Teaching True Christian Living!

Matthew 5:2 "And he opened his mouth,and taught them ,saying,"( read 5:2-12)

Jesus climbed a mountain in Galilee and delivered a powerful sermon.With this sermon he presented a standard of living for all believers.This sermon showed that christianitry is not simply a religion but it is in fact a way of life.Here Jesus teaches us who we are to live this Christian life.

We are to live a life so contrast from the ways of this world.We are not of this world and we have been called out and separated to a life of obedience and self sacrifice.Our life dosn't belong to us,it belongs to God ,he purchased it and he owns it.Jesus began His instructions with the words,"blessed are".We are blessed, all who truly accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Blessed are the poor in spirit;those of us who recognize our own inner poverty of spirit,which hinders us from living a life pleasing to God. we are blessed to have Jesus to live in us.Blessed are the meek, those who are genuinely humble.Blessed are those who do truly hunger and thirst after righteousness, those seeking to know the Lord and obey his commands.Jesus tells us we are to be merciful,we are to extend kindness to all mankind,for all souls belong to God.We are the pure at heart,having a devine cleansing from sin,that we might be inwardly clean,an ongoing process requiring continual confession of sins with the promise of God's forgivness.This is not a license to sin ,but when we are overcome with sin, going to the Father for forgiveness. We are the peace makers,striving not only for peace among people today,but also to lead others to the peace that passes all understanding.this is why we are called the sons(children) of God.

Sometimes we choose where we want God's hand in our lives.We don't give Him the freedom to be God in every intricate part of our everyday affairs.God should be the center from which all else flows.