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John A. Terry
... ten because his heart was pure." In the purity of his heart, he could see what to others was a horrible distortion. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. This is a wonderful promise, but it may also seem like the least accessible one of the beatitudes. We can be poor in spirit without wanting to be. We often mourn and feel meek. We can hunger and thirst for things to be right. We can act mercifully. But how do we go about being pure in heart? One pastor said that his reaction to this ...
Bulletin Aid
RobertT D. Ingram
... worshipers who have lost loved ones in the last year. Anthems and Special Music (John 11:32-44) A Cluster of Canons The Raising of Lazarus (Matthew 5:1-12) Blest Are They For the Feast of All Saints Long Ago and Far Away Rejoice in God's Saints The Beatitudes -- J. Bender The Beatitudes -- P. Christiansen The Beatitudes (Luke 6:25-33) On Love of One's Enemies The Woes Organ and Other Keyboard Music All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name How Firm a Foundation Sing With All the Saints in Glory
78. The Merciful
Matthew 18:21-35
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John A. Terry
... the victim of his own actions. Locked in the prison where he had locked others, subjected to treatment that he had taught his secret police, tried in the sort of trial he had helped to engineer, he was mocked by his own cruelty. We know the blessing of this beatitude, but we need also to consider the warning of the parable. In March of 1976, Carlo Gambino, boss of all bosses of the Mafia, died in New York. He was the model for the role of Don Vito Corleone, the part played by Marlon Brando in the movie The ...
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John A. Terry
... ten because his heart was pure." In the purity of his heart, he could see what to others was a horrible distortion. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. This is a wonderful promise, but it may also seem like the least accessible one of the beatitudes. We can be poor in spirit without wanting to be. We often mourn and feel meek. We can hunger and thirst for things to be right. We can act mercifully. But how do we go about being pure in heart? One pastor said that his reaction to this ...
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Johnny Dean
... road we’ve become convinced that the appropriate goal for our lives is to be comfortable, secure, proud, and above all happy. If that were true, why in the world would we look to Jesus to confirm this notion? In particular, why would we look at the Beatitudes for confirmation of the "Don’t Worry, Be Happy" lifestyle? Even a quick reading of this passage (which is about all many of us give any passage of scripture these days) tells us that if we’re going to take Jesus seriously, we’re going to have ...
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... the profile as our own, but heaven can’t wait. As Jesus calls us to the kingdom one by one and names us as his own at our baptism, the process is begun. After he has said to each of us, "Your sins are forgiven," the reconstruction work begins. The Beatitudes describe the form, the shape, and the dimensions of the new life he intends to mold in us. The evidence is here that our Lord is active in our midst, that at least dim outlines have appeared in us of what the future holds in stock for us, and that ...
82. Epiphany 6
Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8
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John R. Brokhoff
... were not raised, our faith in Christ would be in vain, we would still be in our sins, and the dead in Christ perished. But the truth is that in fact Jesus was raised from the dead. Luke 6:17-26 In the sermon on the plain Jesus gives the beatitudes and woes. The Gospel Lesson for today and the next two Sundays will be taken from Jesus' sermon on the plain. The setting for the sermon is given in verses 17-19. The sermon opens with four blessings and a corresponding number of woes. The parallel lists give one ...
83. Epiphany 4
Matthew 5:1-12
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... Ages Suggestion: Begin by asking the children what makes them happy. See if their responses center around what someone does for them, or what they do for others. Give an example from your own growing up years of each. Tie it together with the Beatitudes. Proclamation of the Word Consider this: Jack Parr once said, "Happiness can be found in the yellow pages of your telephone book - under saloon." Quite a contrast with where Jesus said we would receive it. Our society, including much of the church, seems to ...
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Bill Bouknight
... they score take off their helmets and do silly little dances. The list goes on and on. What we are talking about is getting under people's skin by aggravation. But there is another way to get under someone's skin, and this is what Jesus' fifth Beatitude is all about--"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." In the original Aramaic which Jesus spoke, the word "merciful" means literally "to get under someone's skin." It means to wear his skin, as it were; to see life from his perspective, to ...
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Robert Allen
... can choose to be unhappy. What do you think I do? I simply choose to be happy, and that’s all there is to it." I believe that this is what Jesus was saying in that section of the Sermon on the Mount that we call the Beatitudes. He begins each phrase in poetic fashion as he says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit ... Blessed are those who mourn ... Blessed are the meek ... Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness ... Blessed are the merciful ... Blessed are the pure in heart ... Blessed are ...
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Warren Thomas Smith
... we have an impossible list of spiritual/ethical/moral requirements. How can anyone measure up? Others maintain that Jesus was simply giving a set of standards which he alone could achieve. If this be the case, why are we taking time to study them? How do the Beatitudes relate to the saints? To us? We have in Matthew 5:1-12 the outline for Christlike living. It begins with recognition of one’s poverty of spirit. Augustine taught us that Pride is the first of the deadly sins. From pride all other sins flow ...
Drama
Dave Marsh
... puts his finger down on a page) Adam: Is that how you’re supposed to read it. Dave: Of course. If God wants me to read the Bible, then I figure he’ll point me to the fun spots. Adam: Well, what did you find? Dave: Um, something called the Beatitudes. Adam: Oh, I’ve heard of those. Dave: Yep, the Sermon on the Mountain. It’s where Jesus or God or someone tells us about how blessed we are or something. Adam: (takes the bible) Yeah, you’re right. Do you know what all these mean? Dave: Of course I ...
