Beatitudes
Search "beatitudes" in the internet and you'll find this definition: a state of supreme happiness. I don't think that there is an event in our lives when we felt "supreme" or "utmost" happiness.
But Jesus tagged beatitudes to the meek and humble, the poor, sorrowing, and persecuted, and not to those who grew rich by luck or hard work, or to the powerful and influential.
I think there is more more than outcasting the rich and the powerful and exulting the poor. After all, who is the really rich and powerful in this world except those who are blessed in the sight of God.
The beatitudes teach us a valuable lesson on choosing the real wealth, peace, and happiness. For even in sorrowing, the Christian is consoled; even in pain the Christian feels peace. Even in death, the Christian has life.
Only God in Christ could give the Christian real and everlasting happiness.
But Jesus tagged beatitudes to the meek and humble, the poor, sorrowing, and persecuted, and not to those who grew rich by luck or hard work, or to the powerful and influential.
I think there is more more than outcasting the rich and the powerful and exulting the poor. After all, who is the really rich and powerful in this world except those who are blessed in the sight of God.
The beatitudes teach us a valuable lesson on choosing the real wealth, peace, and happiness. For even in sorrowing, the Christian is consoled; even in pain the Christian feels peace. Even in death, the Christian has life.
Only God in Christ could give the Christian real and everlasting happiness.
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