Matthew Chapter 5 Discussion Page 12

There is no joy in ridicule or persecution itself, but when we endure those things because of our love for Jehovah God and Jesus Christ then we can be happy knowing that we made them rejoice.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

When God sees one who is just hungering and desiring righteousness, he will bless that person.

O TAST AND SEE THAT THE LORD JESUS IS GOOD HE IS BETTER TO US THAN WE OR TO HIM OR TO OURSELVES HE IS LOVE IF WE DO NOT KNOW JESUS WE DO NOT NO REAL LOVE REPENT ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HART AND HE WILL COME IN AND TEACH U HIS WAY OF LIFE THAT IS THE BEST WAY OF LIFE AMEN

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT! THANKS BE TO GOD!

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED. THANK YOU JESUS AMEN HALLELUJAH AMEN I BELIEVE YOU JESUS

Dean (cont.); Sir, you said, "Entering the Kingdom of heaven is to have authority." There are a ton of "motivational speakers" posing as Bible preachers and teachers: the Glad Tidings is not a "self improvement" or "self enrichment" course! There is not a method or formula for figuring out some secret code! The Word of God is Spirit and Truth and Life Eternal; and reaches into the innermost parts.

Dean; The Son of God came into this world already having the Anointing and the Authority and Commission from the Father; He didn't have to first do anything! All that He did was for our benefit, and our example. The Lord was expounding the same Glad Tidings He was preaching throughout the Country, and describing the divine nature in us by His grace, that will be the result of those Glad Tidings.

The Lord sitting down to teach His disciples was to expound what He was preaching everywhere the Announced Glad tidings of the kingdom of heaven at hand beginning with telling us plainly who are the "Blessed." To the ones who have not the kind of spirit in them to withstand the hateful and hostile, and are naturally run over and dominated by the proud those who are the least and the weakest in the eyes of the world these FIRST shall be rewarded their good things, for all the evil things they had to endure. Those with no power to make a stand, or speak up for themselves like the poor beggar laid at the rich man's gate, starving and sick and having NO ONE WHO LOVED HIM these FIRST shall be received with tenderest love and comfort into Abraham's bosom. It is a character trait and a kind of soul that the Lord Jesus Christ seeks first to bring him the good news of salvation. It is the fundamental nature of Jesus' disciples the first evidence of a heart touched by God's acceptance and grace. It is the first thing that will be known of us when we come to appear before Him, to give account of the things we did in life. It is the fact done of truth in the inward parts where our Father in heaven sees in the concealed, and of what men behold in our manner of life.

I leaned that in anything you do you have to put God first and no matter what God must intervene in your situation.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. The LORD is my strength and my shield my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth and with my song will I praise him.

We tend to attach a moral or emotional understanding to this verse based on the popular conception that 'heaven' is a blissful place we go after death. In the previous two chapters Jesus had just had the "heavens opened to him" after which he endured temptations and trials. From this point forward he heals the sick and raises the dead. Because he had just had authority given to him by the Father....the kingdom of heaven. Entering the Kingdom of heaven is to have authority. "Heaven is my throne..." From the throne, opened to Jesus when he "fulfilled all righteousness" Jesus was given the authority of a king with a throne. What he says must therefore be done. God does not give this authority to the rich in spirit who are self motivated and have their own agenda, but the poor in spirit who receive the promise, endure the trials and temptations and submit to the Father. Our inheritance is to have this same authority. Which type of heaven do you desire? A blissful place for you to live eternally, or an inheritance of authority to command sickness and death and bring righteousness and wholeness and the kingdom of God in the earth?

BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. AMEN HALLELUJAH TO THE LAMB THANKS TO THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND YOUR RESURRECTION LORD WE ARE SAVED BY YOUR GRACE ANEN

So true!

Blessed are those who completely yield and submit themselves to Christ so, that Christ will do Matthew 5:3-12 in you. Having confidence and reassurance in 5:13-16. If your not completely submitted to Christ, look at vs. 20

Who loves us more than Jesus? No one at all love is kind love knows no pains love sees no wrong love do not hurt love understand remember there is two kinds of love human love and Godly love human love is base on how we are treated but God love looks over our faults and see our needs and God mets all of our needs and he don't talk about us he just love us through things Amen

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD. THANK YOU JESUS FOR GIVING ME PEACE WHICH NONE OF THIS EARTH CAN GIVE. JESUS MY JEHOVA JIREH THE LORD MY PROVIDER SHALOM MY ONLY KING OF PEACE AMEN HALLELUJAH

Verse 29: We may have to take drastic measures to get rid of things in our lives that are damaging our relationship with God and making us stumble.

Insight; the history of the "City of the Great KING" is on account of her inhabitants, who have consistently rejected with contempt any and all of God's servants that He sent to her; "How often would I have gathered your children together...and YOU WOULD NOT!" But one thing we always find in the Bible around these things is that in the end God WILL have His way with Israel and they WILL convert!

V35, Jesus is teaching an important lesson. He does not say Jerusalem is Gods city but the city of a great king. A king that defines what is religion and law. Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times.
All of earth is Gods real estate. What is holy to God is the LIFE God placed on a lifeless planet. Kings kill the life God creates.

The desire of the Holy Ghost is to deny the flesh with the mind of Christ to always please the Father. Even though the flesh considers perfection impossible it is Christ Jesus who reminds us that salvation itself is impossible and it is only made a reality by God. Who leads us to repentance, and by his word we receive faith to obey his will to be born again so then our morals can be very good.

"...so the whole world can see it and want to know what is it that we have that they don't have and they will want to be delivered..." My experience, I'm sorry to say, has never been like that. It was never because I wanted what some Church-people had, that I didn't; that I came to repentance! It was because my real danger was my sins, and my [imagined] life without God, and the Word which I heard

Bruce u are so right we the True Believer of God we are the light of the World we Cannot hide our light we must let it shine so the whole world can see it and want to know what is it that we have that they don't have and they will want to be delivered from their sins because of the love that we have shown to them and the way we live our lives thats how God want his Children to live here.

This chapter is not in parables but spoken as law, in commandment form. As God spoke to Moses only, for the people were in fear, so too did Jesus spoke to those with ears to hear. Jesus absorbed the scriptures, for he spoke of fulfilling the law and not creating a new law. So I do as well, immersing myself in the old and new, for both are relevant. I admire you Irene, even though we disagree.

We must love no matter what and be forgiven

John 19:28 "i thirst"

It's interesting that in this whole chapter - Jesus was teaching only His disciples, and not the multitudes as He usually was in a monologue this long.

Pro. 18:24 - song, "Just to walk with Him" - "My steps had led me far away, Sometimes I wondered why, They had taken me down lonely roads, Beneath the darkened sky, But every time I lost my way, He sought me out, He took my hand and said He'd walk with me." Throughout the scriptures, God demonstrates His willingness to compensate for our lack; Ps. 23.

Jn. 16:33; Matt. 5:45; Acts 7:59; 16:23; These refer to tribulation (trials) in this life. There will be 'some' saints in Rev.13:7 who will go thru the GREAT tribulation; I haven't r'cvd. clarification on that yet. I KNOW tho' that I will not be one of them because they become saints DURING the GREAT tribulation; how? I don't know; I just take it by faith. A saint NOW will be raptured.

The darkness of this world is getting darker! You can feel the darkness, in the news and the towns and cities, in the neighborhood and the Churches are turning dark. We,who are cleansed by The Blood (Revelation1:5) are "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD". (V:14) If they don't see The Light in us!??? WE: THE LIGHT OF THE World are the only LIGHT they will see. Stay trimmed, keep full of oil. Preach the gospel