The Good Life Redefined

Radical with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Believe in yourself. Promote yourself. Be true to yourself. Satisfy yourself. According to the world, this is the good life. But this is precisely the opposite of what it means to live as a citizen of God’s kingdom. In this message from Matthew 5:7–12, David Platt helps us see the radical, upside-down nature of what it means to live the good life according to Jesus. While followers of Jesus may be weak and maligned in the eyes of the world, the promise of an eternal kingdom, along with God’s ...

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0:00.0	You are listening to Radical with David Platt, a weekly podcast with sermons and messages from
0:05.6	pastor, author and teacher David Platt.
0:08.7	If you have a Bible and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look on with let me invite you to open me to Matthew chapter 5 and as returning I want to welcome those of you in other locations around
0:20.8	Metro DC for our church family as well as others online who are
0:25.6	Physically not able to be with us today and especially if you're visiting with us
0:29.9	Whether you're a follower of Jesus visiting from another church or maybe you're not a
0:35.5	father of Jesus and you're just checking out church or a friend or family member
0:39.5	invited you today we want you to know that you are welcome here and we are genuinely
0:45.1	glad that you're here. We're studying Jesus teaching in the sermon on the
0:50.0	Mount this fall as we think about what it would look like to experience life
0:55.9	on Earth as it is in heaven. I just want you to think about what would that look like?
1:05.4	Think about just pulling up news on your phone.
1:09.9	This week you see news of global wars and terrorism and political polarization and
1:19.7	violence and moral failings among prominent leaders including church
1:25.6	theaters, mental health crises. You see social media inflaming all these things
1:31.9	and then realize none of those things are happening
1:36.2	in heaven.
1:38.2	None of them.
1:40.5	Which is why we pray God our Father in heaven may your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven
1:48.2	And then the sermon on the mound Jesus is showing us a glimpse of what the kingdom of heaven
1:56.2	actually looks like here in our lives. He's showing us how the king of heaven
2:02.1	totally changes the way we live on earth and ways that are
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