SERMON SERIES : INVERSION (Study through Beatitudes)
MERCY ME : The Love of God
REVIEW of verse 1-6
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Not 8 different type of
blessings
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Not 8 different kinds
of people but 1 type of people
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Blessing of being born
again
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The first 4
characteristics speak about ³HOW² to enter
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The last 4 talks
about what it means to ³LIVE² as NEW LIFE.
First 4 are the
qualifications of those entering into the Kingdom.
v.3
– Spiritual Bankrupcy
v.4
- Deep Sorrow for our sinfulness
v.5
- Satisfying Contentment
v.6
- Powerful Drive for Godıs
Approval
KEY QUESTION :
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How is your
record?
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What kind of record
does God require?
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Example of Joseph and
his brothers.
Verse 7 : MID POINT,
MOUNTAIN TOP
KEY
WORD : LIFE-CHANGE
Transformed Lifestyle
being
merciful : SOCIALLY/RELATIONALLY
pure
in heart : PSYCHOLOGICALLY
peacemakers
: VOLITIONALLY - Mission in LIFE
being
persecuted : STABILITY & CONSISTENCY
Two examples of MERCY
:
Forgiveness
Costly
Giving
THE
LOVE OF GOD
F. M. Lehman (1917)
The love of God is
greater far
Than tongue or pen can
ever tell
It goes beyond the
highest star
And reaches to the lowest
hell
The guilty pair, bowed
down with care
God gave His Son to win
His erring child He
reconciled
And pardoned from his sin
Could we with ink the
ocean fill
And were the skies of
parchment made
Were every stalk on earth
a quill
And every man a scribe by
trade
To write the love of God
above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll
contain the whole
Though stretched from sky
to sky
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
O love of God, how rich
and pure!
How measureless and
strong!
It shall forevermore
endure
The saints' and angels'
song