“Life in the Kingdom: # 6 Matthew 5:6

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Date: March 28, 2022 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

If the amount of persecution we endure is an indication of the depth of our righteousness, and therefore our relationship with Christ, what does the absence of persecution indicate?  The fact is, the less the church is persecuted, the more unrighteous it becomes, and the more it adapts to the culture of the world, which describes the evangelical church today. The more the church is persecuted, the more it reveals the pure righteousness of Christ, and the more effective it is in its witness to the world. We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: Life in the Kingdom of God # 6

If the amount of persecution we endure is an indication of the depth of our righteousness, and therefore our relationship with Christ, what does the absence of persecution indicate?  The fact is, the less the church is persecuted, the more unrighteous it becomes, and the more it adapts to the culture of the world, which describes the evangelical church today. The more the church is persecuted, the more it reveals the pure righteousness of Christ, and the more effective it is in its witness to the world.

We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: Life in the Kingdom of God # 6

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In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus outlined the characteristics of those who would be allowed into His kingdom. There is a valuable lesson to be learned in the structure of those beatitudes:

Jesus said all of this was necessary for us to “comprehend” the kingdom of God.

The second three beatitudes have to do with “fullness and persecution.”

The fourth beatitude is the pivotal point in a Christian’s walk and witness to the world. Unless that hunger and thirst for righteousness are in our heart:

The “tripartite” nature of man says man has a body, soul, and spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12, Romans 7-8, Genesis 2:7)

Peter warned us to “abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.” (1 Peter 2:11) Satan wants us to satisfy that hunger for God in our soul with earthly substitutes.

Jesus used the metaphors of “hungering and thirsting” to describe the three steps in our eternal redemption.

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