Sermon on the Mount: What Does it Mean to Be Blessed? // Matthew 5:1-16 // S7-E1
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Sermon on the Mount: What Does it Mean to Be Blessed? // Matthew 5:1-16 // S7-E1
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Jesus sat down on a mountainside, His disciples gathered close, and He began what we know as the Sermon on the Mount.
He did not open with rules. He opened with blessings.
Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who mourn. Blessed are the meek. One after another, Jesus described the kind of people who belong to the Kingdom of God, and it looked nothing like the world's picture of a good life.
Then He said something just as surprising: you are the salt of the earth, and the light of the world. The people shaped by these blessings are not meant to blend in. Their good works are meant to shine before others so that their Father in heaven is glorified.
This season on the Know God Deeply Podcast, we are reading through the Sermon on the Mount together, from the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 to the wise builder in Matthew 7. Across six episodes, we slow down and observe the text for ourselves, listening for what Jesus reveals about life in His Kingdom and the kind of followers He calls us to be.
Episode 1 opens in Matthew 5:1-16. Grab your Bible and discover what it means to be blessed, and to live as salt and light.
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