It’s because He’s preparing them for what He’s about to talk about next: “You have heard that the ancients were told, … But I say to you”…
Category Archives: Matthew
Be Salt and Light | Matthew 5:13-16 (NASB)
He starts off with teaching His disciples that they are salt and light in the world. As such, they (we) need to do what salt and light naturally do.
#8 Blessed are the Persecuted | Matthew 5:10-12
And it’s not just about earthly things but about life itself and more, eternal life. It’s a rejection of the truth in favor of a more comfortable lie.
#7 – Peacemakers are God’s kids | Matthew 5:9
A result of being a peacemaker is to be called a child of God. Jesus is The Son of God. John tells us in 1 John 3:1 that we too are children of God
#6 – Pure in heart | Matthew 5:8
So how does a heart become pure? Heating is a kind of testing or proving. If we apply this to our hearts, God can purify our hearts through testing.
Blessed are the merciful | Matthew 5:7
Did you (did I) act toward them with mercy? Judgment is easy and costs us nothing. Mercy is not so easy, it requires sacrifice. Just ask God.
Hunger for righteousness | Matthew 5:6
This happiness is complete. There is fullness of righteousness, Christ’s righteousness, to those who seek it with great longing and desire – as for life!
Be-attitudes: Gentle | Matthew 5:5
Jesus is the best example. How does He describe Himself? Matthew 11:29 says, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart…
Be-attitudes: Mourners | Matthew 5:4
The blessing is not in the mourning itself. Mourning is sad, full stop. The blessing is in the comfort. Have you been in a situation of mourning and crying …
Be-attitudes: Poor in spirit | Matthew 5:3
“To be poor in spirit is to have a humble opinion of ourselves; to be sensible that we are sinners, and have no righteousness of our own…