Sermons About Beatitudes
Poverty of Spirit
This is the sermon from our Celebrate Recovery Sunday. Poverty of Spirit is being intimately aware of your weaknesses. It is the opposite of pride and is more about humility. The bottom line is that in order for God to bless you, you must recognize, above all, your need for him.
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Qualified for Heaven
Our condition is worse than we thought, but God's solution is greater than we ever imagined.
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Soul Prosperity
We need to live in God’s righteousness, peace and joy on the inside all the time, not just cry out to God for it when we are in a crisis. Our soul is prospering when we are walking in step with Holy Spirit.
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The Upward Way (Mt 5:7-12)
In Matthew 5:7-12, the second half of the Beatitudes, Jesus teaches that the way of life in the Kingdom means the pursuit of righteousness: mercy and compassion, sincerity and single-mindedness, making peace by enabling flourishing, and the persecution that comes to the righteous.
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The Downward Way (Mt 5:1-6)
In Matthew 5:1-6, the first half of the Beatitudes, Jesus shows us that the way of life in the Kingdom of Heaven begins on a path downward: spiritual poverty, repentance, humble dependence and the pursuit of righteousness.
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persecuted
jesus concludes his description of kingdom living in matthew 5:1-12 by saying we will be persecuted. how are we as americans persecuted? how are others around the world tortured for following jesus? in what way are we rewarded and included in the prophetic lineage of people like jeremiah?
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pure in heart
if we take jesus' words seriously in this beatitude we find ourselves in a real paradox. what he calls his followers to and expects of them, of us is humanly impossible.
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mercy
as followers of Jesus, we know that we have received God's mercy. but do we remember that we continue to experience his mercy? and how does reflecting on his mercy in our lives affect how we view/love/show mercy toward others?
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justice
justice. it seems our real desire for it is less than ideal. how do we respond to injustices? it seems often we do nothing. does jesus just want us to recogonize injustices in our world and wish they would stop, or does he have more in mind for us.
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mourning & comforting
what are the things we mourn over? are these the things jesus had in mind when he said blessed are those who mourn? what about the things we don't mourn over -are we missing him again? let's look at jesus' heart and relearn the heart & comfort of god.
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