➔ What the commandments and Beatitudes are

Presentation about Commandments

Presentation of Beatitudes
● The Commandments are the law of God and what his followers should follow
● There are 10 commandments
● The 10 commandments were given by Moses

● The Beatitudes are the blessing Jesus gave us when he was on earth
● There are 9 Beatitudes
● The Beatitudes are:
● Blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, God will satisfy them fully
● Blesses those who are merciful, for God will be merciful on them
● Blesses those who mourned, God will comfort them
● Jesus was the person who gave the Beatitude
● The Beatitudes are the foundation of a life of authentic Christian discipleship
and obtaining ultimate happiness

➔ Rules in society - written and unwritten rules

Rules of Society

● There are rules that are written for people to follow

● But there are also unwritten rules people should already know to follow
● Examples of written rules are:
● You should not commit murder
● You shall not rob
● Examples of unwritten rules are:
● You shouldn’t eat with your mouth open
● Holding the door for someone

➔ How/where the commandments and Beatitudes were given and by who

Document of Beatitudes
Document of Commandment

● The 10 commandments were given on Mount Sinai

● The 10 commandments were given by Moses ( leader of the Israelites)
● Jesus gave the Beatitude on Mount Sermount

➔ Scripture relating to the Beatitudes

Bible Passage

➔ The significance of each Commandment and Beatitudes both then and now eg. What
has happening at the time they were given/why was there a need for them
● The 10 Commandments were essential for the Israelites
● Back then, people were sinning so much that they don’t even know what is right
and wrong
● The 10 Commandments now like a guiding path for modern Christians
● The Commandments remind Christians of their own sinfulness and to govern their
 life

● The significance of the Beatitude was a way Christians can obtain the ultimate
happiness of God
● The Beatitudes were a way to give hope to those who are suffering back then and
now
● The Beatitudes are also considered a guiding path for Christians to obtain joy and
the ultimate happiness

➔ The Torah and the Mitzvot - Positive and Negative

● The Torah is the complication of the first five books of the Bible
● The Torah contains rules and the 10 commandments
● The Mitzvot is a Jewish commandment
● Negative is mainly: You Shall Not or Not to
● Positive is: To

➔ Concept of Jewish Law:

● The Concept of Jewish law is basically the Jewish and their commandments
are a guiding way for their daily life
● There are 613 Jewish laws

➔ The ideas of happiness present in the Beatitudes

● The Idea of happiness presented in the Beatitude is through God

● Happiness can be obtained through God
● The Beatitude act as a way of giving hope to those who are suffering
● Showing how they are suffering now, God will satisfy you in heaven for their faith
and hard work to help others even if it means that they are suffering

➔ The importance of Mountains in the Bible

● Mountains are mentioned 500 times within the Bible

● Mountains are places where we are the closest to God and Heaven because we are
so high up on the ground
➔ The significance of Mary as the first disciple (insight into her life/actions)

● Mary's lifestyle is very countercultural

● Mary has many qualities of Disciple traits and she follows all the Beatitude
● Mary lived out the Beatitude of Merciful and Pure in heart
● She has disciple traits of accepting God's Good news of bearing the womb
of Jesus (Luke 1:26-38)
● Another disciple trait is faithful even if being in confusion (Luke 2:41-52)

➔ Understand what it means to be counter-cultural within religious contexts

● Counter-cultural means going against society's belief, want and desire

● Counter-culture with religious context is going and acting against society to
follow and live out the belief of their religion
● Example is society want is materialistic, but God want us to help other even
if it mean going against society belief.