Our Four Week Study of the Beatitudes

2. A Study of the Beatitudes
St. J & B Presents:
Plus Wednesday
Home Groups!
Sundays:
Feb. 2nd:
Blessed are the Poor In
Spirit/Those Who Mourn/The Meek
Feb. 9th: Those Who Hunger and Thirst for
Righteousness
Feb. 16th: The Merciful/The Pure in Heart
Feb. 23rd:
The Peacemakers/The Persecuted

3. Understanding
The Beatitudes
Matt. 5:1-11

4. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
“The beatitudes are not talking
about eight different kinds of
people. Rather, these are eight
qualities and characteristics of
ONE type of people: people who
enter the Kingdom of God.”

5. The Beatitudes:
The Ladder to the Kingdom
Matt. 5:1-11

6. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
Then he began to speak, and taught
them, saying:
1. „Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2. „Blessed are those who mourn, for
they will be comforted.
3. „Blessed are the meek, for they will
inherit the earth.
Matt. 5:1-5

7. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
1. “Blessed are the poor
in spirit, for theirs is
the kingdom of
Matt. 5:3
heaven.”
*Your problems are beyond

8. A.A. Step One
“We admitted we were
powerless over alcohol—
that our lives had become
unmanageable.”

9. Paul’s Poverty
Romans 7
“I do not understand my own actions. For I do not
do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now
if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is
good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin
that dwells within me. For I know that nothing
good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can
will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do
the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I
do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I
that do it, but sin that dwells within me.”

10. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
2. “Blessed are those
who mourn, for they
will be comforted.” 5:4
Matt.
*Your problem is sin*

11. Mourning & Repentance
Psalm 51
“Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.”

12. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
3. “Blessed are the
meek, for they will
inherit the earth.” 5:5
Matt.
*Your problem is you*

13. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
“Dear editor, the problem
with the universe is me.”
G. K. Chesterton