Embodying the Beatitudes: A Life of Love and Humility

1) "The opposite of humility is what pride pride goes before destruction and grace invites i mean and humility invites grace god gives grace to the humble but he opposes the who you ever thought about why does the lord oppose the proud i'll make it simple for you because i'm very simple in all that i do and i and the reason i make things simple is i'm a a closet redneck from north georgia right but actually it's my favorite quote it's by einstein einstein said make things simple but not simpler the brain learns best through best through simplicity not complexity so you make things simple jesus made things simple he didn't always have you know an introduction three alliterated points and a conclusion all right jesus told stories why stories are very powerful ways of teaching people and yet they're also what simple here's why what got lucifer kicked out of heaven it was simply pride pride is the realm of the demons humility is the realm of the angels one third of the demons went with lucifer they moved to what they moved to pride and they got removed as well but the two-thirds are stuck behind they stayed in what humility humility to god the father and god gives grace to the humble" [03:11] (96 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2) "The message of jesus when in humility charity and brotherly love he teaches transformation of the inner person jesus presents to be attitudes in a positive sense virtues in which life will ultimately lead to reward love becomes the motivation for the christian all of the beatitudes have an s technological meaning that is they promise a salvation not in this world but in the next the beatitudes initiate one of the main things of matthew's gospel that the kingdom that we so long away that we so long away from long awaited in the old testament is not of this world but it's of the next the kingdom of heaven while the beatitudes of jesus provide a way of life that promises salvation listen they also bring in the midst of our trials they also bring peace excuse me they bring peace in this world in the midst of our trials and tribulations in other words if you choose to live a life based on the beatitudes which by the way requires humility expecting goodwill to do it then you will find peace in the midst of your trials and struggles" [11:27] (69 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3) "People mess up, be respectful anyways. We also, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, justice. This reveals an ongoing desire to grow, mature, and serve the Lord and bless others. You see, to be hungry and thirsty for righteousness means you must want to learn. You've got to want to grow. You've got to want to learn. Sadly, a lot of people quit learning. They quit reading. And for those who are young enough, here's some information for you. There is some good evidence and research that those who read, a lot, are significantly less likely to get Alzheimer's. Those who don't read much are at an increased risk for Alzheimer's. That's why I told my wife, she'll forget me before I forget her. Keep your brain cells active. Thirst for righteousness. Learn, grow, mature. It's an ongoing desire to know the Lord and deepen our love with Him. We will not hunger and thirst if we do not care." [18:30] (64 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4) "To be merciful requires you having goodwill towards others. To forgive others. Knowing that we need forgiveness is goodwill. If you want to be merciful, you want to have mercy, give mercy. Because you will reap what you what? Anger attracts anger. Fear attracts anger. Dysfunction attracts anger. Mercy attracts dysfunction. Mercy attracts mercy. Forgiveness attracts unforgiveness. Got it? Goodwill attracts goodwill. To be merciful means we allow others to be imperfect. Did you get that? To be merciful means you allow others to be imperfect. You don't judge them. You sit there with them in their pain and their hurt and you care. And you speak the truth to them, but you do it in a what? Loving way. We give grace as we receive grace. We don't judge. We don't hang on to anger and bitterness and unforgiveness. Because when we do, we are actually making ourselves better than those people. Did you get that? When you hang on to those things unconsciously, you're saying, I'm better than you. You're beneath me. I don't have to forgive you. Why? Because I'm better than you. You hurt me. You need to suffer. I am so glad Father doesn't treat me that way. I am so glad he's merciful. When you're merciful, you don't treat people with ill will." [20:26] (80 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5) "Blessed are the peacemakers. And we're not talking about the Marine Corps in Lebanon. The reason I said that is I'm reading a book right now about what really happened back in those days that led to our Marines. It's unbelievable what was taking place politically in this country that set that up. They were there as peacemakers. But in order to have a peacemaker, that means we have to have what? Conflict. In order for there to be peacemakers, there's got to be what? Conflict. Blessed are the peacemakers. To be a peacemaker means there's conflict. We come to Christ to find peace with the Father. Jesus had to step into the breach between the Father and the creation. People say, well, Jesus forgave me on the cross. I go, no, he did not. Yes, he did. No, he did not. He did not. Read it very clearly. That is not what Jesus said on the cross. What he said on the cross was, Father, forgive them. He didn't say, I forgive you. He said, Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. Why did he ask his Father to forgive us? Because Jesus knew the issue that I'm dying for isn't between me and you. It's between my dad and you." [25:09] (80 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6) "If you follow christ and his teachings and we're seeing it more and more now i think in this country than we ever have we see a little bit of truth through jesus 89 you will be attacked belittled humiliated and persecuted christ says the persecuted will be rewarded where in heaven not necessarily in this world thus though we must live our life in this world which is really a kingdom world we still have the challenges of living according to his world his word in this world and have you noticed that sometimes the ideal word of god doesn't always fit in a real world situation some people are going to divorce you whether you like it or not some people just don't want to be your friend some kids are just going to rebel regardless of what you do it's just the way it is not everybody's gonna like nobody likes me get used to it nobody liked jesus either what makes you think you're more special than he is we still have the challenges of living this way in this world and you cannot do it perfectly that's an impossibility but you can do it maturely so i'd say here the blessing to blessed are the persecuted is this it's really a call for the body of christ to endure to be patient to persevere you bears all things love endures all things to continue to walk in trust and faith regardless what's happening to stay peace to stay patient to stay hopeful and to make sure your treasures are not here as these two hurricanes have proven your your treasures can be gone in an instant but store up treasures where in heaven" [28:08] (60 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)