Sermon On The Mount | Part 2: Beatitudes
August 17, 2019      |     By: Sam McVay, Jr.      |      Category: Primers      |      Location: Wichita
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The Sermon on the Mount has been called the “Constitution of the Kingdom of Heaven”.

It’s teaching, from the greatest teacher to ever walk the planet, is antithetical to the core values of the kingdoms of this world.

It will take the power of the Holy Spirit to understand and to walk out the revelations in the Sermon on the Mount.

Disciples of Jesus will make the teachings and priorities of the Sermon on the Mount the core culture of their character and lives.

The “pre-amble” to the kingdom constitution is a listing of what are called the - Beatitudes.

Beatitudes - Blessings guaranteed by certain heart conditions or circumstances.

Take note that the Beatitudes, as well as the whole Sermon on the Mount, will show the priorities of the King of the eternal Kingdom of God.

Blessing in Amplified Version:
“Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) ....

Matthew 5

B1
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

B2
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

B3
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

B4
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

B5
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

B6
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

B7
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

B8
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

B8-Explanation
11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Explanation:
Poor in spirit: Heightened sense of spiritual need breaking off the chains of self-sufficiency.
Mourn: a heart disposition that recognizes the the “counterfeit joy” of this broken age, grieving the lack of glory for God and love for one another.
Meek: Humility & Gentleness that rejects the worldly sources of power, strength, and influence for gain.
Hunger & Thirst Righteousness: Appetite for the King and the Kingdom of God.
Merciful: Maturing and radical love that bears, acquits, and transforms the offensive unforgiving culture of this dark age.
Pure: Singleness of vision for the King and His Kingdom that strives against mixture.
Peacemaker: Repairers of the breach between God & man and man & man through Kingdom process.
Persecuted: Afflicted, resisted, and suffering in the spirit and natural for the sake of righteousness and Jesus.