Happiness is in You, Part 8

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In his eight-part series Happiness is in You, Dr. Youssef conducts a thorough study of the beatitudes and expounds on the eight superstructure steps of our relationships with Christ. In the beatitudes, Jesus shows us that happiness is not getting what we want, but being content with what we have. Happiness is not found in self-sufficiency, but in full dependence on God. Each beatitude builds on our need for God, for the very first beatitude lays the foundation for our relationship with our Savior. And as we move up the superstructure of the beatitudes, they together lead us to the deepest and richest happiness we can imagine.

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0:00.0	I want you to turn with me if you haven't already to Matthew chapter 5 verses 10, 11, and 12.
0:09.0	Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
0:19.5	Blessed are you when people insult you, some translation said, revile you,
0:27.9	persecute you, and falsely accuse you of all kinds of evil against you because of me.
0:35.9	Underline that because of me. Rejoice and be glad because great is your
0:41.4	reward in heaven. For in the same way, they persecuted the prophets who came before you.
0:48.9	This particular beatitude, this top of the top, has double portion of blessings associated with it.
0:57.1	Double portion.
0:58.6	This double portion of blessings are only given for a life that is motivated and propelled by righteous living.
1:10.1	This double portion of blessing is only for those who seek
1:15.6	a deeper walk with Christ. This double portion of blessings is only for those who have dispensed
1:24.0	with low living, who have dispensed with shallow spiritual experiences, for those
1:30.6	who have chosen the narrow way, not the broad highway. It is for those who seek the glory
1:38.3	of Jesus above everything else in life. And that is why the Apostle Paul says in Timothy, 2 Timothy chapter 3,
1:47.0	verse 12, all, can you say all? All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2:00.5	He says maybe possibly will be persecuted. I said, maybe possibly will be persecuted.
2:03.9	I'm going to explain all this.
2:06.3	Here's something I don't want you to forget.
2:09.2	When you embrace righteousness and righteous living, you don't have to be confrontational.
2:22.2	Why? Because righteousness itself is confrontational.
2:32.3	Because righteousness, by its very nature, is in conflict with wickedness. Let me illustrate this. We have absolutely no records of any indication that Abel was trying to evangelize his wicked
2:43.4	brother Kane.
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