The Beatitudes (2 of 11)
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 5:1-12
Good morning. We're taking this winter to walk through the first official sermon, and probably the most famous sermon, that Jesus ever gave: the Sermon on the Mount. It's found in Matthew 5 through 7. And last week we took a high-level look at the whole sermon. And we said that it's ultimately about a King and his kingdom. Jesus said, ''The kingdom of heaven is near.'' So even though you can't see it, it's all around you. It's within reach. It's like a spiritual WiFi signal. And when you connect your life to this kingdom, which you can only do by trusting and following the King, something happens to you, and something happens through you. What happens to you is that your life gradually becomes like a house built on a rock, so you can withstand the storms of life. What happens through you is that you become like salt and light in this world-which means you start to affect the people around you in powerful ways.
So that's the big-picture view. Today we're going to zoom in and take a closer look, starting from the beginning. And the Sermon on the Mount actually starts with these eight sayings called ''The Beatitudes.'' That's a really strange word, isn't it? What does that mean? Well, every one of these eight sayings starts with the words ''Blessed are...'', and in Latin, the word for ''blessed'' is beatiduo. So it's just the Latin translation for ''blessed.'' And we'll talk about what that means in a minute, but first let's just listen. Matthew chapter five, verse 1. Hear the Word of the Lord...
1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. (And let's read these out loud together-verses 3 through 10)...
He said:
3 ''Blessed are the poor in spirit,? for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.?4 Blessed are those who mourn,? for they will be comforted.?5 Blessed are the meek, ...
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 5:1-12
Good morning. We're taking this winter to walk through the first official sermon, and probably the most famous sermon, that Jesus ever gave: the Sermon on the Mount. It's found in Matthew 5 through 7. And last week we took a high-level look at the whole sermon. And we said that it's ultimately about a King and his kingdom. Jesus said, ''The kingdom of heaven is near.'' So even though you can't see it, it's all around you. It's within reach. It's like a spiritual WiFi signal. And when you connect your life to this kingdom, which you can only do by trusting and following the King, something happens to you, and something happens through you. What happens to you is that your life gradually becomes like a house built on a rock, so you can withstand the storms of life. What happens through you is that you become like salt and light in this world-which means you start to affect the people around you in powerful ways.
So that's the big-picture view. Today we're going to zoom in and take a closer look, starting from the beginning. And the Sermon on the Mount actually starts with these eight sayings called ''The Beatitudes.'' That's a really strange word, isn't it? What does that mean? Well, every one of these eight sayings starts with the words ''Blessed are...'', and in Latin, the word for ''blessed'' is beatiduo. So it's just the Latin translation for ''blessed.'' And we'll talk about what that means in a minute, but first let's just listen. Matthew chapter five, verse 1. Hear the Word of the Lord...
1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. (And let's read these out loud together-verses 3 through 10)...
He said:
3 ''Blessed are the poor in spirit,? for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.?4 Blessed are those who mourn,? for they will be comforted.?5 Blessed are the meek, ...
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