The Beatitudes Part 16

INTRO: We come now to what many view as the last beatitude in verse 10, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” I believe the Lord began to prepare me over a year ago to do these messages at this time. It was well over a year ago when I began to study the beatitudes. Somehow they gripped me and would not let me go. Many nights I lay pondering these beatitudes. All my spare time I studied them and read about these beatitudes. Then, at a camp-out for our young married folk, I shared from these beatitudes, but I had no idea what lay before us, just a few months from then. And when I began to preach on these beatitudes, I gave very little thought to this eighth beatitude. But now I see that the Lord prepared me for this.