“And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying” (Matthew 5) the eight Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are one of the most well known part of the Sermon on the Mount and the New Testament. A Latin noun, Beatitude meaning- happiness. Jesus gave a sermon to his followers explaining how to achieve true happiness. Jesus then proclaimed the eight Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12, also comparable to what was stated in Luke 6:20-22 the Sermon on the Plain, which gives the four Beatitudes and the four Woes. The first Beatitude is, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:3). “Poor in spirit” refers to be humble and
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5:5). We should not confuse “meek” with “weak.” Jesus died a dreadful death for our sins, it takes a determined and willful person to do so and the Holy Spirit gave him the strength and encouragement. We should do things for the glory of God and not our own desires being leaders and teachers of others. Placing God’s longings before our own. For example, the fight we knew we could win, but backed away from it anyway. In difference we would be selfish, not acting humbly and following our own desires, not Gods.
The fourth Beatitude is, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled" (Matt. 5:6). Righteousness is a powerful Greek word which means "equity of character or deed/act". Begging for the Holy Spirit and following the promptings. We shall be just and fair in everything we do; know how to judge from right and wrong and what’s fair. Doing so by following God’s ten commandments. If we were to do opposite we would not follow God’s Laws and do wrong when we know …show more content…
5:7). An ethic God wants us to live by would be “do unto others as would have them do unto you” In Matthew 22:39, Christ summarizes his two main points- love God with your whole heart and love your neighbor as you would yourself. We should not hurt, steal or lie to others, we would not want these things in particular to happen to us. God tells us that we should be careful- treating everyone equally with love because, God will do the same situation to us. Therefore we should not care about ourselves and disregard others.
The sixth Beatitude is, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8). Overall meaning, being pure in heart we become honest in thought. We have to act upon everything we believe in to be true. If we do not act upon and be honest on what we believe in the Holy Spirit will leave, therefore God knows we do not truly want it. We need to believe it, prove it and do it. In contrast to that, someone that constantly lies and acts upon these lies will veer off from having a pure heart and the Holy Spirit will
5:5). We should not confuse “meek” with “weak.” Jesus died a dreadful death for our sins, it takes a determined and willful person to do so and the Holy Spirit gave him the strength and encouragement. We should do things for the glory of God and not our own desires being leaders and teachers of others. Placing God’s longings before our own. For example, the fight we knew we could win, but backed away from it anyway. In difference we would be selfish, not acting humbly and following our own desires, not Gods.
The fourth Beatitude is, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled" (Matt. 5:6). Righteousness is a powerful Greek word which means "equity of character or deed/act". Begging for the Holy Spirit and following the promptings. We shall be just and fair in everything we do; know how to judge from right and wrong and what’s fair. Doing so by following God’s ten commandments. If we were to do opposite we would not follow God’s Laws and do wrong when we know …show more content…
5:7). An ethic God wants us to live by would be “do unto others as would have them do unto you” In Matthew 22:39, Christ summarizes his two main points- love God with your whole heart and love your neighbor as you would yourself. We should not hurt, steal or lie to others, we would not want these things in particular to happen to us. God tells us that we should be careful- treating everyone equally with love because, God will do the same situation to us. Therefore we should not care about ourselves and disregard others.
The sixth Beatitude is, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8). Overall meaning, being pure in heart we become honest in thought. We have to act upon everything we believe in to be true. If we do not act upon and be honest on what we believe in the Holy Spirit will leave, therefore God knows we do not truly want it. We need to believe it, prove it and do it. In contrast to that, someone that constantly lies and acts upon these lies will veer off from having a pure heart and the Holy Spirit will