The Beatitudes

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The Beatitudes

• Pentecost Pointers (Matt 51-10)

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Beatitudes

• Most Regard them as
• Maxims to print on calendars
• Mottos to hang on the wall
• Rules of behavior Regulation
• Panacea for all social ills
• Doctrinal Declaration
• Jesus Declaration of his coming Kingdom

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Context of the Beatitudes

• (Matt 423) And Jesus went about all Galilee,
  teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
  gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of
  sickness and all manner of disease among the
  people.
• (Matt 728) And it came to pass, when Jesus had
  ended these sayings, the people were astonished
  at his doctrine
• Sermon on mount Principles of Kingdom

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Preliminary Principles

• Jesus came to establish a spiritual Kingdom
• (Mark 114-15) Now after that John was put in
  prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the
  gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The
  time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at
  hand repent ye, and believe the gospel.

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Preliminary Principles

• (Luke 1720-21) And when he was demanded of the
  Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come,
  he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
  cometh not with observation Neither shall they
  say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
  kingdom of God is within you.
• Spiritual Reign No Geographical location

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Preliminary Principles

• (Mark 91) Verily I say unto you, That there be
  some of them that stand here, which shall not
  taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom
  of God come with power.
• (Acts 18) But ye shall receive power, after
  that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye
  shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and
  in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
  uttermost part of the earth.

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Preliminary Principles

• (Acts 21-4) And when the day of Pentecost was
  fully come, they were all with one accord in one
  place. And suddenly there came a sound from
  heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled
  all the house where they were sitting. And there
  appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of
  fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they
  were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to
  speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
  utterance.

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Preliminary Principles

• Jesus came into this world to establish a
  spiritual Kingdom
• Beatitudes (Kingdom Principles) pointed to the
  Day of Pentecost

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Preliminary Principles

• Jesus came to take away the barrier of sin
• (John 129) Behold the Lamb of God, which
  taketh away the sin of the world.

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Preliminary Principles

• Jesus had come to inaugurate a new covenant

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Preliminary Principles

• (Luke 536-39) And he spake also a parable unto
  them No man putteth a piece of a new garment
  upon an old if otherwise, then both the new
  maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out
  of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man
  putteth new wine into old bottles else the new
  wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and
  the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be
  put into new bottles and both are preserved. No
  man also having drunk old wine straightway
  desireth new for he saith, The old is better.

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Preliminary Principles

• Jesus came to establish a spiritual Kingdom
• Jesus came to take away the barrier of sin
• Jesus had come to inaugurate a New Covenant

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Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven

• Who are poor in spirit?
• What sense does the kingdom of heaven belong to
  them?
• Humble person? Humility?
• One who recognizes that his own knowledge and
  wisdom could not guide him
• Needs guidance
• Accepts Gods word

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Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven

• (Jer 1023-24) O Lord, I know that the way of
  man is not in himself it is not in man that
  walketh to direct his steps. O Lord, correct me,
  but with judgment not in thine anger, lest thou
  bring me to nothing.
• (Ps 3723) The steps of a good man are ordered
  by the Lord and he delighteth in his way.

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Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven

• (Ps 119116-117) Uphold me according unto thy
  word, that I may live and let me not be ashamed
  of my hope. Hold thou me up, and I shall be
  safe and I will have respect unto thy statutes
  continually.
• (Isa 358) And an highway shall be there, and a
  way, and it shall be called The way of holiness
  the unclean shall not pass over it but it shall
  be for those the wayfaring men, though fools,
  shall not err therein.

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Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven

• (1 Cor 21-6) And I, brethren, when I came to
  you, came not with excellency of speech or of
  wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
  For I determined not to know any thing among you,
  save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was
  with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
  trembling. And my speech and my preaching was
  not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in
  demonstration of the Spirit and of power That
  your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,
  but in the power of God. Howbeit we speak wisdom
  among them that are perfect yet not the wisdom
  of this world, nor of the princes of this world,
  that come to nought

• (1 Cor 318-19) Let no man deceive himself. If
  any man among you seemeth to be wise in this
  world, let him become a fool, that he may be
  wise. For the wisdom of this world is
  foolishness with God. For it is written, He
  taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

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Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven

