Monday, February 18, 2013

The Importance of Christian Character


The Importance of Christian Character
Galatians, II Peter 1, I Corinthians 13, Colossians 3, Ephesians 4

Matthew 5:1-16
Introduction to Jesus’s sermon on the mount.
Matthew 4:23,24 healing diseases
God met with Moses on a mountain to give him the law

3 Applications…
He repeats the word blessed
Fulfill
Be a person of influence

BE Attitudes
Blessed are those who know their need of God
Isaiah 6 humbling himself
Peter when he realized he needed the grace of God in His life.
Through Christ we are made rich, but we must realize that we are in poverty and in need of Christ before they receive Him

You ant to be blessed?
Be poor
Be humble

Blessed are those who mourn, He will comfort them.

II Corinthians 7

Blessed are the meek
            Meekness – Greek – a horse that is not wild but can now be ridden
            Those who are under authority
            Under authority – David, Moses, Joseph
            Jesus was meek, He was under the authority

Matthew 5:20

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