Beatitude

Latin word‘Beatus’means

happy,blissful, blessed

God is working to a pattern

The pattern is from weakness to strength

The beatitudes

embody this

 Beatitudes of Man

Happy are the ___________________: for they get on in the world.

Happy are the ___________________: for they never let life hurt them.

Happy are they _____________________: for they get their own way in the end.

Happy are the ___________________: for they never worry over their sins.

Happy are the ___________________: for they get results.

Happy are the ____________________________: for they know their way around.

Happy are the ____________________: for they make people take notice of them.

pushers

hard-boiled

who complain

blasé

slave drivers

street wise

troublemakers

The word "beatitude" comes from the Latin beatitudo, meaning "blessedness." The phrase "blessed are" in each of the beatitudes implies a current state of happiness or well-being. The expression held powerful meaning of "divine joy and perfect happiness" to the people of the day. In other words, Jesus was saying "divinely happy and fortunate are" those who possess these inward qualities. While speaking of a current "blessedness," each pronouncement also promises a future reward.

Title:  Beatitudes of ManHappy are the “pushers”: for they get on in the world.Happy are the hard-boiled: for they never let life hurt them.Happy are they who complain: for they get their own way in the end.Happy are the blase’: for they never worry over their sins.Happy are the slavedrivers: for they get results.Happy are the knowledgeable men of the world: for they know their way around.Happy are the troublemakers: for they make people take notice of them.Source: JB Phillips, When God Was Man(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1955) p26-27 as quoted in Charles R Swindoll, Improving Your Serve p 35