Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Faster check continues with persecuted for righteousness as we pick up in Matthew chapter 5 verse 8 and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called the children of God.

Now this basically ends the description of that child of God.

Now in the next beatitude he more or less declares what will be the response and the reaction toward that kind of person from the world.

Now reading these characteristics, you'd say,

hell, that guy ought to be, you know, just well accepted

anywhere he goes.

Well, he wouldn't be in any church church but when he gets out in the world

that's another story. Jesus said don't be surprised that men hate you they

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