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Introduction
Mark 1:
The word disciple means a learner.
A fuller definition is, “a learner or pupil who accepts the teaching of Christ, not only in belief but also in lifestyle.”
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What does it mean to be a pupil or a learner?
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What threat might this pose to us?
There is no such thing as easy and instant discipleship.
Q.
How might this differ from our current, 21st Century understanding of discipleship?
Q.
What is it about the process of discipleship that scares us?
The word blessed can be rendered “O the bliss!” “To be envied or congratulated.”
The beatitudes are divided into eight conditions or life that divide into two groups
1. Spiritual inadequacy (v.3)
The word for poor implies someone who has nothing at all and is bankrupt, and has no resources.
“We are all beggars, living on the bounty of God.” —Martin Luther
Q.
Why do you suppose Jesus started with this statement?
2. Spiritual contrition (v.
4)
The word mourn conveys the idea of grief of the deepest kind.
It is mourning over sin and failure, over the slowness of our growth in likeness to Christ.
Q.
Why is it important to mourn?
3. Spiritual humility (v. 5)
The word meek was used of a horse that had been broken and domesticated, giving the idea of energy and power, controlled and directed.
Q.
Does meekness imply weakness?
4. Spiritual aspiration (v. 6)
Q.
What do you crave?
Prestige, power, wealth, happiness?
Happiness is a by-product of holiness
5. Compassionate in spirit (v.
7)
It is always to the underserving that mercy is extended.
If it were deserved, it would no longer be mercy but mere justice.
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Why is it easier for us to prefer justice for others and mercy for ourselves?
Mercy is the ability to enter into another’s situation and be sympathetic toward his plight or problem.
Just as in physics, where action and reaction are equal and opposite—those who are merciful will be shown mercy.
6. Pure in heart (v.
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Cleanness of heart brings clearness of vision
The word pure here means “unadulterated,” free from alloy, sincere and without hypocrisy.
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What contaminates us so that our vision of God is obscured?
7. Conciliatory in spirit (v.
9)
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What is the difference between peacekeepers and peacemakers?
Being a peacemaker is someone who seeks to restore broken relationships, to be a reconciler rather than a pacifist.
Mathew 5:1
8. Unswerving in loyalty (vv.
10-11)
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How are we persecuted today?
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What shakes our loyalty in something or someone?
Three conditions for persecution to be a blessing
It must be for righteousness’ sake, not as a result of our fanaticism or tactlessness
The evil-speaking myst have not basis in fact; it must not be something that is the outcome of our sin or failure
It must be for Christ’s sake—suffering that arises from our consistent loyalty to Him
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