Matthew 5vv1-12 handout

 For those who like this sort of thing:

Matthew 5vv1-12 (p968)

The Blessings of the Kingdom for Jesus’ Righteous People

 

v1 – Jesus teaching his disciples on a mountain (cf. Moses giving the Law)

 

“Blessed / Happy / Fortunate / Favoured”

 

The Beatitudes seem to fall in to two halves:

 

Part 1: vv3-6 – The first 4 Beatitudes (36 words) – all beginning with “p”!

v3 – present tense – “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”

v6 – “righteousness”

 

Part 2: vv7-10 – The second 4 Beatitudes (36 words)

 v10 – “righteousness”

v10 – present tense – “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”

 

Jesus’ people know their need

and live lives shaped by the Kingdom of God

 

(1) First half: Beatitudes 1-4:

Depending on grace, Jesus’ people long for his Kingdom (vv1-6)

 

(2) Second half: Beatitudes 5-8:

Transformed by grace, Jesus’ people live for his Kingdom (vv7-10)

 

The blessings of the Kingdom, now and not yet

 

Jesus The Blessed One

 

So…

 

when we fail… when we struggle… when life is good…