Mar 5 2012
Beatitudes: attitudes that ought to be
Photo: a humble attitude – goal scorer David Luiz points away from himself to where his success comes from.
The Beatitudes (Mt 5.1-12) – are attitudes that ought to be. That is, attitudes that are to be in your life if you want to be blessed. Nearly all the attitudes Jesus lists there have something to do with humility. For example ”the poor in spirit” are those who feel small, and “those who mourn” are those who are down because they have lost out, and ”the meek” are those who do not impose themselves. These are humble attitudes. In fact we could summarize the Beatitudes by saying: “Blessed are the humble.” More
Sep 6 2013
The Blessed Attitudes
Matthew 5:1-16 The Beatitudes of Christ
The church has often associated blessing with abundance, but in the Beatititudes Jesus associates it with lack. He says blessed are the poor in spirit (those who lack confidence), blessed are those who mourn (those who have lost something), blessed are the meek (those who hold back), blessed are those who hunger for righteousness (those who admit they lack righteousness), blessed are the pure in heart (those who are pure inside where it’s not often noticed), blessed are the peacemakers (those who sacrifice self to unite with others), blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness (those who lack comfort in their stand truth).
Jesus taught this to his disciples while on a hill watching the crowds gather to hear him. And it seems that he was comparing the oppressed crowd before him with the civil and religious rulers who imposed themselves upon them. More