• Meaning of poor in spirit one who would lay
  down his human wisdom and accept the teaching of
  Christ to guide him into the kingdom.
• Pentecost Pointer

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Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be
comforted

• Mourn about what? How will we be comforted?
• Connected to (John 129)Behold the Lamb of God,
  which taketh away the sin of the world.
• Mourning over the sinful state of mankind

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Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be
comforted

• (Matt 1128-30) Come unto me, all ye that labour
  and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Parallel Verse
• Mourn Comfort
• Labor Rest
• Mourn Labor
• Comfort Rest
• Comfort Rest Remission of Sins

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Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be
comforted

• Gospel preview Pentecost Pointer
• Day of Pentecost The Day the Remedy for sin was
  first offered to mankind

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth
Illustration The captain at the helm of a ship
in the storm at sea the wild waves lash against
the vessel, but the captain stands at the helm of
the ship and guides it steadily through the
storm.

• Meaning of Meek
• Deficient in spirit and courage Submissive
• Not violent or strong Moderate
• Enduring injury with patience and without
  resentment Mild
• Bible usage of Meek
• The ability to endure through injuries or trial
  with patience

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Meekness of Moses
• (Numbers 123) Now the man Moses was very meek,
  above all the men which were upon the face of the
  earth.
• A man that committed murder
• A man that broke the tablets in a fit of anger
• A man that burnt the golden idol, ground it up,
  poured the powder into water and made the people
  drink it.

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Meekness of Moses
• (Ex 1813-18) And it came to pass on the morrow,
  that Moses sat to judge the people and the
  people stood by Moses from the morning unto the
  evening. And when Moses' father in law saw all
  that he did to the people, he said, What is this
  thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest
  thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by
  thee from morning unto even? And Moses said unto
  his father in law,

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Meekness of Moses
• Because the people come unto me to inquire of
  God When they have a matter, they come unto me
  and I judge between one and another, and I do
  make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
  And Moses' father in law said unto him, The
  thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt
  surely wear away, both thou, and this people that
  is with thee for this thing is too heavy for
  thee thou art not able to perform it thyself
  alone.

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Meekness of Moses
• Able to endure afflictions without thought of
  himself Self-denial

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• What did Jesus mean in this beatitude?
• Knew of the oppressions
• Romans
• Heathen
• Judaism
• Instead of subdue Meek will overcome

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Inherit the earth by filling the whole earth with
  the teaching of Christ
• (Isa 119-10) They shall not hurt nor destroy in
  all my holy mountain for the earth shall be full
  of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover
  the sea. And in that day there shall be a root
  of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the
  people to it shall the Gentiles seek and his
  rest shall be glorious.

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Inherit the earth by filling the whole earth with
  the teaching of Christ
• (Habakkuk 214) For the earth shall be filled
  with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as
  the waters cover the sea.
• (Matt 2431) And he shall send his angels with a
  great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather
  together his elect from the four winds, from one
  end of heaven to the other.
• Carried the gospel message to every part of the
  inhabited earth

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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
earth

• Inherit the earth by filling the whole earth with
  the teaching of Christ
• The Lord anticipated the expansion of the gospel
  all over this earth
• (Matt 2819)
• (Mark 1615-16)

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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness for they shall be filled.

• Righteousness Justification
• (Rom 116-17) For I am not ashamed of the gospel
  of Christ for it is the power of God unto
  salvation to every one that believeth to the Jew
  first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the
  righteousness of God revealed from faith to
  faith as it is written, The just shall live by
  faith.

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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness for they shall be filled.

• Righteousness Justification
• (Rom 103) For they being ignorant of God's
  righteousness, and going about to establish their
  own righteousness, have not submitted themselves
  unto the righteousness of God.
• Gods righteousness is something that God does
  for man through the gospel

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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness for they shall be filled.

• The Gospel reveals how God makes man righteous
  How He Justifies Sinners
• Two ways a garment can be clean
• Never been soiled
• Be Washed
• Two ways one can be righteous
• Innocence Never sin
• Having sins forgiven

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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness for they shall be filled.

• (Matt 520) For I say unto you, That except your
  righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of
  the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
  enter into the kingdom of heaven.
• Righteousness Justification

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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness for they shall be filled.

