PART 1

Mt 5v3 Blessed are the poor... PROV13:7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches. Is66:1-2 Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? … On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word

Mt 5v3 Blessed are the poor... LUKE 18:13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ REV2:9“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich)

Mt 5v4 Blessed are those who mourn... 2Cor7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. Exek9:4 and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

Mt 5v5 Blessed are the meek... Psalm 37 V11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. V22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him shall be cut off V29 The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell in it forever. V34 Wait on the Lord, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Mt 5v5 Blessed are the meek... ZEP2:3 Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the Lord’s anger 3:12 I will leave in your midst A meek and humble people, And they shall trust in the name of the Lord. COL3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another... NUM12 3(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)

Mt 5v6 Blessed are those who hunger... IS64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; Lk1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty. IS 55:1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price REV22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely

PART 2

Mt 5-7 The sermon on the Mount Matthew 13:34-35 Parables... 1 Corinthians 2:6-11Rulers...

Mt 5v7 Blessed are the merciful... JUDGEMENT – Receiving what is deserved

Mt 5v7 Blessed are the merciful... JUDGEMENT – Receiving what is deserved MERCY – Not receiving what is deserved

Mt 5v7 Blessed are the merciful... JUDGEMENT – Receiving what is deserved MERCY – Not receiving what is deserved GRACE – Receiving what is Not deserved

Mt 5v7 Blessed are the merciful... MICAH 6:8 What does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? Mt18:23-35 THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT Mt 6:12 And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us

Mt 5v8 Blessed are the pure in heart... PSALM 24:3-4 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, TITUS 1:15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. 1 PETER1:22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit [d] in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

Mt 5v9 Blessed are the peacemakers JOHN 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid EPH 6:14-15 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace ROM 16:20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. Weapons of truth, mercy, forgiveness, prayer, love … Peacemaker – Abigail 1 Sam 25

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Mt 5v10 Blessed are those who are persecuted... JOHN15 18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 1 PET 2 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps JER 38 6 So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon... which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.

Mt 5v11 Blessed are you... Same blessed – but a switch from the 3 rd person to the 2 nd person … MAT 10: And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved