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 5:1-7; As noted while unpacking the first four Beatitudes, they are vertical in nature by defining a right and acceptable relationship with Goe. Beatitude five begins the horizontal instruction […]
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 […]
Luke 2:1-12; The 5th Sunday of Advent is focused upon the “unsung hero” of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ…..Joseph. Although he is never quoted as speaking in Scripture, quiet Joseph […]
Luke 1:30-38; When the angel Gabriel came to young Mary in Nazareth, his owrds would literally change the course of her life. God’s favor upon her revealed that this teenage […]