The Beauty of Becoming (Pt. 5)

INTRO

BODY

Review of the Beatitudes.

Blessed are the poor in spirit — seeing your need in for life

Blessed are those who mourn — repenting from your old life

Blessed are the meek — surrendering control over your life.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst — finding true satisfaction in your life.

Matthew 5:7.

The Gospel according to Matthew 2. The Beatitudes, 5:3–12

The first four beatitudes express in one way or another our dependence on God; the next three the outworking of that dependence.

Luke 10:25-37 — The Good Samaritan

Jesus encapsulated both compassion and forgiveness.

Christ’s death on the cross was God’s greatest act of mercy.

Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing Chapter 2—The Beatitudes

He does not ask if we are worthy of His love, but He pours upon us the riches of His love, to make us worthy.

CONCLUSION

Encanto

“Thus to forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, that greatest good, communal harmony that enhances the humanity and personhood of all in the community.” ― Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a foundational to our faith.