Arise and Shine

Arise Shine️ 1 week ago

«And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ And this was on a mountain in front of the crowds and only his disciples were nearest to Him and the mountain maybe amplified His voice?? The disciples learned the sermon and memorized it??(So they could tell those within the audience that were too far away to hear His voice. Remember they didn’t have loudspeakers.Just the mountain. Maybe some amplification) This sermon is about attitudes toward God not necessarily fellow man God first at least And it is repeated in Luke «“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Poor means to crouch or beg to be on the ground begging? Not respected in need In other words if it’s poor in Spirit it”s needing God and willing to beg or bow down. Which is unutterably true How does one quit alcohol Being desperate to at the end of your road. Deliverance is like that being desperate for a filling of God. Poverty of options or desperation for spiritual fulfillment in Jesus. You know the feeling empty miserable be without Him. Help Help or something!

Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Same thing except very awful things cause us to mourn . Very strong grief. Horrible things happen so often. This is not just desperation but grief and deep hurt. We have to find comfort in Jesus there is no other way most of the time. Or, what we do wrong there is grief and repentance for that. That is important. «Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ So it s gentleness or maybe pliability. All this is toward God. Humility Mould me make me you know Keep still and let Him rule. «Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ It’s kinda like was that nice or honest. This verse is a part of raising teenagers. What did you do that for and Why. Stop the attitude. Too many do not learn this stuff. This IS how we treat others. And How we treat the Holy Spirit. Sometimes He gets offended. A lot I guess. Some of it is justice. Or even Social Justice. Sit and figure. And not how to get back at someone either. You know. What did I do wrong? How to handle guilt. But How to be filled with righteousness or righteous is to be forgiven by Jesus. The real only way. Because He died for you and me.

«Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ This is utterly true if it is not instantaneous. Because sometimes things go wrong. You do not receive a reward all the time at the act of mercy But being merciful means being slow to anger and not exploding or in revenge. Not so much judging but again gentle. Being a friend creates friendship. Being merciful and non judgmental creates mercy. If you forgive others God will forgive you. He said so But to do mercy and love justice and walk humbly with your God

«Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ This one is like the ones before but it really means single mindedness Like in old testament it says don t make your garments of linen and wool but of only one materiel. To us here that means single mindedness and of one cloth. One desire or goal. Do not get complicated. I do get complicated and basically this is hard for me. So, also this is a good one for raising teenagers I used to drive Chris and John around and drove them to someone d house. They were high when they came out. I forgot what si did though They didn’t go there again. They said no we were t high. Purity you tell them you know Tell the truth. They shoplift don’t Not ground them!!! Clean your heart you can then help the kids. God forgives your sins 't neglect to address issues. «Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ «Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ I ve always liked the way the Holy Spirit did this one. This He has done for me. But when I try to do it myself I end up being inauthentic and somewhat lying. I surely have done that a lot. Time and time again the Holy Spirit has worked this out for me. He will you too and remember “A soft answer turneth away wrath “. Proverbs. A lot of it is the lovingkindness Jesus gives you for people because Love covers a multitude of sins as it says. And the people recognize it and respond. A Doctors w o borders life was saved because of his attitude the Lord gave him. Some doctor named David was in Somalia. I saw it on You Tube He served in a hospital for a while and then the terroirists attacked him and kept him for a ransom. A man whose mom was his former patient he helped her get well and the man -his name was Abu I think-remembered that treatment his mom had and also the doctor’s attitude and so this man Abu helped him escape from the terriorists to safety. Risked his life and so later the doctor was able to bring him to America and also funded his medical education. Slow to anger and learning understanding is the most important part of this. When you understand why to be patient it will help. And as God forgave us we forgive others so forgiveness makes us sons of God. We are His children not really adults. To Him that is That s why we have to obey Him and forgive others. Be His children Be a child. «Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.» ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ It’s hard to believe that being treated badly over honesty or talking about God is a good thing I myself can get resentful and don’t believe it is a good thing at all. I don’t think it’s nice that people get killed and churches burned. I don’t know what I would do if it happened to me. Family can get rough too in some instances and that s not pleasant. I have never really thought much about being persecuted for righteousness sake because I ve never been so righteous as that anyway. This is a negative statement I know But the reason for the blessings is because of breaking up evil and false systems or religious systems of different types — because that is very productive on earth The truth of Jesus is very productive on earth and a better system of life to counter untruths. The story of the missionaries in Ecuador maybe about 1961 or so I don’t remember. Several missionaries were killed and the wives and children of those missionaries went back and weren’t resentful or accusative of the tribe in Ecuador They truly loved them. This bore fruit. The mere were many who accepted Jesus. You know many tribes across the globe have so much drug and alcohol abuse problems I ll bet this situation helped people not to have so much addictive behavior when faced with the cultural forces of modern civilization and some of the uncomfortable problems these folks face when their world gets modernized. You know more people should be missionaries like that I ll bet many lives would be better on earth including those called that now do not go. For fear and social pressure. You know if a son or daughter is called and family stands in the way it leads to dissatisfied lives and that sometimes includes addictive behaviors often severe. Or more divorce. At the very least a cold life apart from God. Pay attention to this people! This is important. A lack of sacrifice in the correct God given spot is very damaging all around. My grandparents were missionaries to Brasil in the early 1900s against the advice of their family in Texas and they had rocks thrown at them in Brasil and I don’t know what all but they were “shoreline missionaries” in a more difficult era. Ok so they had four boys. The first two boys were doctors and one was a famous NASA early early space scientist. Col. Dr. John Paul Stapp the fastest man on earth in 1956. And he influenced our technology of seatbelts. My father was the least educated with a masters in art. A professor of art and head of the art department. My uncle Celso was a geologist. All were really not poor and the blessing was upon my grandparents’ children. Things go right when you do right. It’s really the Spirit which gives life to all of us and we should all praise God is spite of bad circumstances that we actually have now. And that we could have more bad circumstances if we obeyed God more. Ha! So being a Christian is not always a ticket to a good life and prosperity. So let’s be His children His students or disciples and see what happens. It will be good even if it’s not good.

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