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The Good Life: Matthew 5:3-12
Senior Pastor Alex Kennedy
The Sermon on the Mount was Jesus' first public sermon, and His sermon was very counter-intuitive. He is declaring not what they may feel like (happy), but what God thinks of them (blessed). John Stott said it this way, \"Such a reversal of human values is basic to biblical religion. The ways of the God of the Bible appear topsy-turvy to people. For God exalts the humble and abases the proud, calls the first last and the last first, ascribes greatness to the servant, sends the rich away empty-handed and declares the meek to be his heirs. The culture of the world and the counter-culture of Christ are at loggerheads with each other. In brief, Jesus congratulates those whom the world most pities, and calls the world's rejects 'blessed'.\"
To read more and for questions to consider, go to https://carmelbaptist.org/carmel-sermon/summer-on-the-mount-the-good-life-matthew-53-12/
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