Sermons on Beatitudes Sermon On The Mount:

Guidelines For Christianity: Blessed Are The Meek Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 26, 2015

Jesus wasn’t focusing on outward performance like going to church, giving, or serving. His concern was to mark out how a disciple should be on the inside.

When’s the last time you heard someone say, “If you want to succeed in life, try being meek?” Or, “If you want to rise to the top and get somewhere in life, display meekness along the way?” Unfortunately, meekness isn’t a valued quality in our day. The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:5

Denomination: Baptist

Guidelines For Christianity: Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 26, 2015

Having mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we really deserve.

Tonight we continue with the beatitudes—the attitude we are to be or have as a Christian. Let’s talk about being merciful. Having mercy is when God doesn’t give us what we really deserve. We live in a world where it's so easy to become callused and indifferent. We are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

Guidelines For Christianity: Blessed Are The Persecuted Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 26, 2015

Do we really feel blessed when we are persecuted?

A Texan billionaire w/ a beautiful daughter loved having parties at his pool which was home to a 20 ft. great-white shark. Every night he’d issue a challenge to the men: “½ my fortune or my daughter’s hand in marriage to the man who swims across the pool!” He never had a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:10

Denomination: Baptist

The Way Up Is Down - Part 1 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

The first part of eight on the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life The Way Up Is Down – Part 1 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v1-3 Jesus’ sermon on the mount is so powerful that we can hardly overstate it’s influence in lives of so many people. It is simply the greatest sermon ever preached, because it came from the very ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

To Be Blessed, Mourn -Part 2 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

2nd Part of eighton the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life To Be Blessed, Mourn! - Part 2 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v4 Charles Colson who was put into jail for his part in the Watergate scandal in America so many years ago now, subsequently found Jesus in prison and today he heads up an international ministry to people in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:4

Denomination: Baptist

Strenght Under Control - Part 3 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

3rd Sermon of eight on the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life Strength Under Control - Part 3 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v5 I am reminded of the scene in the movie, The Passion of the Christ where Jesus appears in front of Pontius Pilate. Jesus appears to be the weak one, a poor Jew caught up in the political games of the Romans ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:5

Denomination: Baptist

A Call To Pusue Conformity To God's Will - Part 4 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

4th part of eight on the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life A Call To Pursue Conformity To God’s Will -Part 4 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v6. In many magazines today, nutritionists have spoken to us about the importance of diet by telling us, we are what we eat. In other words, they say, if you eat too many sweet things, to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Baptist

Mercilessness, The Disease Of The Soul - Part 5 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

5th part of eight on the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life Mercilessness, The Disease Of The Soul -Part 5 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v7 Many years ago now, a true story is told of two identical twins who were working for their father. They were so close they even dressed alike. When their father died they took over the family ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

A Change Of Heart Affects Our Eyesight - Part 6 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 2, 2010

6th sermon of eight on the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life A Change Of Heart Affects Our Eyesight-Part 6 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v8 The true story is told of Anny Pennica, a 62 year old woman who had been blind from birth. At age 47 she married a man she met in her Braille class and for the first 15 years of their marriage he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Peacemaking Wins God's Heart - Part 7 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 2, 2010

7th sermon of eight on the Beattitdes.

The Perfect Standard For Life Peacemaking Wins God’s Heart - Part 7 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v9 Two historians by the names of Will and Ariel Durant wrote in their book The Lessons of History, “War is one of the constants of history, and has not diminished with civilization and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Baptist

Expect To Be Persecuted For Your Faith In Jesus Christ - Part 8 Of 8 Series

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 2, 2010

Part 8 of 8 on the Beattitudes.

The Perfect Standard For Life Expect To Be Persecuted For Your Faith In Christ - Part 8 of 8 Reading: Matthew 5v10-12 As we look at this final Beatitude, we come to a very strange contradiction, because it talks about the relationship between persecution and joy. It’s like saying, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

The Be-Attitudes (Part One)

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 23, 2014

Beatitudes mean declarations of blessedness. If we were asked to describe what it means to be blessed our answers probably would not be what we find here in this list. Jesus’ is about to give us a new understanding about what brings blessedness.

“The Be-Attitudes” (Part One) Beatitudes mean declarations of blessedness. The term blessed is all throughout the bible-220 times in the NIV. The term is used in the first chapter of the bible and the last chapter of the bible. The word blessed in the Greek does have a connection to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Spiritually Poor Series

Contributed by Steve Pearman on Feb 16, 2022

A look at the beatitudes for the twenty first century

There are many things that are titled “The greatest…..” • The greatest team • The greatest movie • The greatest song • The greatest showman When it comes to sermons, we can find online “the greatest” Spurgeon Dr Lockridge Billy Graham The winner of that title, the greatest sermon is usually ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3

They Will Be Called Sons Of God Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Sep 7, 2022

A peacemaker is someone who is actively seeking to reconcile people to God and to one another and who breathes truth and righteousness into conflict.

They Will Be Called Sons Of God #BlessedAreThePureInHeart Matthew 5:9 It’s 30 AD and Jesus has been: preaching, teaching and healing people for about a year. AND SO - there is a very large group of people following after Jesus. AND – as Matthew chapter 5 opens up, it’s time for Jesus to give His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Bankruptcy Leads To Blessing Series

Contributed by Micah Coverstone on Aug 30, 2024

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (ESV)

With this verse Jesus begins His Sermon on the Mount, but more specifically the first section of His Sermon: The Beatitudes. Beatitudes means blessings. Jesus is about to list eight blessings over those who follow Him. This tiny verse is just the first of the Beatitudes. Remember we have said the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God