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The king's principles
True righteousness
According to Jesus, true happiness does not come from all the things that society suggests.
It does not come from celebrity, beauty, wealth and possessions.
It is not about how you feel.
It is not about what you have or even about what you do.
What true righteousness is?
Being a master teacher, our Lord did not begin this important sermon with a negative criticism for the scribes and Pharisees.
he began with a positive emphasis on righteous character and the blessings that it brings to the life of the believer.
The Pharisees taught that righteousness was an external thing, a matter of obeying rules and regulations.
righteousness could be measured by praying, Giving, fasting Etc. in the Beatitudes and the pictures of the believer Jesus described Christian character that flowed from within.
imagine how the crowd’s attention was recited on Jesus when he started preaching and his first word: “blessed”
The Greek word, ‘makarios’ (used in 5:3–11) means ‘blessed’, ‘fortunate’, ‘happy’ – the privileged recipient of God’s favor.
Or, as the Amplified version puts it, ‘happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous, that is, with life-joy and satisfaction… regardless of their outward conditions.’
The word was not used for humans; it described the kind of Joy experienced only by the gods or the Dead.
Blessed implied and inner satisfaction and sufficiency that did not depend on outward circumstances for happiness.
This is what the Lord offers those who trust him
In the Beatitudes (‘beautiful attitudes’!) Jesus highlights eight unexpected situations in which you receive God’s favor and blessings.
The Beatitudes described the attitudes and it ought to be in our lives today.
Be spiritually desperate for God / Our attitude toward ourselves.
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’ (v.3a).
The word for ‘poor’ means ‘begging… dependent on others for support’.
Here, it means being brought low or weakened to the point of realizing the need to depend on Jesus: ‘You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope’ (v.3a, MSG).
The poor in spirit are blessed because, through what Jesus has made possible, ‘yours is the kingdom of heaven’ (v.3b).
Our attitude toward ourselves.
To be poor in spirit means to be humble, to have a correct estimate of oneself.
Romans 12:3
It does not mean to be poor spirited and have no backbone at all?
poor in spirit is the opposite of the words attitudes of self-praise and self-assertion.
it is not a false humility that says, "I'm not worth anything: I can't do anything!”
It is honestly with ourselves, we know ourselves, accept ourselves, and try to be ourselves to the glory of God.
Weep over your condition / Our attitude toward our sins
‘Blessed are those who mourn’ (v.4a).
Mourn your own sin and the mess in the world around you.
Weep with those who weep.
It is not wrong to weep and to mourn the loss of those you love.
Jesus’ promise is that those who mourn ‘will be comforted’ (v.4b).
God’s comfort goes way beyond any kind of ordinary comfort.
As Joyce Meyer writes, ‘It’s almost worth having a problem in order to be able to experience [God’s comfort].’
We mourn over sin and despise it.
We see sin the way God sees it and speak to treat it the way God does.
Those who cover sin or defense sin certainly have the wrong attitude.
Be content with who you are
‘Blessed are the meek’ (v.5a).
The Greek word for ‘meek’ means ‘gentle’, ‘considerate’, ‘unassuming’.
It is showing kindness and love for others.
It is the opposite of arrogance and self-seeking.
It means ‘broken’, not in the sense of a broken glass that is shattered, but in the way that a horse is broken – tamed, strength under control.
Through Jesus the meek are blessed – ‘they will inherit the earth’ (v.5b).
‘You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are – no more, no less’ (v.5a, MSG).
We should not only mourn over our sin, but we should also meekly submit to God. meekness is not weakness, for both Moses and Jesus were Meek men.
Conclusion
Be hungry for God
‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness’ (v.6a).
‘You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God’ (v.6a, MSG).
Pursue a relationship with God as your number one priority in life.
Pursuing anything else for its own sake ultimately leaves you empty.
But the blessing of a hunger for God and his righteousness is that you ‘will be filled’ (v.6b).
Receive forgiveness and be merciful
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