Let us continue our study in Christian Be - Attitudes -
Blessed are the Pure in Heart for they shall see God
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
You remember this section of the Sermon on the Mount, as these 3 P’s
1. Pure Heart - Internal Purity - Matter between a person and God.
2. Peace makers - External activity before God.
3. Persecuted - Standing for the Right thing.
Blessed are Pure in Heart - A Christian Internal life - Matter of Heart which nobody can see - Only God can see Secret life of Purity.....
Bible says the condition of Human heart is
1. Desperately wicked - Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick;
who can understand it
2. Thoughts of heart - evil - Genesis 6:5 - The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
3.Hard and Impenitent Heart - Romans 2:5 - But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
David when he sinned, he expressed the need for the clean heart - A man after God’s own heart felt the need of the new heart - when he sinned with Bethseba - in Ps 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me.
We need transplant - A Heart transplant, It is regeneration. God promised that he would give
New heart - Ezekiel 36:26 - And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh
Is your heart pure before God? How can my heart be pure? If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness - 1 John 1:9
Someone has said: “It is not enough for a gardener to love flowers; he must also hate weeds.”
Holiness should be highest goal of every believer. Peter writing to believers in Pontus, Galatia, Myasia, Cappodocia, Asia and Bythnia, He says that we ought to be holy in all manner of conduct because our God who called us is Holy.
1 Peter 1:15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
Holy God cannot dwell with Unholy people, Holy God cannot dwell with impure people, Holy God cannot live with ungodly people. If we cannot use unclean cups on our dining table, How can God use people who are unclean.
Without Holiness - No one can see God
God requires holiness to stand in his presence....It is biblical principle from Old testament.
Psalm 15:1-6
O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; 3 who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; 4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; 5 who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 24:3-4- Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
Hebrews 12:14 - Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Here is an example
Isaiah 6:1-6 - Isaiah see the LORD of glory in heaven.... He confesses, I am a man of unclean lips, neccessity of cleansing, Sin will be removed by the angel touching the lip of Isaiah with coal from altar and then he was sent by God.
One Pastor said - Lord strike me and kill me right when I touch another mans wife.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God
A Christian ought not to live like a monk or Hermit, but as actively involved. This Be- Attitude calls for Christian disciples to be active in the community and society they live in, Spiritually bringing peace by proclaiming the gospel and social peace by harmonious living.
Blessed are peace makers....
Jesus Christ our Lord.... Is the Prince of peace.. Isaiah 9:6
They that are disciples are peace makers.
Peace with Whom
1.Peace with God
2.Peace with man
Peace with God
2 Corinthians 5:18-20: All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
We need to preach the gospel, we bring people to God through Christ Jesus.... We bring real peace to humanity and human soul.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ - Romans 5:1
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross - colossians 1:20
That is the reason, Gospel is called gospel of peace - Ephesians 6:15. Gopel has several attributes, here are few of them 1. Eternal Gospel - Rev 14:6 2. Glorious gospel 1 Tim 1:11 3. Gospel of Power - Rom 1:16 and 4. Gospel of Peace - Eph 6:15
Peace with men - Christian has to live in peace with everybody... Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
We have to live in peace with all men...Some times it is not possible with some folks who do not follow Jesus Christ.
Those who bring peace for people with God and men are following in the foot steps of Jesus Christ making reconciliation.
Lack of peace stems from Promotion of self interest and Self Agenda......But when Gods interest is kept forward the real peace will take place. There will be a time when the entire earth will be in peace....When Christ rules ... The Prince of peace rules, till then.....the true disciples of Christ Jesus...A True christain should strive for peace.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
Persecuted...Blessed are the persecuted...Jesus stand for Righteousness...He wants his true disciples take a stand for righteousness.
Christian should be persecuted for doing right than doing wrong...1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 1 Peter 3:17-18
If you do right and are persecuted...Then you are blessed.
At work....
1. If you stand for what is right and lost your promotion....You are blessed. You will have true pomotion in heaven.
If you do right and landed in trouble at home...mistreated by spouse...You will have reward in heaven
If you do right in community and society and are persecuted...Looked down, troubled, bullied by the ungodly in the society. Great is your reward in heaven.
Society cannot tolerate a personal stand for righteousness. Communities, nations are slowing drifting from righteousness - doing right to the doing what is wrong in the sight of God.
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted - 2 Tim 3:12
Jesus says for theirs is kingdom of Heaven......Jesus Christ is not promising that God will take your side and fight for you. There will be day all the left will be made right. All wrong in the society will be wiped out, in that day..You will partake in it.
Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you
If people talk evil of you and that is true..... It is bad in the sight of the Lord
If people talk evil of you and this is false.....It is good, rejoice and be glad great is your reward.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world - John 16:33
Think about the disciples, History says that Peter was crucified upside down, Paul was beheaded in Rome.
