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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 5
Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 4
Questions for and from the multitude for ‘followers’ of Jesus (you… and your ‘church’): Are you of the house of the King? Are you a child of the Living God? OR are you just one of the multitude who does not have ears to hear and a heart to bow down? Why does the church…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 3
MERRY CHRISTMAS. Merry Christmas. Such a joyful greeting from a Christian to another. Returning our thoughts to the multitudes hearing Jesus’ teaching: Matthew 5 King James Version (KJV) Verse 13 You are the salt of the earth. Salt is plentiful and worthless, except that it makes our food to last and seasons its flavor to…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 2
Matthew 5 King James Version (KJV) Blessed are the poor in spirit. NOT the poor in money – not the poor in anything other than a downcast spirit and soul of hopelessness. God has not looked on you with blessing. You live the life of curse and lack of blessing. God’s wrath must have looked…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Part 1
Matthew 5: KJV And seeing a multitude, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came to him: and he opened his mouth and taught them saying: Blessed are they… Happy are those… etc. You may have even memorized the following verses, according to the Bible version of your upbringing;…
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The Beatitudes and the Multitudes – Introduction
You may not have thought of the beatitudes as a teaching related to preparation for Christmas (Advent), but by intention of the Spirit that is exactly what is on my heart. The usual Christmas liturgy of church begins just after the following genealogy of Jesus Christ (which we tend to skip over, just like those…
