Come Up Higher Part 2
The Beatitudes
9/28/25 Susan Allen
REVIEW —Matt 5:1-KJV And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
childlike humility/trust (Luke 18:15) be converted and BECOME as LITTLE CHILDREN- teachable
As we do, we are BLESSED -supremely blest happy, fully satisfied, regardless of outward conditions and OURS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!
KINGDOM LIVING is DIFFERENT- our living is different, because our BE-ATTITUDE is different
Ps 55:22 NIV Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
MATT 5: 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed–supremely blest, fully satisfied regardless of outward conditions
MOURN- grieve, sorrow, lament
Comforted: called near, refreshed, encouraged
THAYERS: the experience of a happier lot
Here is our new BE ATTITUDE. BE COMFORTED.
ECC 3:4 says there is a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, an a time to dance
HIS COMFORT is not just sympathy, IT IS COMFORTING POWER (IS 61)
Life is different COMFORTED.
2 Cor 1:3- KJV Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us
Living comforted will keep us from fearing what’s next
The world doesn’t have the COMFORTER, we do.
John 14:15 KJV If ye love me, keep my commandments.16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
^bereaved, orphans, fatherless
Isa 61:1-NIV The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
BE COMFORTED
