Posts with the tag “beatitudes”
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
by Cole Cleveland on September 18th, 2023
"Blessed" This is to be happy with an eternal mindset. It's not temporary happiness, but lifelong joy. This is to find absolute peace in your life, no matter your circumstances. To be “blessed” is to understand that you have been given grace by a Holy God. Even though we are dead in our trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1-3), it is God who has chosen to make us alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:4). “For... Read More
Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit
by Cole Cleveland on September 14th, 2023
"Blessed" This is to be happy with an eternal mindset. It's not temporary happiness, but lifelong joy. This is to find absolute peace in your life, no matter your circumstances. To be “blessed” is to understand that you have been given grace by a Holy God. Even though we are dead in our trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1-3), it is God who has chosen to make us alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:4). “For... Read More
The Beatitudes Introduction
by Cole Cleveland on September 12th, 2023
The beatitudes are most well-known for being found in Matthew 5:3-12, which is what we will be studying through this book. This word “beatitude” never appears in the Bible, outside of the subtitle, which is probably written above verse 3 in your English Bible. This word derives from Jerome’s Latin translation of the Bible, which would have been around 390 A.D. The word comes from the Latin “beatit... Read More
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