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The Beautiful Attitudes – Part IV: Blessed are those that Hunger and Thirst
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they will be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6)
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The Beautiful Attitudes – Part III: Blessed are the Meek
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5) Again, the Greek word for blessed (i.e., makarios) used here has a meaning of being fortunate, prosperous or successful. That is, successful are those that meek! Why? What is it to be meek? First of all, to be MEEK does NOT mean to be WEAK! Rather meekness is strength under control. Picture a feral horse (i.e., a mustang) that expends its great strength by running the fields yet accomplishes little to nothing in the way of work. However, if that same horse is “tamed”, “broken” or “meeked” then that same great strength – that is now under control – can be utilized to…
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The Beautiful Attitudes – Part I: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Understanding the Bible promises us that the fallen world we live in, where evil is called good and good is called evil (1), will never become better but rather become worse and worse until it is replaced (1) – how then should we live? To answer hard questions like this we should always look to the one that came to Earth to show us the way – Jesus Christ! (John 14:6) What did Jesus say and do when He started His earthly ministry at the age of thirty? (Luke 3:21-23) Recall, He started His approximately three-year-long Earthly ministry in a time when Rome ruled with its brutality, hedonism, and worship…
