What Have We Become? (Matthew 5:1-12)
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“Peace be with you.”
1 When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. 2 He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Let us pray,
“Father may your will be done for us, Jesus may your word be proclaimed to us, Spirit may your work be accomplished in us. Amen.”
I. Introduction
I. Introduction
The Character I wanted my wife to emulate.
The Character I vowed to embody.
Just like my profile of the man I want to become, Jesus preaches the quality he comes to embody.
And Just like the qualities I was looking for in a woman I wanted to marry, so too is Jesus preaching the qualities his bride is to emulate.
II. The Life Jesus Embodies.
II. The Life Jesus Embodies.
1. Poor in Spirit.
1. Poor in Spirit.
7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
2. Mourns.
2. Mourns.
Man of Sorrows-
3 He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Jesus weeps over those who die-
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, 34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!”
Laments over sin-
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 38 “Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 39 “For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Grieved int he garden-
37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.” 39 And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”
Other examples-
23 “Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?
11 “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
The God of all comfort-
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
3. Gentle/Meek-
3. Gentle/Meek-
Gentleness-
20 “A battered reed He will not break off, And a smoldering wick He will not put out, Until He leads justice to victory.
1 “Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 “He will not cry out or raise His voice, Nor make His voice heard in the street. 3 “A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. 4 “He will not be disheartened or crushed Until He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”
Power under restraint- Meekness
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.
Reviled but not reviling-
23 and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;
4. Righteous.
4. Righteous.
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”
17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
5. Merciful.
5. Merciful.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
6. Pure/Holy.
6. Pure/Holy.
without sin-
15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.
5 You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
7. Peaceful.
7. Peaceful.
Makes peace with God-
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
8. Persecuted.
8. Persecuted.
because he was righteous-
21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Persecuted-
5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
Jesus teaches us about the nature of one who is truly blessed and in His life we see each characteristic defined. What is truly meant by meekness, Poor in Spirit, etc. we come to know through Jesus’ actions in his life. Jesus embodies the one who is truly blessed.
Now that we have learned WHAT Jesus is preaching; let’s consider the WHY Jesus has preached to us- To tell us what we will come to emulate as we follow Him in faith and as his spirit works in our lives.
14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
III. The life we Emulate.
III. The life we Emulate.
This life is done to us not done by us-
Being someone poor in Spirit, by definition possession no ability to become spiritually blessed. They are complete dependent upon the richness of others. Jesus gives himself to us through his Spirit which causes us to be reborn. The Spirit works in you to produce the life we are to emulate. The Christian life is a life that is given to us by Jesus empowered by his Spirit.
follow me...
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
IV. Application: What are you becoming?
IV. Application: What are you becoming?
1. “The kingdom of heaven” in v. 3, 10
1. “The kingdom of heaven” in v. 3, 10
these are bookends that frame the life we will come to emulate. They invite us on the journey of following Jesus which begins with the kingdom (His reign in our lives) that lies ahead and which ends with receiving the fullness of the kingdom in hand! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. This provides the thrust of Jesus’ sermon. The beatitudes begin and end with a hope of the Kingdom of heaven. Jesus is inviting us to share in his life which begins with his reign in your present life and his reign growing more in your life until the fullness of the Kingdom is reached in your life. It is both a present sense and a future sense. Just like my vows at my wedding were the hope of what I want to become as a husband, so the presence of the reign of Christ in my life is a present reality as well as a hope of what I will come to have- Christ completely reigning over, in, and through my life.
2. A bride who can fall more in love with and trust in her husband.
2. A bride who can fall more in love with and trust in her husband.
Jesus doesn’t hold us to a standard that he himself isn’t willing to commit to.
Jesus shares with those who follow Him all that He is blessed with from all that He accomplishes.
3. A person who can be more self-aware.
3. A person who can be more self-aware.
Given the standard (Jesus) we:
see how we are being saved.
Have you come to solely trust in Jesus as your Savior because you are spiritually bankrupt? Has your spiritual poverty brought you to weep over your sin and caused you to hate it? Has your mourning led you to restrained the power of the old man so that the new man- Jesus- can rule your life? Has your meekness brought you to hunger and thirst for things to be made right? Has your appetite for righteousness moved you to be as merciful to others as Jesus has been merciful to you? Has being merciful brought more purity and holiness into your life? Has this purity of heart made you feel your peace with God, through which, you truly know you are His child? And in knowing you are a child of God has this invited insults and attacks from the enemies of God? If your answers be yes- The Kingdom is Yours in Christ Jesus!
can gauge our own Spiritual maturity.
monitor the Spirit’s activity in their life.
encourage christians to live into their calling.
4. A person who loves others better.
4. A person who loves others better.
The kingdom grows as Jesus’ reign spreads to the lives of the lost.
Jesus involves those who emulate Him to represent him to others and invite them into the Kingdom.
Let us enter into communion with our Jesus! May our hungering and thirsting be satisfied and be filled up with Him...