SERMONS ON BEATITUDES
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Taking a Stand (6 of 11)
by Jeff Schreve
Dudley Tyng was an Episcopal pastor. He lived in the mid-1800s. He was known for being a fiery preacher, a dynamic preacher, and somebody who stood strong and stood tall for righteousness. And he spoke out against evil. He was a preacher in Philadelphia. He preached a sermon in his own church on the evils of slavery. He ended up getting fired for it because the church didn't want to hear it. He preached in a YMCA noon meeting in Philadelphia in 1858. Five thousand men came. When he gave the invitation, a thousand came forward to give their lives to Christ. Two weeks later, he was involved in a very freak farming...
Faith and the Beatitudes
by M. Jolaine Szymkowiak
The Beatitudes are more than just good principles to live by, to reflect upon for us to give occasional notice. They are another of God's ways to get us to think of more than what is going on around and within us. Through the study of the Beatitudes, He gives more than we are capable of appreciating, and asks more than we think we are capable of doing. The Beatitudes are part of the process through which He speaks to us now on what He wants us to know. "Blessed are" - not "blessed will be" - the Beatitudes are active, now, the "now" that continues through time as we each move into the future. When the blessing...
Hungering and Thirsting for Righteousness: Are You Satisfied? (4 of 8)
by Jeff Lynn
As a way of reminder, this series of messages is entitled ''Blessing Redefined'' because in these 8 verses from verse 3 to verse 10 called the Beatitudes, Jesus redefines what ''blessing'' is. He moves it to the ''internal'' rather than the ''external''. This was, and is, countercultural to the world's philosophy of what it means to be full of bliss. These blessings have more to do with the heart and the spirit than with material things. This block of teaching known as the Sermon on the Mount was in stark contrast to what Israel expected. These are called Beatitudes, because the word ''beatitude'' is from a Latin word that means...
The Poor in Spirit (1 of 21)
by Daniel Rodgers
Chapter five begins the Sermon on the Mount, the longest sermon Jesus preached. It begins in chapter five and continues through chapter seven. In chapter three, we read of the Lord's baptism. Following His baptism, we move to chapter four, where Mathew recounts the Lord's forty day fast and temptation by the devil. Following His experience in the wilderness, Jesus then moves to the area of Galilee, where He begins His public ministry. In (4:13), He takes up residence in Capernaum, which would become the headquarters for His ministry. Capernaum was strategically located, making many other areas easily accessible by foot and...
Joyful Suffering (8 of 8)
by Terry J. Hallock
The progress from the seventh beatitude, blessing for the peacemakers, to the eighth beatitude, blessing for the persecuted, is obvious. Being a peacemaker by practicing justice and love and living by Kingdom standards brings confrontation with a godless culture that will inevitably result in persecution. To will God's will is to be different from those who will their own will. This is the way of the cross. God's will runs counter to the will of humanity and it always will. The two are not the same and never will be. Living for righteousness means breaking into time, calling persons to be disciples of Christ, living by His mercy and...
The Magnificence of Mercy
by Adrian Rogers
Would you find again the beatitudes? Matthew Chapter 5, we're calling these the keys to the kingdom. And these are statements that Jesus Christ has made, and He begins each one of them with the word blessed. The word blessed is almost hard to translate. We could say happy, but it means more than happy. It means fulfilled. It means with joy. It means complete. It may mean to be congratulated. All of those things and more are wrapped up in that Greek word Macarios. Listen as the Lord Jesus Christ gives these beatitudes. We've said almost every Sunday, the attitudes that ought to be. ''And seeing the...
A Beatitude for When You Are Upset with God
by Ken Trivette
We call them Beatitudes because of the word ''blessed.'' The word basically means ''happy'' or ''blissful.'' It speaks of an inner peace, an inner bliss, an inner happiness and joy. In our story we see a man that was in need of inner joy and peace. We see the great John the Baptist. But when we look at him in this story we see that his faith was bordering on doubt and heart was sinking into discouragement. Yet in the low moment of his life, Jesus said him a message, a beatitude that served to bring an inner peace and joy. Let's look at John the Baptist in the lowest moment of his life and the beatitude Jesus sent him. A MAN...
Blessed Are the Merciful
by Tony Nester
Last week I preached about spiritual weakness quoting from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: ''Blessed are the poor in spirit.'' Discipleship empties us of our self-sufficiency - we never forget how much we depend on the grace of God. But Jesus didn't' give us the Beatitudes to leave us in weakness. The Beatitudes are a pathway to the power and strength of the Kingdom of God. The Apostle Paul exhorted Timothy, his young son in the faith, to be a Kingdom leader and as such to stand up to critics who dismissed Timothy because of his youth. Paul reminded Timothy that ''God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but...
When It Comes to Jesus, Are You Hungry or Already Satisfied? (5 of 9)
by Jerry Branch
Very few of us here today have ever experienced real 'life-threatening' thirst or hunger. Most of us though, just make some noise when we miss a meal, and go around moaning that 'we're starving to death,' but really we aren't starving to death...in fact, most of us could last quite a few days with our reserves. The same goes for us when we say, "I'm dying of thirst." But...there are people who have literally experienced life-threatening thirst or hunger. History records, that during the liberation of Palestine in World War I, allied troops outdistanced their camels, that carried their water and supply trains while pursuing the...
