Un-Vacuuming the Beatitudes
Matthew 5:1-12
Matthew 5:38-42
Matthew 10:34-42
Luke 6:20-40
- Matthew 5:1-12
- What were Jesus’ listeners experiencing prior to the Sermon on the Mount?
- Slavery
- Oppression
- Brutality and Slaughter
- How does Jesus say they ought to respond to this?
- Matthew 5:38-42
- Will such a response make things better?
- Matthew 10:34-42
- What were Jesus’ listeners experiencing prior to the Sermon on the Mount?
- Grace versus Judgment
- The Knowledge of Good and Evil
- Genesis 1:27-31
- Genesis 2:8-9; 15-17
- Genesis 3:1-5
- H1847 from H3045 (יָדַע); knowledge: cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly). H3045 yâdaʻ yaw-dah’; a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) Look at 3:1…the “cunning” or “crafty” serpent.
- Grace versus Freewill – mankind gets to choose.
- Mankind chose to be their own judge of what is good and evil.
- 1 Corinthians 2:11
- Joshua 24:15
- Deuteronomy 30:15,19
- Luke 21:14
- Joel 3:14
- Blessings (Grace) and Woes (Judgement)
- Luke 6:20-40
- The Knowledge of Good and Evil
“Be like Jesus!”- Luke 6:40