matthew 5:1-12 the 5 th beatitude. 1 st ~ poor in spirit = humble 2 nd ~ mourn = can repent 3 rd ~...
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Matthew 5:1-12
The 5th Beatitude
1st ~ Poor in spirit = Humble
2nd ~ Mourn = can repent
3rd ~ Meek = yielding to God’s will
4th ~ Hunger and Thirst for
righteousness = desire to know and
do right
Review of first 4 Beatitudes
Poor in spirit Mourn Meek Hunger / Thirst
RightWith God
MercyPure in Heart PeacemakersPersecuted
RightWith Man
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”
Matt. 5:7
Meaning = Compassionate
“The Merciful are those people who are touched and pained at the misery
and misfortune of others.”
To Jews Mercy Signified:1.Pardon of injuries2.Giving alms
Latin ~ Misery + Heart
O.T. and N.T mercy is translated “kindness”
God’sLove
2 Cor. 1:3 – “Father of mercies”1 Tim. 1:2 – “Grace, Mercy, and Peace from God our Father”
Grace and Mercy extended to man by God
GodGrace
MercyMan
MercyMan
Strict Justice - no one could go to heaven
“Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed.” Ps. 85:10
Truth = man sinnedMercy = Christ’s blood coversRighteousness = right to enterPeace = Christ is the mediator
God’sMercy &Grace
“Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.”
Luke 6:36
1. Deeds of Helpfulness
- Lk. 10 - Samaritan - showed mercy v. 37 “he that showed mercy on him”
1. Deeds of Helpfulness
- Lk. 10 - Samaritan - showed mercy- Jas. 1:27 - pure religion
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
1. Deeds of Helpfulness
- Lk. 10 - Samaritan - showed mercy- Jas. 1:27 - pure religion- Gal. 2:10 - remember the poor
“They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.”
1. Deeds of Helpfulness
- Lk. 10 - Samaritan - showed mercy- Jas. 1:27 - pure religion- Gal. 2:10 - remember the poor- Gal. 6:10 - do go unto all men
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.”
1. Deeds of Helpfulness
- Lk. 10 - Samaritan - showed mercy- Jas. 1:27 - pure religion- Gal. 2:10 - remember the poor- Gal. 6:10 - do go unto all men- 1 Jn. 3:17 - brother have need
“But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?”
2. Kindliness of Judgment
Slow to condemn and draw unfavorable conclusions
Eager to believe the best, not the worst
“Believes all things” - 1 Cor. 13:7
2. Kindliness of Judgment
“God Himself doesn't propose to judge a man until he is dead.
So why should you?”
3. Forgiveness Has mercy = holds no malice Can bless those who persecute him
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
Eph. 4:32
3. ForgivenessUnmerciful Servant
“Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?‘ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses." Matt. 18:32-35
3. ForgivenessJoseph and his brothers
“... he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.” Gen. 50:21
“bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.” Col. 3:13
3. Forgiveness
Stephen3. Forgiveness
3. Forgiveness
Sowed mercy = reap mercy
Mercy blesses him that givesAnd him that takes. - Shakespeare
“The merciful man does good for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh”
Prov. 11:17
“The merciful man does good to his own soul” Prov. 11:17
“he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.” Prov. 14:21
Severity begets severity
Kindness begets kindness
Mercy receives mercy
“Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
Jude 21
Specific - Mercy to others
Results - Obtain Mercy
Principle - Compassion
Application - Forgiveness
The 5th Beatitude
President Calvin Coolidge
Jesus ChristSon of God
SalvationSalvation
Hear the gospel (Rom. 10:17)Believe In Jesus (Jn. 8:24)REPENT of your sins (Lk. 13:3)Confess your faith (Matt. 10:32-33)Baptized Into Christ (Acts 2:38)
Faithful until death (Rev. 2:10)
REMISSION OF SINS