You Cannot Climb This Mountain Unless You Are Walking in the Lord’s Shoes
by Jerry Branch
Amy Carmichael, the missionary to India, wrote: Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, by little denials of self,by little inward victories, by their faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph,… no sudden spiritual maturity. There is only the work of the moment. Amy Carmichael quoted in...
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit (2 of 26)
by Jonathan McLeod
Everyone who puts his or faith in Jesus Christ is a citizen of God's kingdom. And in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7), Jesus, our King, tells us that he expects his people to be different. In verses 2-12, Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount with what are commonly called the Beatitudes. Each beatitude begins with the word ''blessed.'' Charles Quarles writes, ''The fact that Jesus began the Sermon on the Mount with such pronouncements of blessing on His disciples before placing demands on them is significant. This order suggests that the righteousness described in the sermon is a...
Be Humble (1 of 8)
by Tony Thomas
I've never seen the original Animal House Vacation, but I know the gist of the story: Clark Griswold wanted to take his family on the vacation of a lifetime to Walley World. Walley World was the fictional theme park that was billed as America's Favorite Family Fun Park. Even though I've never seen the movie, I relate to the story because my Dad took the four oldest Thomas children on a similar trip to Disneyland in 1961 (only four kids at the time). My Dad drove a Plymouth station wagon. It was as big as a tugboat! The seats were plastic -- and there was no air-conditioning. The Griswold's drove from Chicago to California, but the...
The Ivory Soap Beatitude (6 of 8)
by Dennis Marquardt
We are a culture obsessed with purity. Products for sale often boast of "having nothing added" or "100% pure" etc. a. The goal of the computer industry is to try and make a "pure" chip. They have even used outer space to grow purer crystals. b. Fruit drinks are advertised as having 100% pure fruit drink, no added sugar or other additives. c. Wrigley's spearmint gum is supposed to be "100% pure chewing satisfaction." d. Environmentalists want to restore the pure air in our environment and keep the water and land pure too. e. Drug manufacturers want to produce pure products. f. Certain ideologies have attempted...
A Heart Singularly Focused (7 of 32)
by Robert Dawson
I will not dare share all the escapades of our youth group growing up but I will share this one story, one with which I was not involved but certainly enjoyed hearing about. The boys and girls used to love playing practical jokes on each other when they would go on retreat and trips. It was part of the tradition and fun of the trips that by the time I reached the group had been greatly curtailed because occasionally they would get a little out of hand like when they ran the pastor’s undergarments up a flag pole. One of the favorite jokes, perhaps because I like Oreos so much, was pulled by the girls on the guys. Teenagers, especially guys, will...
Spiritual Revival
by Duane Bemis
I am asked about Spiritual Revivals all the time, but the short answer to true revival comes from my own life's story. According to Charles H. Surgeon revival means, ''To live again, to receive again life which has almost expired; to rekindle into a flame the vital spark which was nearly extinguished.1'' In my own life I had been a Christian for about 10 years, I found myself at a place where a church of 700 members turned on me because of a false witness. No one came to me to ask any of their personal questions, they so wanted to believe the lie. On top of this, the Lord would not allow me to defend myself I had...
Going the Right Way in a Wrong Way World (3 of 23)
by Ken Trivette
There was a certain church that always served coffee after the sermon. The pastor asked a little boy if he knew why they served the coffee. The little boy replied, "It is to get the people wide awake before they drive home." I must confess that I have heard a few sermons to nearly put me to sleep. I have no doubt that I have preached some that put people to sleep. I have about put myself to sleep a time or two. We are looking at a sermon that I am sure no one went to sleep. Every person was absolutely captivated with the sermon. It was the greatest sermon every preached by the greatest preacher who ever lived. We are...
What If They Come for Us?
by Terry J. Hallock
You and your family have just gone to bed when suddenly you hear screeching tires in front of your home. As you peer out of your bedroom window you see a huge truck out of which pour men in military uniforms each carrying a weapon. They run towards your front door and burst in to your home. Your family screams in terror as they ransack the house. The officer in charge approaches you and declares, "You're under arrest." He handcuffs you and marches you to the truck waiting outside. As the soldiers hold back your family, you are driven away to the local prison where you will surely be beaten -- perhaps even...
The Blessings of Following (9 of 9)
by Jerry Branch
Here in the last of the Beatitudes, Jesus starts off by saying, "Blessed." And once again, this means "happy" as we've already seen in the past weeks. But like all the Beatitudes that we've looked at, once again, we see that there is that paradox. Because being Happy...genuinely happy...has nothing to do with what we might think...true happiness does not come from material or earthly stuff. In other words, genuine, lasting, Happiness does not come from possessing a brand new car, nor from a big fat bank account, nor from having a nice 401 that is growing at 30% a year. It might seem nice in the short run of things, but in...
Blessed Are the Persecuted (8 of 8)
by Daniel Rodgers
Have you ever given much thought about how it was before you became a Christian? I mean, most of us, before we were saved, suffered very little opposition from others. We may have had a disgruntled boss, or a cantankerous relative, but that was about it. But the minute we became a Christian, things began to change. People began to view us a little differently. a. Do you remember hearing this: "You used to be a lot of fun until you got into that religion stuff." They treated you as if you had contracted some kind of a disease. They began to see us as someone different (and you were). Peter said, Wherein they...