88. Who Counted the Fish?
John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25
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Donald B. Strobe
... them prosperity, and they are very effective. Past the walls of this church goes the public highway on which the apostle Matthew had his place of custom. Near there, on a mountain, is the cave to which the Saviour climbed and spoke the Beatitudes.” Just north of this area is a place which is called in the Greek “Heptapegon,” or the “Seven Springs,” usually known in its Arabic shortened form as “Tabgha.” Here seven warm springs empty into the sea, thereby attracting large schools of fish. Even ...
89. Being Christ
Ephesians 1:15-23
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Maxie Dunnam
... . You do not have because you do not ask, you ask and you do not receive because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions, unfaithful creatures.” It’s a scathing and stunning word, but it supports Jesus’ beatitude, “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.” Possessions, position, and power. Not approached with meekness, generate mistrust, severing of relationships, even violence. Meekness generates reconciliation and caring, and meekness is the telling mark of our being Christ ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... I also have to be aware that there are some suggested truths in the text that I have dealt with recently in other contexts. So, that’s the way I arrived at the focus today: “Blessed are those who are awake”. I state that as a Beatitude — a Beatitude of Jesus. Though not among the ones found in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is pronouncing a blessing: “Blessed Are those whom the Master finds awake.” Blessed are those who stay awake, alert, and ready for what life presents them — to be awake in ...
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David J. Kalas
... with one another, though always at Heaven's initiative. And, at another level still, we find the teachings of Jesus -- Heaven and Earth intersect in ethics and lifestyle. We have before us Luke's version of the teachings we call the Beatitudes (so named because of Jesus' recurring use of the word "blessed"). The underlying Greek word, makarios, can mean "blessed," "fortunate," and "happy." The Amplified Bible also includes "to be envied" in the connotation of the word. It is a supremely cheerful word ...
92. The Heart Has Eyes
Ephesians 1:15-23
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Mark Trotter
... rejoicing. A sacrifice that is made here is not merely an act of generosity, it is hailed in heaven as a battle for good over evil. If heaven is our goal, then this life has ultimate significance. What we do here has ultimate meaning. The Beatitudes were read as the gospel lesson for this morning. They are always read on All Saints Day, because they affirm that our deeds have ultimate significance, especially those deeds that are sacrifices to do the right thing. Or those deeds that cause suffering for us ...
93. Proper 12
Genesis 29:15-30, Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52, Romans 8:28-39, Psalm 105:1-45
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... psalms for this Sunday. The following commentary is on Psalm 128. See Proper 14 for commentary on Psalm 105.) Setting. Psalm 128 is usually characterized as a Wisdom Psalm. It begins with the wisdom saying or maxim in v. 1, which almost sounds like a beatitude from the gospel of Matthew. This beatitude is followed by two addresses that encourage the worshiper to embody the qualities of fear or reverence that were praised in the opening verse. Structure. Psalm 128 can be separated into three parts: the ...
94. I Love My Church
1 Chronicles 29:3
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James Merritt
... He is not pleased with it. God loves His church eternally. There is a blessing that comes to every church member who really will love his church, and love it in the right way, and love it for the right reason. I want to share with you my three beatitudes for a church member who truly loves his church the way Jesus wants him to. I. Blessed Is the Church Member Who Gives His Church His Loving Affection The background of this story is fascinating. David had a desire in his heart to build a house for God. It ...
95. Matthew 5:13-20
Matthew 5:13-20
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Leonard Sweet
... time in Matthew's gospel that Jesus refers to God as "Father." It is in acts of service - as salt, as light, as those doing "good deeds" - that God the caring, compassionate parent is given true glory. Verses 17-20 create a prose bridge from the poetic Beatitudes and the word-pictures of the salt and light images. The content of verses 17-20 is unique to Matthew's gospel except for one parallel in verse 18 (with Luke 16:17). This text also bears the distinction of being known as one of the most difficult ...
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Mike Ripski
... those whom everyone had regarded as cursed. Jesus is about to tell them they are blessed. The temptation is to turn the Beatitudes into a list of commandments. “Thou shalt be poor in spirit, mournful, meek, etc.” When you do that you turn the Beatitudes into a new legalism, another strategy for thinking we can earn what God gives freely. What Jesus is doing with the Beatitudes is this: he’s using what he’s just done – cure disease, relieve pain, calm the mentally disturbed, heal epileptics, make ...
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J. Howard Olds
... were not so hot. There are two words in the Bible for poor. One refers to the poor who find it a constant struggle to make ends meet, to pay the bills, to provide for family. I grew up like that. We were poor but proud. I was taught this beatitude as a child and told to be proud that we did not indulge in drink and dances and delights like our neighbors who cavorted with friends in high places. The word for poor here in Luke 6:20 is a different word. It is destitute poverty. It is Lazarus begging ...
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Leonard Sweet
... by them and never abandoned them, but the God who forever led them onward. When Jesus addressed his audience in what Matthew’s gospel calls the “Sermon on the Mount” his audience was almost entirely Jewish. Jesus’ opening statements, the “beatitudes,” extolled behaviors and attitudes that were well recognized in Jewish wisdom literature. But with a difference. Jesus did not promise that these actions and attitudes would serve those who practiced them well in the world. In Jewish wisdom teachings ...
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King Duncan
... on this All Saints’ Day, 2011. All Saints’ Day is a universal Christian Feast that honors and remembers all Christian saints, known and unknown. Our Gospel lesson for today is a collection of Jesus’ most famous and least understood teachings which we know as the Beatitudes. Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who ...
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King Duncan
... walks with Christ can be blessed while having none of the world’s wealth. It is not to the bulk of humankind to whom Jesus is speaking, but to those who would be saint-like when he spoke these words on the plain. Notice how Luke prefaces his beatitudes, “Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, when ...
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