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Blessed are the Persecuted pt. 2

August 20, 2023

Series: Beatitudes
Speaker: Tim Perkins
Date: Aug. 20, 2023
Scripture: Matthew 5:11-12
Title: Blessed are the Persecuted pt. 2

μακάριος Makarios “Blessed” means happy, fortunate, blissful

Today’s Scripture: Matthew 5:1–12 NIV

(2 Corinthians 12:10 NIV, Matthew 24:10 NKJV, Luke 17:1 NKJV, Proverbs 18:19 NIV)

Our Response to Insults and Accusations

  1. Choose to the offense.

(Romans 12:18 NIV, Proverbs 10:12 CEV, Proverbs 12:16 NIV, Proverbs 19:11 NIV)

Love looks past the and imagines the in their life.

  1. Keep my heart from .

(Luke 11:4 NIV, Colossians 3:13 NLT)

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ~ Lewis B. Smedes

  1. , , and do to them.

(Matthew 5:38-41 NIV, Matthew 5:43-44 NIV, Luke 6:27-28 GNT, 1 Peter 3:9 NCV)

“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.” – Abraham Lincoln

  1. Remember the reward.

(John 14:1–3  NLT, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NIV)

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” ~Jim Elliot

 

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