Sermon Tone Analysis

Failure of the of the pulpits to preach

Failure of the churches to evangelize

failure of the believer to stand boldly for his faith

failure of the believer to grow and be set apart from the world that he can lead others out of it.

Before we consider the advances of the wicked maybe we should examine ourselves as a church and individual believers and ask ourselves what have we done when did have the freedom.

Before you begin to

Much of the Teaching of Jesus centered on the glorious Kingdom which was and still destined to come.

The kingdom is not that which Israel was to establish.

Nor is it what the Church is to establish as many talk about doing kingdom work.

The sermon on the mount deals with the heart of the one who the kingdom though not yet is already a reality in one’s own heart.

Today we come to Matthew 5 verse 5 as we continue our study from Friday dealing with the meek.

Opening hymn: Solid Rock

Opening prayer

Matthew 5:5 (NASB95) — 5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

25.119 μακάριος, α, ον:

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pertaining to being happy, with the implication of enjoying favorable circumstances—‘happy.’

Here is such a simple definition, but how else would one define the response of one’s own soul whose occupation with the Lord allows him and her to perceive the glorious kingdom which is yet to come.

How can anyone explain to another what the magnificent view it is, unless one sees it for oneself.

The response to those things related to the Kingdom is not only perceiving it, but also knowing that they, who are born from above, are looking at this kingdom as their promised inheritance in Christ.

Next is the adjective the describes those who are in that state of blessedness which is

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88.60 πραΰς, πραεῖα, πραΰ: pertaining to being gentle and mild—‘mild, gentle, meek.’

This along with the other characteristics of the Beatitudes that we have studied prior and those we will study as we continue our morning sessions pertaining to the sermon on the mount, are not traits that we aspire to live up to.

It is the Character that is reflected in the believer who has matured in the faith by keeping just two spiritual priorities.

1.

The word of God

a. Learning

b.

Applying

c. Living

(Eph 1:17; Ephesians 4:13; Phil 3:10)

2. Under The filling ministry (empowerment) of God the Holy spirit.

a. Orientation to the authority of the third person of the Godhead who indwells us

b.

Under the mentorship and teaching ministry of the spirit.

(John 14:17; John 14:26; John 16:13–14; 1 Cor 2:14-16)

In short, these traits come with spiritual maturity and are a part of fruit of the holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22–23 (NASB95) — 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

There is no greater role model to teach us what gentleness looks like than our Lord and master Jesus Christ who lived the prototype spiritual life which the mature believer will come to immolate.

The fact is, when you put all the Beatitudes together you find that you are actually looking at the image of the Christ.

Coming to be identified as one possessing these traits, you have accomplished the mandate that Paul gives in his letter to the Philippians.

Philippians 2:5 (NASB95) — 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus,

The gentleness or meekness of Christ is power under restraint.

This Same Jesus in His hypostatic union is the same Lord God who spoke the creation into existence.

with the word of His power, He sustains all things.

It is in His Judgement that he brought the flood to wipe out the wickedness of this earth and it will be by his judgment that he will destroy by fire.

It was He, not Moses, who divided the red sea.

It is he who gave his close disciples the glimpse of his deity when he calmed stormy seas on the Galilee.

He walked upon the waters.

It is he who with a whip caused a stampede of animal and human bodies out of the temple when he chased out the marketeers out.

And so much more.

But the greatest display of the power of God may be found not in his unlimited power to effect, but in his ability to voluntarily restrict the divine use of those divine attributes in obedience to the Father’s will, stepping into the world of sin and wickedness to save those who would believe.

It is this one who says to his disciples

Matthew 11:28–30 (NASB95) — 28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

Come to me.

The divine call

84.24 δεῦροa; δεῦτε (with plural subject):

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extension toward a goal at or near the speaker and implying movement—‘here, hither, come here.’

δεῦροa: δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι ‘come here and follow me’ Mt 19:21; Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω ‘Lazarus, come out here’ Jn 11:43.δεῦτε:

δεῦτε δετε τὸν τόπον ‘come here and see the place’ Mt 28:6.[1]

First to come to Jesus we move away for the world and even away from old selves leaving behind the corruptness of the flesh.

Ephesians 2:1–3 (NASB95) — 1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

What a beautiful word.

The word is when spoken by the savior drawing us out of the world and bringing us close to Him.

all who are weary and heavy-laden

There is a parallel to the historical account of our Israelite brothers and sisters under the burden of the King of the Egypt which was the only world the Israelites knew.

As they multiplied Pharoah became nervous.

The Pharoah implemented, Plan Parent Hood, with a decree to kill all the baby boys, and subjected the Israelites to greater labor until the people cried out to the Lord.

But God continued to multiply them.

The burden that we grow weary of spiritually is the burden of sin and its consequences.

But not all of us, for there are those who are comfortable in their misery.

Like Lot and his wife.

Whereas Lot’s righteous soul was tormented, Mrs. Lot’s heart was connected with the comfort that she was leaving behind.

And because of it she died with it.

In the garden redemption of the souls was promised, and Man and woman could look with hope for the coming redeemer.

But though they may have received the righteousness by believing in the promises of God, the Lord did not lift the consequences of their sin.

It is these things that we read in Genesis 3 that are the toil and the burdens caused by sin to include the tragedy of human death.

By time Adam dies at the age of 930, Adam will have witnessed the full measure of what his sin cost.

And by the time of Noah we find the thoughts of man were continually evil.

It is today that we are suffer the burdens of sin and evil in the world.

that of our own and that which has affected those we love and that of the world.

Romans 8:22–25 (NASB95) — 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

24 For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

25 But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.

Matthew 11:28 and I will give you rest.

23.84 ἀναπαύω:

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to cause someone to become physically refreshed as the result of resting from work—‘to cause to rest, to give rest

The rest that was anticipated through the Sabbaths is here.

As God’s people were to labor seven days and rest on the seventh, our Sabbath has arrived.

Hebrews 4:9–11 (NASB95) — 9 So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. 11 Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.

Matthew 11:29 (NASB95) — 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me,

Yokes were heavy, wooden crossbars used to connect two oxen together for more efficient plowing.

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Here, Jesus’ yoke represents His teaching.

Allegiance to Him and His kingdom results in a sense of peace—it is not laborious, like keeping the requirements of the Jewish leaders of the time, but instead is joyful.

Jesus is saying, “come, take a loud off.”

And He instructs

And learn from me

27.12 μανθάνωa:

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to acquire information as the result of instruction, whether in an informal or formal context—‘to learn, to be instructed, to be taught.[2]

It is the world pursues ways to cope with the burdens of sin and evil within the world through psychological means or a frantic search for happiness finding superficial means by which one can forget the troubles of this world, even drugs and alcohol to deaden the burden.

It is the Christian who finds his rest in the word of the Lord.

The student of the word of God finds rest in the word of God taught by spirit of God.