I sure hope the new eager Jesus followers are holding onto their seat (rock) as they sit on that mountainside listening to the Master Teacher (Matthew 4:12 -5:12). He opens His mouth and begins to rapid fire at them eight of the most revolutionary, upside down truth statements you can imagine.
Can you hear them? He is saying blessed - happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous—with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor ( Amplified Bible)....... So its happy are those who are poor, mourning, hungry and thirsty, meek, merciful, pure, trying to make peace and persecuted. Not exactly what most people think of as ideal conditions! I think this would be enough to get your attention or make you wonder, "What am I doing here?"
So I have been reading these verses like they were new (try Matthew 5:3-12 in The Message or some other different version). Jesus' truth did turn the world upside down and can do the the same for us. The world and we badly need God's perspective.
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