“Life in the Kingdom of God” # 5 Matthew 5:5

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Date: March 20, 2022 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

It is time Christians stopped fighting against the corruption of the culture and prepared to live in it, without being corrupted by it! Does that mean we give up and let evil men take over? No, but until we increase our “saltiness,” and the illumination of our “light,” we will continue to be ineffective in our assignment to be God’s witnesses in this world. We haven’t achieved much by our anger – perhaps it is time to try meekness. Meekness says: I offer no defense for my life, for it doesn’t belong to me, but I will give my life in defense of Christ, because He gave His life for me! We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: Life in the Kingdom of God # 5.

It is time Christians stopped fighting against the corruption of the culture and prepared to live in it, without being corrupted by it! Does that mean we give up and let evil men take over? No, but until we increase our “saltiness,” and the illumination of our “light,” we will continue to be ineffective in our assignment to be God’s witnesses in this world.

We haven’t achieved much by our anger – perhaps it is time to try meekness. Meekness says: I offer no defense for my life, for it doesn’t belong to me, but I will give my life in defense of Christ, because He gave His life for me!

We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: Life in the Kingdom of God # 5.

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In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus outlined nine characteristics of those who would be allowed into His kingdom. However, He made it clear that these nine qualities:

When the people heard Jesus use these terms to describe those who would enter the Kingdom of God, they were shocked because it was so different from what they had expected to hear.

In addition to the disciples, there were different kinds of people gathered to hear from Jesus:

The Five Stages of Christian Persecution:

Because of our ineffectiveness in preserving the culture from corruption, rather than fighting against it, Christian need to prepare live in it, without being corrupted by it.

Examples of “Meekness” in the Scriptures –

We tend to think of heaven as a palace with golden streets, gates of pearl, and our personal mansion “just over the hillside”!

MEEKNESS SAYS

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