Heritage Baptist Church of Frankfort IL

This lesson focuses on the 2nd set of Beatitudes, the meek and the hungering and thirsting. Both of these Beatitudes give the requirements for gaining citizenship into the kingdom of heaven.

This psalm occurred after David's greatest sin. David acknowledges the depths of his sin. He had offended God. However, God was the only one who could forgive and do a supernatural work to restore the emotions and opportunities that sin had damaged.

The author of Hebrews uses Psalms 95 to remind and warn his readers that unbelief has been a problem for generations. The children of Israel saw God's power and presence, yet because of unbelief they missed God's rest. In today's church there are people who have heard the truth but are falling away from that truth. They have unbelief and are in danger of missing God's eternal rest.

The first two beatitudes give some of the entry requirements for being a part of the kingdom of heaven. Both show the failure of man to please God and his righteousness. Humility and repentance are the proper response to this reality.

After showing that Jesus is better than angels and any man, the author of Hebrews moves to the fact that Jesus is greater than the greatest lawgiver, Moses. Moses was faithful in his task of leading the nation of Israel. Jesus is faithful in all His house of leading many brothers and sisters to glory.

Paul said some strong things to the church at Corinth. In this section Paul displays tact and care for these believers as he closes out this letter. He narrows down his desires for the church.

This introduction to the Sermon on the Mount encompasses the whole of the book of Matthew and then focuses on the immediate context before the Sermon. The emphasis of John and Jesus' preaching before the Sermon was to preach repentance. As you enter the Sermon, righteousness and the need of it is emphasized. Without righteousness one cannot be a part of the kingdom. A recognition of sin in repentance would lead one to look for a righteousness outside of oneself in order to be able to enter the kingdom.

Paul was coming back to the church at Corinth. He prepared the Corinthians for his visit. If they did not take care of the sin that was ruining the testimony of the church and of Christ, Paul would be forced to administer discipline himself. Paul wanted the church to take care of this discipline but they had not yet done it. The goal of discipline is hope of restoration for the erring believer.

Jesus took on humanity for multiple reasons. His main desire was to bring many brothers and sisters with Him to glory. His humanity allowed him to defeat the one who has the power of death and deliver mankind from bondage to sin and death. He also serves as mankind's high priest before God.

This last lesson reminds us that humility is key in dealing with any kind of sin. This lesson reviews the sins that have been seen over the last few weeks, and concludes with pattern to battle sin in our lives.