Jesus begins to reveal how the Pharisees 'lowered the bar' on the Word of God. Just because you didn't actually murder someone doesn't mean you obeyed the commandment 'Do not…
Jesus challenges the people to obey all the Word of God and have a righteousness that surpasses the Pharisees? The people had been misled for many years by the Pharisees…
The last 2 beatitudes deal with peacemaking and persecution. When we initiate the need for peace in conflicts we are like Jesus Himself. But it is not always received well…
Jesus continues to 'bless' His hearers by showing them God wants to bless them according to their heart condition not the externals, which is what the Pharisees taught the people…
Jesus says blessed are the merciful. Mercy is an act of compassion shown to those (all of us) who don't deserve it. This is exactly what God does for us.…
Jesus continues to speak on how to be blessed of God. Using the Old testament as background Jesus speaks to His people about meekness and hungering for righteousness. What did…
In the first two beatitudes Jesus begins to show us how God desires to bless us. Not by keeping external traditions, like the Pharisees but through the inner working of…
