File:Episode 43- The Beatitudes (Part 1) (IA spurgeonaudio gmail SA43).mp3
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DescriptionEpisode 43- The Beatitudes (Part 1) (IA spurgeonaudio gmail SA43).mp3 |
<a href="http://spurgeongems.org/vols55-57/chs3155.pdf">Read the sermon text at Spurgeon Gems</a>
Opening prayer from Spurgeon’s Prayers Personalized, <a href="https://www.monergism.com/spurgeons-prayers-personalized-ebook">free to download at Monergism</a>
I have desired to begin this series on the Beatitudes since before Christmas, but schedule and then illness held me back. I am very grateful to finally be able to begin this, and the extra time has only allowed me to think and meditate more on this, on the passages in question and to anticipate the effect of preaching on Jesus’ words both on myself and on anyone who listens.
This sermon is definitely one of the shorter ones I have done, but it is the beginning of the second series I’ve ever done here, and the longest one I have attempted. It has been a blessing to read and prepare for it, and it has prompted me to not just spend time talking about my thoughts, but to want to study the text more and speak on it.
One of the points that struck me as I did this, was that these are not simply “good ways to be,” which is how many people think about the word. “Beatitude,” after all, is not “be-attitude,” but rather it comes from the Latin word beati which can be understood as “happiness,” or “blessedness.” In his famous commentary, Matthew Henry notes the same thing Charles Spurgeon did in contrasting the end of the Old Testament, which pronounces a curse, with the opening of Jesus’ first sermon with a blessing:Another thing I would like to draw out of this, and which I hope will be very evident by the end of this series, is the God-centeredness of these blessings. Not that He is talking about what God is doing directly, because Jesus is most certainly talking about men here, but that He is talking about what the life of one who truly has God as Lord and center of worship looks like. There is an aspect of holiness that is married to this, and in seeking after these blessings, it is holiness that the believer will find, as he grows in reflecting these. I want to close by recommending the book <a href="https://www.amazon-com/Classic-Teachings-Nature-God-Holiness/dp/1598564684/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519012697&sr=8-2&keywords=the+holiness+of+god+by+rc+sproul">The Holiness of God</a> by R.C. Sproul. You may have heard that Dr. Sproul passed away recently, and it was in light of that, that I decided to take time out and read this book I have heard mentioned so many times, and it has had a profound impact upon me. If you can, I highly recommend that you do the same, because the grace of God is perhaps most profoundly understood, and most sweetly tasted, in light of His tremendous and awesome holiness. I will try to keep these coming more regularly, God willing, and I am hopeful that my work on this has an influence leading to worship on anyone who is able to listen. Listen to twice-daily Morning and Evening updates on the <a href="http://www.theologymix.com/">Theology Mix</a> podcast feed. |
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Author | Dave Seip |
Title InfoField | Episode 43: The Beatitudes (Part 1) |
Language InfoField | eng |
Publicdate InfoField | 2018-02-19 18:20:57 |
Licenseurl InfoField | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
Subject InfoField | Christian; Jesus Christ; Charles Spurgeon; Sermon; Podcast; Beatitudes; Blessings |
Collection InfoField | audio_sermons; audio_religion |
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