The Kingdom
Pathway to Holiness
The Beatitudes
All have to do with relationships. Our relationship with God and each other
The Beatitudes
- The poor in spirit - relationship with God and with each other.
- Those who mourn - relationship with God
- The meek - relationship with God and with each other
- The hungry for God - relationship with God
- The merciful - relationship with God & people
- The pure in heart - relationship with God The peace makers
- The peace makers - relationship with people
- The persecuted - relationship with people
The Kingdom
- Of heaven is based on relationships: our relationship with God and with each other. The Ten Commandments deal with man’s relationship with God and with his fellow man.
The Commandments
Exodus 20:3-17
- Don’t have any gods before me
- Don’t make any idols, don’t bow down to them
- Don’t take my name in vain
- Keep the seventh day-unto me
- Honor your father & mother
- Don’t murder
- Don’t commit adultery
- Don’t steal
- Don’t give false testimony
- Don’t covet anyone or anything your neighbor has
Jesus Said
- Anger: Matthew 5:21-22
"You're familiar with the command to the ancients, 'Do not murder.' I'm telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister is guilty of murder. Carelessly call a brother 'idiot!' and you just might find yourself hauled into court. Thoughtlessly yell 'stupid!' at a sister and you are on the brink of hellfire. The simple moral fact is that words kill.”
New Living Translation Matthew 5:22
“But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.”
Matthew 5:17
“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them.”
God’s Kingdom
•Is based on relationships.
•We can’t get angry and just allow whatever comes into our minds to come out of our mouth. We must be careful what we say when we are hurt with someone.
In God’s Kingdom
• We can’t take our relationships for granted. We must fill our hearts with the love of God in our relationship with him and when we are hurt we will not allow angry, mean words to come out and hurt people.
Who Will Be Greatest
• In the
• When we become as little children
(Humble as a child)
We can not even enter the kingdom unless we become as children.
Matthew 18:1-4
Whom God Honors
- In the
- Those who treat others with love and respect.
- Those who don’t retaliate when hurt but who forgive and demonstrate the love of God.
- You Will Be Hurt
- Especially by those closest to you in this life
- Be forgiving
- Be humble
- Be loving
- Be Christ-like
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