“Life in the Kingdom of God” # 7 Matthew 5:7

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Date: April 3, 2022 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

When we were born physically, certainly our parents never expected us to remain as little children, totally dependent upon others for our survival. However, when we are born again spiritually, we seem to think it’s okay to remain as “babes in Christ” – children that are always dependent upon someone to warm the spiritual milk to their liking. Sadly, a ccording to all surveys, that describes the majority of those who claim to be Christians today, which is why the church is so weak in the world. We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: Life in the Kingdom of God # 7

When we were born physically, certainly our parents never expected us to remain as little children, totally dependent upon others for our survival. However, when we are born again spiritually, we seem to think it’s okay to remain as “babes in Christ” – children that are always dependent upon someone to warm the spiritual milk to their liking. Sadly, a ccording to all surveys, that describes the majority of those who claim to be Christians today, which is why the church is so weak in the world. We will explain this further in our next sermon in this series – “Behold the King: Life in the Kingdom of God # 7

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Old Testament Reading: Daniel 9:1-19 – New Testament Reading: Titus 3:1-7

Behold The King “Life in the Kingdom of God” # 7 Matthew 5:7

From the very beginning, God declared that those who would believe in Him should become like His Son, Jesus Christ.

SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS THE CALL TO EVERY BELIEVER

SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS THE GOAL OF EVERY PASTOR

PASTOR WAYNE’S JOURNEY TOWARD SPIRITUAL MATURITY

The “beatitudes” outline the pathway to spiritual maturity.

Jesus’ main purpose for this sermon was to teach His disciples to become “fishers of men,” and to do that, He had to contrast the failed religion of Judaism with the kingdom of God.

The Greek word that is translated as “mercy” in verse 7 means more than the absence of punishment. Mercy is compassion in action.

With that new understanding of “mercy,” let us rethink Paul’s words in Ephesians 2:1-4 regarding our own salvation:

Questions:

We have been saved by His grace, but it is because of His mercy that we are being saved today and will be saved tomorrow, and the next day, until we are SAFE in His presence, forever!

Many have turned this beatitude into a humanistic, reciprocal virtue – “If I’m merciful to others, they will be merciful unto me .” However, there are two major problems with that view:

To be a citizen in the kingdom of God, you must receive God’s mercy through these five steps:

The evidence that we have taken those five steps is that we are merciful to those who have not yet traveled that same pathway, those who are still in bondage to their sin.

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