Matthew 5:1-12
1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled
7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy .
8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye , when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely , for my sake
12 Rejoice , and be exceeding glad : for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV
18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

First:
These statements

where True Happiness can be found.

Blessed - Makarios:
An

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the world cannot give you

Happiness comes from the Latin word - Hap
which is where we get the word - Happening - meaning:
You’re happy when the circumstances are

Second:
These statements show the

of what can be ours.

Matthew 5:3 KJV
3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed is the person who realizes they are completely destitute, one who realizes their

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for God.

Matthew 5:3 NLT
“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for Him, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

Matthew 5:3 GW
“Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually helpless. The kingdom of Heaven belongs to them.”

Matthew 5:3 NCV (New Century Version)
“Those people who know they have great spiritual needs are happy, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.”

We will never

on something we don’t think we need.

Revelation 3:15-17
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

First:
Without Jesus, I

for my own sins

Romans 3:25
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ephesians 2:1-5
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by grace ye are saved;

Second:
Without Jesus, I can only

through my pain and my personhood.

Jeremiah 6:14 NLT
14 They offer superficial treatments
for my people’s mortal wound.
They give assurances of peace
when there is no peace.

Because of Jesus, I have the power to be

and

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1 Peter 2:24 KJV
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

1 Peter 2:25 NIV
25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Third:
Without Jesus, I’m trying to find or

my own life.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 ESV
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart…

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Because of Jesus, I have the

to know who I am and what my life is all about.

Acts 17:26-28 ESV
26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,
28 for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’

Fourth:
Without Jesus, I am living my life for

that

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away

1 Peter 1:3-4 NIV
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade

Because of Jesus, I can have the

of living a life that glorifies God and impacts others.

John 15:8;11 KJV
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

“Jesus, I

You”