The Beatitudes: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 14 July 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
As soon as Jesus sat down to preach His most famous sermon, He pronounced a series of surprising blessings. From his sermon series in the gospel of Matthew, today R.C. Sproul introduces the Beatitudes and explains what it truly means to be blessed by God.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He 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.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | The supreme blessing that we are promised in the New Testament is that when we are in heaven, |
| 0:08.7 | we will see God face to face. |
| 0:12.3 | We call that the beatific vision, the vision that will flood our soul with the highest degree of blessedness imaginable. |
| 0:25.6 | Perhaps the most well-known sermon ever preached was Jesus' sermon on the Mount, and what is typically referred to as the beatitudes. |
| 0:35.6 | Despite how well-known it is, it is also misunderstood by many. So over |
| 0:41.1 | the next several weeks, R.C. Sprawl will walk us through this profound and significant sermon. |
| 0:47.7 | Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, where each Lord's Day we feature the |
| 0:52.8 | preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. |
| 0:56.0 | This new sermon series is in Matthew Chapter 5. But because Dr. Sprawl preached through the |
| 1:02.0 | entire gospel of Matthew, he has an expositional commentary on the complete book. So if you'd like |
| 1:08.1 | to study Matthew line by line, you can request the hardcover edition |
| 1:12.3 | of this commentary when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:18.3 | Jesus declared in the sermon on the mount that blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is |
| 1:24.3 | the kingdom of God. And that's the beatitude that we'll be considering today. |
| 1:28.7 | Here's Dr. Sproul. |
| 1:32.3 | We look today at Matthew, |
| 1:35.5 | Chapter 5, verses 1 through 4. |
| 1:40.4 | And seeing the multitudes, he went up on a mountain. |
| 1:45.7 | And when he was seated, his disciples came to him. |
| 1:49.8 | And then he opened his mouth and taught them saying, |
| 1:54.2 | Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
| 2:02.3 | Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. |
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