Happy Are The...: Discovering Joy In The Beatitudes (Mta Quick Commentaries)

The Key That Unlocks The Beatitudes Many Christians don't understand what Jesus is teaching in the Beatitudes. These "blessings" can be confusing and paradoxical. Jesus seems to be teaching the opposite of what we know just from simple common sense. If we are to be poor in spirit how can we get anything done? Jesus sayswe'll be happy if we are mourning. That doesn't make sense. And who wants to be a meek push-over? Certainly not me! What's seriously disturbing is that Jesus didn't practice what He preached. He wasn't poor in spirit and meek when, in anger, He entered the temple and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves." (Matthew 21:12) So what's going on? was Jesus a hypocrite? Or are we not understanding the Beatitudes? Pastor Steve will give you an understanding of what Jesus was teaching and how it applies in your life. You'll learn that the Beatitudes are about having a right heart, and from a right heart flows right actions. In Jesus' day the Pharisees were considered to be the best of the best, the most righteous and religious of all Jews. Yet, Jesus calls them white-washed tombs... good looking on the outside, but dead on the inside. Why? Because they were not following the principles Jesus lays out in the Beatitudes. Their hearts were not right. This book is your key to understanding the Beatitudes and having a right standing before God.

• | Author: Steven Hudgik
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Oct 23, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 82 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1539550281
• | ISBN-13: 9781539550280