Blessed are the Pure in Heart for they shall see God
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
You remember this section of the Sermon on the Mount, as these 3 P’s
1. Pure Heart - Internal Purity - Matter between a person and God.
2. Peace makers - External activity before God.
3. Persecuted - Standing for the Right thing.
Blessed are Pure in Heart - A Christian Internal life - Matter of Heart which nobody can see - Only God can see Secret life of Purity.....
Bible says the condition of Human heart is
1. Desperately wicked - Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick;
who can understand it
2. Thoughts of heart - evil - Genesis 6:5 - The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually
3.Hard and Impenitent Heart - Romans 2:5 - But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
David when he sinned, he expressed the need for the clean heart - A man after God’s own heart felt the need of the new heart - when he sinned with Bethseba - in Ps 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me.
We need transplant - A Heart transplant, It is regeneration. God promised that he would give
New heart - Ezekiel 36:26 - And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh
Is your heart pure before God? How can my heart be pure? If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness - 1 John 1:9
Someone has said: “It is not enough for a gardener to love flowers; he must also hate weeds.”
Holiness should be highest goal of every believer. Peter writing to believers in Pontus, Galatia, Myasia, Cappodocia, Asia and Bythnia, He says that we ought to be holy in all manner of conduct because our God who called us is Holy.
1 Peter 1:15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
Holy God cannot dwell with Unholy people, Holy God cannot dwell with impure people, Holy God cannot live with ungodly people. If we cannot use unclean cups on our dining table, How can God use people who are unclean.
Without Holiness - No one can see God
God requires holiness to stand in his presence....It is biblical principle from Old testament.
Psalm 15:1-6
O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; 3 who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; 4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; 5 who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 24:3-4- Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
Hebrews 12:14 - Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Here is an example
Isaiah 6:1-6 - Isaiah see the LORD of glory in heaven.... He confesses, I am a man of unclean lips, neccessity of cleansing, Sin will be removed by the angel touching the lip of Isaiah with coal from altar and then he was sent by God.
One Pastor said - Lord strike me and kill me right when I touch another mans wife.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God
A Christian ought not to live like a monk or Hermit, but as actively involved. This Be- Attitude calls for Christian disciples to be active in the community and society they live in, Spiritually bringing peace by proclaiming the gospel and social peace by harmonious living.
Blessed are peace makers....
Jesus Christ our Lord.... Is the Prince of peace.. Isaiah 9:6
They that are disciples are peace makers.
Peace with Whom
1.Peace with God
2.Peace with man
Peace with God
2 Corinthians 5:18-20: All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
We need to preach the gospel, we bring people to God through Christ Jesus.... We bring real peace to humanity and human soul.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ - Romans 5:1
and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross - colossians 1:20
That is the reason, Gospel is called gospel of peace - Ephesians 6:15. Gopel has several attributes, here are few of them 1. Eternal Gospel - Rev 14:6 2. Glorious gospel 1 Tim 1:11 3. Gospel of Power - Rom 1:16 and 4. Gospel of Peace - Eph 6:15
Peace with men - Christian has to live in peace with everybody... Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
We have to live in peace with all men...Some times it is not possible with some folks who do not follow Jesus Christ.
Those who bring peace for people with God and men are following in the foot steps of Jesus Christ making reconciliation.
Lack of peace stems from Promotion of self interest and Self Agenda......But when Gods interest is kept forward the real peace will take place. There will be a time when the entire earth will be in peace....When Christ rules ... The Prince of peace rules, till then.....the true disciples of Christ Jesus...A True christain should strive for peace.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
Persecuted...Blessed are the persecuted...Jesus stand for Righteousness...He wants his true disciples take a stand for righteousness.
Christian should be persecuted for doing right than doing wrong...1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 1 Peter 3:17-18
If you do right and are persecuted...Then you are blessed.
At work....
1. If you stand for what is right and lost your promotion....You are blessed. You will have true pomotion in heaven.
If you do right and landed in trouble at home...mistreated by spouse...You will have reward in heaven
If you do right in community and society and are persecuted...Looked down, troubled, bullied by the ungodly in the society. Great is your reward in heaven.
Society cannot tolerate a personal stand for righteousness. Communities, nations are slowing drifting from righteousness - doing right to the doing what is wrong in the sight of God.
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted - 2 Tim 3:12
Jesus says for theirs is kingdom of Heaven......Jesus Christ is not promising that God will take your side and fight for you. There will be day all the left will be made right. All wrong in the society will be wiped out, in that day..You will partake in it.
Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you
If people talk evil of you and that is true..... It is bad in the sight of the Lord
If people talk evil of you and this is false.....It is good, rejoice and be glad great is your reward.
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world - John 16:33
Think about the disciples, History says that Peter was crucified upside down, Paul was beheaded in Rome.
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