The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Persecuted
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 3 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever been slandered for your devotion to Jesus? Christians are promised opposition from the world—together with blessing from God. From his sermon series in the gospel of Mathew, today R.C. Sproul examines Christ's blessing for those persecuted for righteousness' sake.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | Now, has anybody ever slandered you for the sake of Jesus? |
| 0:05.0 | Has anyone ever falsely accused you for the sake of Jesus? |
| 0:10.0 | If you have experienced that, you know how painful that can be. |
| 0:18.0 | Our reputations are precious to us, and it's very difficult to endure it when we |
| 0:25.6 | are accused of things that we have not done or of saying things that we have not said. |
| 0:33.6 | That's painful. And so how in any way can that be an occasion for blessedness? |
| 0:41.4 | Notice what Jesus says, that when that happens, you're supposed to rejoice and be exceedingly glad. |
| 0:57.4 | Hello and welcome to this Sunday edition of renewing your mind. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm Lee Webb. |
| 1:02.4 | And over the past few Sundays, R.C. Sprold has been taking us through the beatitudes, |
| 1:07.0 | as recorded for us in the Sermon on the Mount. |
| 1:10.2 | Today, he explores how it is that those who are persecuted for righteousness sake |
| 1:14.4 | are considered blessed. |
| 1:16.8 | Let's join Dr. Sproll now. |
| 1:21.0 | We're going to be looking again at the Beatitudes in verses 10 through 12 in the fifth chapter of Matthew. |
| 1:32.3 | Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
| 1:45.9 | Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you |
| 1:51.0 | and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake. |
| 1:59.8 | Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. |
| 2:09.9 | For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. These last two beatitudes that we've read this morning |
| 2:23.4 | have a common theme with respect to persecution, |
| 2:31.2 | and it has been said in church history that these two are perhaps the most unexpected |
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