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INTRODUCTION TO SERIES
If you would like to follow along in your Bibles, please turn to .
During January and February, we are going to have some lessons that go along with our theme for 2018.
We are going to talk about some of the great blessings that we have in Christ, focusing on the beatitudes in .
This section is a challenging introduction to the sermon on the mount.
It not only shows the kind of character the LORD calls disciples to, but they also show the great rewards of seeking to be like the LORD.
We see in this section that the blessed life is counter-cultural.
It is different.
This was even the case at the time of Jesus, even though many of the ideas described in the beatitudes are taken from the Old Testament.
Many had missed these character traits because of their approach towards religion.
When people consider what a blessed life looks like, they don’t think that being poor in spirit, mourning, meekness, suffering, etc as being a blessed life.
But in the LORD, no matter how the circumstances may be physically or emotionally, there is great blessing for us as God’s people.
Your version may say “happy” where my version says blessed.
Keep in mind that Jesus is not just saying that if you have these character attributes, you are going to be emotionally happy all the time.
It is much deeper than that.
The greek word is used in the New Testament to describe a state of spiritual prosperity and blessedness, the highest possible satisfaction that man can enjoy in this world because of the Lord’s work in their lives.
Your version may say “happy” where my version says blessed.
Keep in mind that Jesus is not just saying that if you have these character attributes, you are going to be emotionally happy all the time.
It is much deeper than that.
The greek word is used in the New Testament to describe a state of spiritual prosperity and blessedness, the highest possible satisfaction that man can enjoy in this world because of the Lord’s work in one’s life.
THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM
For today’s lesson, we will talk about a blessing that is mentioned in two of the beatitudes, where Jesus says “theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
This passage is bookended with the blessing of the kingdom.
Let’s look at verses 3 and 10:
“3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
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“10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
(, ESV)
I would like to dissect these two verses for a few moments, and then we look at some practical lessons regarding the blessing described in these verses, then we will close with some applications.
Let’s begin with describing quickly this idea the kingdom of heaven/the kingdom of God.
We talked about this idea in a lesson last year and looked more in depth at this point then…
What is this blessing that Jesus is talking about?
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