BLESSEDNESS
THE BEATITUDES IN MATTHEW
Three Offers
1. Jesus as your personal King
2. Jesus as Messiah for God’s people.
3. Jesus as King of a new Kingdom.
Three Realms
1. You and God
2. You and your “neighbour”.
3. You and society. (Government ?)
James 2:8
Three Realms
1. You and God
. (We prefer a small
2. You and your neighbour.
(We prefer to define that as conveniently as possible.)
3. You and society. (Government ?)
(We prefer a society to be managed by a big and
beneficent govt, one that cares for the ‘other’.)
Realm 1:
1. You and God
Matthew 5:8 and 5:28
Matthew 6:21 and 6:24
Matthew 22:37
Matthew 5:30
Matthew 7:24
Realm 2:
2. You and your neighbor.
Matthew 5:43
Realm 3
3. You and society.
Matthew 5:11-13
