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Matthew
5
THE SERMON ON THE
MOUNT
 Matthew
5
Seeing the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and when He was seated, His disciples came to Him.
2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied, and [b]spiritually prosperous—[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of
their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!
4Blessed and enviably happy [with a [d]happiness produced by the experience of God’s favor and especially conditioned by the revelation
of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!
5Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, [e]spiritually prosperous—[f]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of
their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth!
6Blessed and fortunate and happy and [g]spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God [h]enjoys His favor and
salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be [i]completely
satisfied!
7Blessed (happy, [j]to be envied, and [k]spiritually prosperous—[l]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of
their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!
8Blessed (happy, [m]enviably fortunate, and [n]spiritually prosperous—possessing the [o]happiness produced by the experience of God’s
favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God!
9Blessed (enjoying [p]enviable happiness, [q]spiritually prosperous—[r]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation,
THE BEATITUDES

regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and [s] maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God!
10Blessed and happy and [t]enviably fortunate and [u]spiritually prosperous [v](in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys
and finds satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness’
sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!
11Blessed (happy, [w]to be envied, and [x]spiritually prosperous—[y]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless
of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My
account.
12Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the
prophets who were before you.
The way down is the way up
Hunger and thirst lead to satisfaction
Spiritual poverty leads to spiritual
wealth Mourning is the way to laughter
Having nothing is the way to having
everything
 Matthew
5
13You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its
quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer
but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men.
14You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a
lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
TEACHING ABOUT SALT AND LIGHT

16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your [z]moral excellence
and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and [aa]recognize and honor and
praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.
" In a tasteless and dark
world, Let us be salt and
light."
 Judges
3:31
31 After [Ehud] was Shamgar son of Anath, who slew 600 Philistine men with an
oxgoad. He also delivered Israel.

Exodus 4:1-3
But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me?
What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.
3 “Throw it down on the ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the
staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.