the beatitudes - week 2 (02/14/ 2010)

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Eight Essentials forExtra-“ordinary” Living

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Eight Essentials for Extra-“ordinary” Living

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8World says… Jesus says…

Believe in yourself Believe in MeStrive to be #1 The last shall be first & the first

shall be last

Winning is everything He who finds his life will lose it & He who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Don’t get mad, get even Love your enemiesAssert yourself Deny yourselfGet ahead Give yourself awayMost toys win Gain the whole world & lose

your soul, you have nothing

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768The world or the natural man

says happiness comes from . . .Jesus says happiness comes from. . .

Asserting yourself Humbling yourself…Blessed are the poor in spirit

The pursuit of endless pleasure to hide our pain

Being able to show & share your feelings… Blessed are those who mourn

Being in control of everything Letting God be in control…Blessed are the meek

Being self-reliant Needing others…Blessed are those who hunger & thirst

Paradoxical

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The world or the natural man says happiness comes from . . .

Jesus says happiness comes from. . .

Winning at all costs Helping others to win…Blessed are the merciful

Doing what “feels” right Doing what God says is right…Blessed are the pure in heart

Seeing others as competition or threat to their well-being

Seeking to cooperate or getting along with others…Blessed are the peacemakers

Making fun of those who are different than what they are

Seeing persecution as a compliment…Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness

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Pronouncements…not probabilities

ProgressivePoor in spirit

Mourning

Meek & Gentle

Hunger & Thirst Merciful

Pure in Heart

Peacemakers

Persecuted

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786Matthew 5:3 3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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“penichros” – poor but not penniless

1As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. Luke 21:1-2

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“ptochos” – to shrink, cower, or cringe

19"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. Luke 16:20

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11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.‘ Luke 18:11,12

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13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'Luke 18:13

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14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:14

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3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3,4

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“I am rich and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” not knowing that she was instead “wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, Revelation 3:17

3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

1. Will lose his or her preoccupation with self.

15Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.I Timothy 1:15



18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. Romans 7:18



8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ. Philippians 3:8



“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7


1. Will lose his or her preoccupation with self.2. Will realize they can’t go it alone.

34"Where have you laid him?" he asked. "Come and see, Lord," they replied. 35Jesus wept. 36Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"John 11:34-36



41As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. Luke 19:41



15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15


1. Will lose his or her preoccupation with self.2. Will realize they can’t go it alone. 3. Will not complain but be grateful for

whatever we get knowing we didn’t deserve anything to begin with.

15 “…Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?” Matthew 20:15


1. Will lose his or her preoccupation with self.2. Will realize they can’t go it alone. 3. Will not complain but be grateful for

whatever we get knowing we didn’t deserve anything to begin with.

4. Will receive their greatest joy by serving.

28 . . .the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.“ Matthew 20:28


1. Who do you boast in the most? Yourself or God?

2. When was the last time you reached out in love & cooperation to someone? Or are you content to go it alone?

3. How grateful are you for what you have? Or do you think you’ve earned everything you have?

4. What is your greatest joy? Is it when others serve you or when you get to serve others?

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Helpful Steps for Growing in Humility

1. Remember you are nothing without God.

20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, ,”I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had left him. Judges 16:20

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2. Be wiling to remove the things that feed your pride.

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3. See yourself & your accomplishments in comparison to God and His holiness & power.

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3 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.” Isaiah 6:5,6

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5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.” 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “God away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” Luke 5:5-8

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4. Stay as close to God as possible in desperate prayer & in His Word.

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the beatitudes - week 2 (02/14/ 2010)

Spiritual

kingdom of heaven

poor widow

penichros poor

rich man

tax collector

good lives

fine linen

trustworthy saying