23 янв. 2011 г. · Jesus calls us to join a radical kingdom. He gives us a radical vision to match, that the kingdom of heaven infiltrates our present. We can ...

In these opening verses of Matthew 5, Jesus teaches about “blessedness,” a word tough to get at in the English language and in American culture.

Jesus's words in Matthew 5:1–12 are meant to remind Christians that their hope isn't in themselves but in what their great God has done and will do.

This word affirms a state of blessing that already exists. Each beatitude declares that a group of people usually regarded as afflicted is actually blessed.

David Guzik commentary on Matthew 5, where Jesus teaches the Sermon on the mount to the disciples, including the beatitudes.

Jesus goes up "on a mountain" to teach the people. In the context of that region, this doesn't mean something like Mount Everest.

Jesus sees as blessed: humility, mourning, gentleness, peacefulness and other virtues. Jesus lived by these qualities himself and we can notice them in his ...

These small group studies of Matthew contain outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, verse by verse commentary, and applications.

9 мая 2019 г. · In this sermon, Jesus outlines the principles by which the kingdom is ruled. It is a not set of rules for worldly success, but is instead a ...