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It’s been more than twenty years since I first preached through the Beatitudes. That series marked a major turning point in my ministry and the life of our church. The poignant message of these verses seemed to jolt our congregation with a new sense of urgency and seriousness about the discipleship to which our Lord calls us. It also awakened my heart as never before to the profound privilege...
Look at the sequence of these pronouncements in the Beatitudes. We see first the poor in spirit, which is the right attitude toward sin and which leads to mourning in verse 4. After you’ve seen your sinfulness and mourned, you’re meek with a sense of humility. Then you seek and hunger and thirst for righteousness. Do you see the progression? That manifests itself in mercy (v. 7), in purity of heart (v. 8), and in a peacemaking spirit (v. 9). The result of being merciful and pure in heart and peacemaking
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