The Beatitudes
Matthew 4:23-5:16
Key Verse 5:6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
Right after Jesus called his disciples to follow him, he began serving the needs of the crowds who were suffering from all kinds of problems. Jesus served them with the word of God and healed all their diseases with the grace and mercy of God. After that, Jesus turned his attention to his disciples! He began to teach them the fundamental tenets of the kingdom of God, and the essence of what Christian faith is all about. What Jesus teaches them and us is beautiful and profound. They are attitudes of the soul that this world can neither accept nor appreciate because they go against everything this world stands for. But for those who love … Read the rest