THE ROAD OF REDEMPTION: How to Be Blessed

The Sermon on the Mount

The Goodness of God takes us from being under the curse of sin and makes us alive, and restores the blessing of God upon our lives.

Romans 2:4 NASB95

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

The Whole purpose of Christ coming was to display the Love of God in a single action- THE CROSS!

Romans 5:8 CSB

But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

The Purpose:

The Reason Jesus came:

To set captive Free- Luke 4:18

To bring healing (Luke 4:18)

To set oppressed people free (Luke 4:18)

To bring about the favor of the Lord (Luke 4:18)

1 John 3:8 (CSB)

The one who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the devil’s works.

and again:

Acts 10:38 CSB

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the devil, because God was with him.

JESUS CAME TO BREAK THE CURSE OF SIN OVER YOUR LIFE, BY BECOMING THE CURSE FOR YOU

Galatians 3:13 CSB

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, because it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.

It is the Removal of the curse that Allows us to walk in Favor

The first Blessing- The Spiritual Condition of Poverty is broken

Matthew 5 begins by speaking of the favor of the Lord- that breaks the spiritual condition of poverty

Matthew 5:1–3 CSB

When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

The Kingdom of heaven is the inheritance of those who realize their spiritual condition and turn to Jesus-

THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE

“to change one’s mind or purpose,”

The word in the New Testament always Involves a change for the better, and that change is always for the Better!

When you turn to Christ away from your sins, You exchange spiritual poverty for an Inheritance of the kingdom

Romans 8:17 CSB

and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

We are no longer in a poverty of Spirit but be have an inheritance

Rich people give inheritance of Kingdoms and that is what God has given us in exchange for our poverty.

Ephesians 1:3 (CSB)

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.

We are blessed in Jesus, and the first Spiritual blessing is the exchange of our poverty for His Riches!

Second Blessing- Mourning into dance

Matthew 5:4 CSB

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

The term comforted means to call to one’s side- it is to call to ones aid-

This is the spiritual blessing that We have

NO LONGER DO WE STAY IN A DEFEATED MOURNING STATE- BUT THE GOD OF ANGEL ARMIES IS FOR US

HE FIGHTS OUR BATTLE

HE GIVES US THE VICTORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST AND WE ARE DEFEATED THEREFORE THE CONDITION HAS CHANGE AND NOW HAVE AID

He becomes the Victory- And Gives us the victory

1 Corinthians 15:57 CSB

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

We go from Lamenting to Praise- Because we an call on the name of the Lord and we are saved

Proverbs 10:28 CSB

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

Third Blessing: The Humble gain an inheritance

Most work their entire lies to better themselves at the cost of others

We live in a world that is very selfish, and God sees the ones who are humble, not trying to make a name for themselves.

And it is humble that He calls His followers to be

BUT WITH A PROMISE THAT YOU WILL GET THE EARTH-

James 4:10 CSB

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

When we humble ourselves before the Lord, we submit ourselves to Him and He exalts

We need to remember:

Proverbs 13:22 CSB

A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.

And

Psalm 24:1–2 CSB

The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord; for he laid its foundation on the seas and established it on the rivers.

The Fourth Blessing- More of the presence of God from a deeper hunger

Psalm 63:1 CSB

God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

Those who hunger and thirst for God, get Satisfied!

Psalm 103:5 CSB

He satisfies you with good things; your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Isaiah 58:11 CSB

The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring whose water never runs dry.

GOD MAKES A PROMISE TO SATISFY THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THRIST AFTER HIM

RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE CONFORMING TO THE WILL OF GOD

YOU HUNGER FOR THE WILL OF GOD- AND YOU FIND SATISFACTION BECAUSE EVERYTHING GETS SATISFIED IN THE LORD WHO IS YOUR SHEPHERD.