Title: Eight Blessings / Matthew 5:8
Contents
Title: Eight Blessings
Bible: Matthew 5:8
(Introduction)
The kingdom of heaven, that is, the reign of God, is revealed by the power of the Holy Spirit.
(Main subject)
1. The poor in heart...Heaven
1) Those who realized the finiteness of human life and abilities
2) Those who realized the emptiness of the material world
1) Those who mourn their inability and sin
2) Those who mourn for the salvation of others
3. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth
1) Receive the earth as an inheritance: the meek receive the heavens tabernacle
Although it can be easily tamed, acquiring land as an inheritance
It is difficult to write with cognition (see Psalm 37).
2) Training of meekness
(1) through trials and tribulations (2) through the grace of the Holy Spirit
4. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness... for they shall be satisfied.
1) Meaning of Righteousness: A state of being able to stand before God without shame
2) Those who hunger and thirst
(1) A person who has made moral efforts with manpower
(2) Those who have had other religions
(3) Those who long to live a true life
3) Blessing of fullness
(1) The righteousness of works is the righteousness of faith (Romans 3:19-28)
(2) Righteous Spirit, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
5. The merciful ... will be shown mercy
1) Meaning of mercy: Even though there is the right and authority to punish
restraint without punishment
2) We who have received the grace of mercy
The pity and compassion of our God who deserves punishment
Received forgiveness and salvation
3) The sin of lack of mercy
(1) The sin of unbelief (2) The sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit
6. The pure in heart ...We shall see God
1) Time of the heart
(1) Greed - idolatry (Ephesians 5:5)
(2) obscene (3) shabby (4) evil
2) The way to purify the heart
(1) By repentance (1 John 1:9) (2) By the Word (John 15:3)
(3) by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5)
7. The Peacemaker...Called the Son of God