September 21st, 2025 - Blessed Are Those... Who?

Scripture Passage: Matthew 5:1-16

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Names, places, pronunciations
1. Sermon on the Mount
2. Beattitudes
3. "Blessed are those...who?"

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Will we be able to hear this?
Start by seeing it:  open Bibles please.

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Context:  Matthew 2,3,4
Who, besides Jesus, was in Egypt, went through a life changing water experience, was tested in the desert, and received a mountaintop teaching?

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Who summarized Jesus' teaching?
Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

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Who was Jesus talking to?
5:1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

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Who was there?
24 News about him spread all over Syria,... 25 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

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Who knows if this is a chiasm or a progression?

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#Blessed
Who is blessed?

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Who is Jesus talking about?
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,...   
4 ... those who mourn,...
   5 ... the meek,...
   6 ... those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,...

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Who is aspiring to these things?
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,...   
4 ... those who mourn,...
   5 ... the meek,...
   6 ... those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,...

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Who can do these things?
7 Blessed are the merciful,
    .... 8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
   ... 9 Blessed are the peacemakers,

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Who wants to be at which end?
 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Who?
 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

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Who is the light?  What is light?
 14 “You are the light of the world. .... 16 ... let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven

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Jesus
Came from poverty/ insignificance, was passionate for healing truth, worked with pure motivation, and was persecuted...to the point of death.
He is the light of the world.

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Jesus turned the idea of "kingdom" upside down. 
Can you begin to see the Jesus way - where "those" people have been given the kingdom
-where living into meek and merciful may mean persecution?