• One must hunger and thirst for it
• Not forced on anyone
• Not coercive but persuasive
• One must realize his state in sin in comparison
  with the blessing of salvation
• Hungering and thirsting is the inward desire for
  what the gospel will do
• Obeying it brings one into the full measure of
  pardon and justification

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Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain
mercy.
Titus 35
He Saved Us
Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost.
Not By
But By

• Evangelistic Beatitude
• All Subjects of Gods mercy Cant be saved
  without it!
• We do not withhold this mercy from others
• Teach others Showing mercy
• (Titus 35) Not by works of righteousness which
  we have done, but according to his mercy he saved
  us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing
  of the Holy Ghost

Works
Washing of Regeneration
Renewing of the Holy Ghost
John 35
According to His Mercy
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Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain
mercy.

• When God saves a person by baptism, who has
  believed and repented, it is according to his
  mercy
• According to Gods merciful plan
• We show mercy when we show others how to be saved
  by the mercy of God

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Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall
see God

• Not in the sense of Chastity or Virtue
• Understanding
• (Luke 1134) The light of the body is the eye
  therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole
  body also is full of light but when thine eye is
  evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
• (Eph 118) The eyes of your understanding being
  enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of
  his calling, and what the riches of the glory of
  his inheritance in the saints,

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Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall
see God

• Enlighten heart is one that sees the truth
• Knowing heart
• Heart of understanding
• Pure in heart A heart that understands, the
  knowing, the enlightened
• Comprehends the truth
• Pure in Heart Hears the truth, obeys it, enters
  the kingdom, and sees God!
• Points to Pentecost Gospel Preview

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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called the children of God.

• Not referring to arbitration
• Connects to Johns announcement
• (John 129) Behold the Lamb of God, which
  taketh away the sin of the world.
• Sins Mistakes Transgressions
• Sin The gulf between man and God

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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called the children of God.

• (Rom 1015) And how shall they preach, except
  they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are
  the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
  and bring glad tidings of good things!
• Preaching and teaching gospel of Peace
• Peacemaker
• Taking part in gospel of Peace
• Peacemaker

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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called the children of God.

• (Eph 214-18) For he is our peace, who hath made
  both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of
  partition between us Having abolished in his
  flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments
  contained in ordinances for to make in himself
  of twain one new man, so making peace And that
  he might reconcile both unto God in one body by
  the cross, having slain the enmity thereby And
  came and preached peace to you which were afar
  off, and to them that were nigh. For through him
  we both have access by one Spirit unto the
  Father.

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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called the children of God.

• Take part in this peace become a child of God
• (Gal 326-29) For ye are all the children of God
  by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as
  have been baptized into Christ have put on
  Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
  neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor
  female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And
  if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed,
  and heirs according to the promise.

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Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called the children of God.

• Points to Pentecost (Acts 238)
• Repent and be baptized
• Receive Remission of Sins
• Receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost Gift of
  being a child of God

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Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven

• The Test Is the Kingdom within you?
• (Luke 1253) The father shall be divided against
  the son, and the son against the father the
  mother against the daughter, and the daughter
  against the mother the mother in law against her
  daughter in law, and the daughter in law against
  her mother in law.

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Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven

• The Test Is the Kingdom within you?
• (Matt 1036-37) And a man's foes shall be they
  of his own household. He that loveth father or
  mother more than me is not worthy of me and he
  that loveth son or daughter more than me is not
  worthy of me.

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Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven

• The Test Is the Kingdom within you?
• Endure every obstacle
• Endure the persecution for your calling
• In Family
• In Business
• In Community
• In Society
• The Test of having the kingdom!

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The BeatitudesPentecost Pointers

• Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is
  the kingdom of heaven.
• Those that accept guidance
• Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be
  comforted.
• Those that understand their situation in sin
• Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the
  earth.
• Those that are self-denying
• Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
  after righteousness for they shall be filled.
• Those that long for justification

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The BeatitudesPentecost Pointers

• Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain
  mercy.
• Those that show mercy by teaching others
• Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall
  see God.
• Those that comprehend the truth
• Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
  called the children of God.
• Those that make peace with God
• Blessed are they which are persecuted for
  righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of
  heaven.
• Those that endure the test and continue to Stand!