A Study of the BeatitudesSt. J & B Presents:

Feb. 2nd: Blessed are the Poor In Spirit/Those Who Mourn/The Meek

Feb. 9th: Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness

Feb. 16th: The Merciful/The Pure in Heart

Feb. 23rd: The Peacemakers/The Persecuted

Plus WednesdayHome Groups!

Sundays:

Matt. 5:1-11

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“The beatitudes are not talking about eight different kinds of people. Rather, these are eight qualities and characteristics of ONE type of people: people who enter the Kingdom of God.”

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Matt. 5:1-11

The Ladder to the Kingdom

The Beatitudes:

Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:1. ‘Blessed are the poor in

spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

2. ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

3. ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Matt. 5:1-5

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1. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Matt. 5:3

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*Your problems are beyond you*

“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol— that our lives had become unmanageable.”

A.A. Step One

“I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.”

Paul’s PovertyRomans 7

2. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

Matt. 5:4

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*Your problem is sin*

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.”

Mourning & RepentancePsalm 51

3. “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.”

Matt. 5:5

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*Your problem is you*

“Dear editor, the problem with the universe is me.”

G. K. Chesterton

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