Blessed are.
Blessed are. In our life we become poor in spirit at one time or
another. We see many changes in our lives from birth to our
death. But in between we see the hope of our salvation and the
promises of eternal life thru Jesus Christ. Mat 5:3 Blessed are
the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
are the poor in spirit; These are the people that are convinced
of sin and unrighteousness, which are willing to accept the
truth about themselves. Understanding that there is no hope
without a saviour, a intercessor a guide to God. Mat 5:4 Blessed
are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Isa 61:3 To
appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of
righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be
glorified. These are the people that have compassion on others,
who love all even if they are not loved. Those that cry over
sin, knowing that sin will eventually bring in destruction. Mat
5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
These are the people that do not resist the evil in this world
but return Love for hate. Giving understanding to those that are
without understanding and accepting persecution without trying
to recompense the evil that is done unto them. Mat 5:6 Blessed
are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled. These are the people that have a great
desire to learn about God. Their hunger for the word will be
filled and the righteousness that man is in lack of will be
bestowed upon them from the Father. For mans righteousness is as
filthy rags before God. Mat 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for
they shall obtain mercy. Those that give mercy to others in lew
of debt and obligation will also receive mercy from the Father
for their debt and obligation. God looked beyond our faults and
found our needs. Mat 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they
shall see God. Pure; 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or
extraneous matter; clear; free from mixture; as pure water; pure
clay; pure sand; pure air; pure silver of gold. 2. Free from
moral defilement; without spot; not sullied or tarnished;
incorrupt; undebased by moral turpitude; holy Thou art of purer
eyes than to behold evil. Hab 1. Prov 20 3. Genuine; real; true;
incorrupt; unadulterated; as pure religion. James 1 4. Unmixed;
separate from any other subject or from every thing foreign. 5.
Free from guilt; guiltless; innocent 6. Not vitiated with
improper or corrupt words or phrases; as a pure style of
discourse or composition 7. Disinterested; as pure benevolence
8. Chaste; as a pure virgin 9. Free from vice or moral
turpitude. Titus 1 10. Ceremonially clean; unpolluted. Ezra 6
11. Free from any thing improper; as, his motives are pure 12.
Mere; absolute; that and that only; unconnected with any thing
else; as a pure villain. He did that from pure compassion, or
pure good nature. To be able to see God while in the flesh is
almost impossible, even Moses only could view Gods hinder parts,
but in the spirit all will see the face of God, either as Judge
or as Friend. Mat 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they
shall be called the children of God. These are the people that
strive for peace, weather it be on a national scale or on a
person to person scale. Mat 5:10 Blessed are they which are
persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. There are so many Christians that are being persecuted
around the world today, as with Paul, these people are in danger
of robbers and even their own countrymen. Many are being
imprisoned, shot, beaten and killed for their testimony of Jesus
Christ. Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and
persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake. The word Blessed in Hebrew means Happy.
Happy are you that are reviled, persecuted, and falsely accused
of evil. This world is coming to an end. Men seek righteousness
in all the wrong places. They seek to be self-righteous,
self-justified, but still they all fall short. A Christian is
happy for they are, called, Justified, Glorified and
predestined. Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he
also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and
whom he justified, them he also glorified. Barnes states; Rom
8:30 - Moreover ... - In this verse, in order to show to
Christians the true consolation to be derived from the fact that
they are predestinated, the apostle states the connection
between that predestination and their certain salvation. The one
implied the other. Whom he did predestinate - All whom he did
predestinate. Them he also called - Called by his Spirit to
become Christians. He called, not merely by an external
invitation, but in such a way as that they in fact were
justified. This cannot refer simply to an external call of the
gospel, since those who are here said to be called are said also
to be justified and glorified. The meaning is, that there is a
certain connection between the predestination and the call,
which will be manifested in due time. The connection is so
certain that the one infallibly secures the other. He justified
- Not that he justified them from eternity, for this was not
true; and if it were, it would also follow that he glorified
them from eternity, which would be an absurdity. It means that
there is a regular sequence of events - the predestination
precedes and secures the calling; and the calling precedes and
secures the justification. The one is connected in the purpose
of God with the other; and the one, in fact, does not take place
without the other. The purpose was in eternity. The calling and
justifying in time. Them he also glorified - This refers
probably to heaven. It means that there is a connection between
justification and glory. The one does not exist without the
other in its own proper time; as the calling does not subsist
without the act of justification. This proves, therefore, the
doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. There is a
connection infallible and ever existing between the
predestination and the final salvation. They who are subjects of
the one are partakers of the other. That this is the sense is
clear, (1) Because it is the natural and obvious meaning of the
passage. (2) because this only would meet the design of the
argument of the apostle. For how would it be a source of
consolation to say to them that whom God foreknew he
predestinated, and whom he predestinated he called, and whom he
called he justified, and whom he justified "might fall away and
be lost forever?" Can we now understand the meaning of these
scriptures? Can we see the infallibility of Gods plan of
Salvation? I believe we can. Happy are you, who seek out
Salvation, Justification and Glorification thru the word of God
by your faith in His Son Jesus the Christ. Our debt to God was
paid by Jesus on the Cross and our obligation to God is clear By
a new and living way, which he hath consecrated (Solemnly
dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose) for us, through
the veil,(Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing) that is to say, his flesh; Rom 12:1 I beseech you
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable(Showing reason or sound judgment) service. Tit
3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,
deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice
and envy, hateful, and hating one another. Our consecration was
not in the flesh which we were all guilty of unrighteousness but
rather in the spirit which God recognizes as His. For God
created all things visible and invisible, is it not reasonable
that God can do what He wills with that which He has created?
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