Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:11-12
11 Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you and say every evil against you falsely on account of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward [is] great in heaven;...
Tagged: beatitudes
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted on account of righteousness, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. In verse 6, Jesus said that those who hunger and thirst righteousness will be satisfied. While...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for these will be called sons of God. The Greek word translated “peacemaker” in this Beatitude, eirênopoios, means quite literally, “one who makes [poieô] peace [eirênê].” It seems fairly obvious...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for these shall see God. At first, this Beatitude appears to be referring to those who are morally clean: those who don’t defile themselves with impure thoughts, or...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be mercied. Continuing our series on the Beatitudes, my translation might sound a little odd since “mercy” is not a verb in English. We speak of having...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those hungering and thirsting for righteousness, for these will be satisfied. In the Beatitudes we’ve looked at so far, there seems to be a theme: the poor, mourners, humble, and now the...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the humble, for these shall inherit the earth. Humility is a much-maligned and, I think, often misunderstood quality. People tend to think of humility as being a door-mat, allowing others to push...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who grieve; these will be comforted. The second beatitude sounds simple enough: those who are grieving will be comforted. This is perhaps the verse you would share with someone who has...
Sunday Devotional: Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Today we start a devotional series on the Beatitudes, which Jesus delivered as part of the so-called “Sermon on the Mount.”...
