Matthew 5:9-12 Finishing Touches Of A Blessed Life

Sermon Outline Guide for Matthew 5:1-12

1. Which other word is beatitude very close to in the Greek?

2. As we continue to look at the beatitudes as ingredients they still seem to be what kind of ingredients?

3. What does the peacemaker assume the Christian life well lived will have, that is normally seen as bad?

4. What are the two kinds of false peacemaking Pastor talks about.

5. Are we ALWAYS called to make peace without qualification?

6. Pastor after he talked about Romans 6:23 describes the first step of all peacemaking, what is it?

7. In the worst peacemaking situations, what is still required of us?

8. There are three kinds of peace the Christian grows in… What are the three kinds of peace?

9. What does Pastor find helpful to remember 70, 80, 90, 100 years from now, in making peace today?

10. With the last two beatitudes, why does Pastor argue that they end up becoming the same thing?

11. Is it biblical to intentionally go out of our way to be persecuted?

12. What are some of the descriptions given to Steven facing persecution in scripture?

13. Who is later the benefactor of witnessing Steven's persecution?

14. What communities suffering did both Hollywood and Sociologists failed to understand.