The Peculiar Kingdom of God and its People ~ Blessed are the Merciful

Today as we continue our journey through the Sermon on the Mount we continue our journey through Jesus’ opening words, The Beatitudes.  The blessed attitudes and virtues of the Kingdom of God and its people.

Today we see a noticeable shift in Jesus’ teaching.  He is no longer speaking of beatitudes of need or aspiration, but now is calling us to beatitudes of action.  The first action He calls us to is mercy.  The fifth beatitude in Matthew 5:7,

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”

Mercy is compassion and forgiveness in action.  Today we discuss this and how it is we know if we ourselves have received the mercy of Christ in our life.

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