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Beatitudes: A True Path to Happiness
June 25, 2023Series: Beatitudes
Speaker: Tim Perkins
Date: June 26, 2023
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3
Title: A True Path to Happiness
(Psalm 68:35 NASB, Psalm 72:18-19 NASB, 1 Tim. 1:11 NASB, 1 Tim. 6:15-16 NASB, 2 Peter 1:4 NIV, John 13:17 NIV, Philippians 4:11–13 NIV, Matthew 5:3 NIV)
happy, and content is the person who realizes they are completely destitute, utterly helpless, one who recognizes their absolute need for God.
(Matthew 5:3 NIV)
We will never on something we don’t think we .
(Matthew 18:1-4 NIV, Revelation 3:15-17 NIV)
Proud in Spirit vs. Poor in Spirit
Scenario 1:
Option A: Without Jesus, I for my own sins.
(Romans 3:23 NIV, Romans 6:23 NIV, 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9 NIV)
Option B: Because of Jesus, I have the free of salvation, forgiveness, and eternal life.
(Ephesians 2:1-5 NIV)
Scenario 2:
Option A: Without Jesus, I can only through my pain and my personhood.
(Jeremiah 6:14 NLT)
Option B: Because of Jesus, I have the to be and transformed.
(1 Peter 2:24-25 NIV, Galatians 5:22-23 NIV)
Scenario 3:
Option A: Without Jesus, I’m trying to or create my own life.
(Proverbs 4:18–19 NIV)
Option B: Because of Jesus, I can who I am and what my life is all about.
(Acts 17:26-28 NIV)
Scenario 4:
Option A: Without Jesus, I am living my life for joys that away.
(1 Peter 1:3-4 NIV, Ecclesiastes 1:2–3 NIV)
Option B: Because of Jesus, I can have the of living a life that glorifies and impacts .
(John 15:8-11 NIV, Matthew 5:3 NIV)
What’s the response of those poor in spirit? “Jesus, I you.”
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