HOW TO STAND WHEN OTHERS FALL (5 OF 5)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Luke 6:46-49
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How to Stand When Others Fall (5 of 5)
Series: The Upside Down Kingdom
Scott Maze
Luke 6:46-49
Today, We conclude our series entitled, The UpSide Down Kingdom and our journey through Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount. I have called it the UpSide Down Kingdom because the values that the world trashes, Jesus elevates while the values Jesus trashes, the world elevates. At the conclusion of the greatest sermon ever preached in the history of the world, The Sermon On The Mount, Jesus closes with a parable; it is a s tory of two home builders. He tells us in this parable that the most important part of building a home is not what you build, nor how you build, but where you build. I think you would agree that you would be better off building a log-cabin on a rock than a mansion in a swamp.
''And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
''Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 ''Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
''Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 ''Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
24 ''But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25 ''Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.
''Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
26 ''Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their ...
Series: The Upside Down Kingdom
Scott Maze
Luke 6:46-49
Today, We conclude our series entitled, The UpSide Down Kingdom and our journey through Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount. I have called it the UpSide Down Kingdom because the values that the world trashes, Jesus elevates while the values Jesus trashes, the world elevates. At the conclusion of the greatest sermon ever preached in the history of the world, The Sermon On The Mount, Jesus closes with a parable; it is a s tory of two home builders. He tells us in this parable that the most important part of building a home is not what you build, nor how you build, but where you build. I think you would agree that you would be better off building a log-cabin on a rock than a mansion in a swamp.
''And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
''Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 ''Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
''Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 ''Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
24 ''But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25 ''Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.
''Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
26 ''Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their ...
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