns His disciples, and those in attendance at the Sermon on the Mount, […]

Matthew 5:1-10; The third horizontal Beatitude addresses the difficult topic of mistreatment of Christians for simply practicing their faith. Jesus conditions His teaching about persecution with, “because of righteousness”, so […]

Matthew 5:1-9; In Beatitude seven, Jesus emphasizes the necessity of believers being peacemakers. Christians are not to simply be peaceful or peaceable, but to expand beyond those inner workings of […]

Matthew 5:1-8; The second horizontal Beatitude is a challenge from Jesus to His followers to be “pure in heart”. David engaged purity several times in the Psalms, comparing it to […]

Matthew 5:1-6: The fourth Beatitude is again vertical in nature, revealing God’s acceptance of the indivdual and their acceptance of the Lord by trusting in the goodness of His plan. […]

Matthew 5:1-4; In the third Beatitude, Jesus addresses the topic of meekness. Our Lord promised, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth”. Our Amerian society favors assertive, […]

Matthew 5:1-4; After establishing the context of the Beatitudes and unpacking what Jesus meant by denoting, “the poor in spirit” last week, we continued with the 2nd Baatitude. Christ identifies […]

Matthew 5:1-3; The nine Beatitudes are an outline or “map” of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus defines groups of people who will live with God in eternity. The […]