This past Sunday we began our new series called “The Mount.” We started with Jesus’ introduction often called the ‘Beatitudes.’ We honestly could of spent an entire month on these twelve verses. Due to the fact that at Capstone we don’t have 2 hour sermons I was not allowed to share all that God had put on my heart over these verse. This week I will attempt to remind you where we went and go a little deeper into the Beatitudes that we discussed at the Gathering this past Sunday.
Beatitudes
Each one of the Beatitudes starts with “Blessed are those…” For many of us that makes NO SENSE, so we check out and never get the BIGNESS of what Christ is saying. If we took the original Latin word that we get the title from Beatitudes – that is then translated into Blessed and looked through the lens of today’s lanuage we would read “Happy are those…” Now we can start to understand where Jesus is going.
Jesus starts off his Sermon on the Mount by sharing with his disciples and audience where to find true happiness. Our happiness is found in the list that follows: those who are poor in Spirit, Mourn, Meek, seek Righteousness, show Mercy, Peace making and go through Persecution. These things don’t really click with our society and culture. Proving those right who say the Bible no longer applies in the twenty first century. But it didn’t click in Jesus day either. He was starting off his sermon with some heavy hitters. He was describing himself and his character while instructing those who dare to follow in how they too should conduct their lives – finding happiness in their reflection of His Father’s holiness.
Next we will break down each “Happy are those…” statements and see other scripture references that support Jesus’ statements – Text supporting Text.
