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look at what is called the Beatitudes of Jesus. On my Google search for the Beatitudes there were 470 thousand results. This is about 1/3 of what I found on grace vs. law. The core issue is: will you hear Gods call to do things differently to produce mo re of His goodness in your life right now? Do you want self actualization, love, good and great relationships, safety, security, joy, purpose, assurance, hope, faith that proudces good, improvement, empowerment, propserity, money, wealth, freedom, divine health, peace and abundance? These are some of Gods good fruit av ailable to all. God gives this from our proper sowing. We are Gods partners to pr oduce these on the Earth, whether in your own life, or in others. God is no resp ecter of persons. So anyone can reap Gods love-fruit if they plant/sow and farm w ell. Gods Word is the seed that produces the fruit of God. Sowing and reaping is all about what you do now that produces later. That may be only in the next 10 seconds, or over the next 1000 years. To reap a better harv est you need to: a) b) c) d) Prepare your heart soil better Plant better seed Nurture and protect that seed better Enjoy the fruits of the better harvest

e) Make this a lifestyle and not a one-time event to continually produce th e best of Gods great love plan for you and yours - so use part of the harvest to plant again The Beatitudes comprise the first part of the Sermon on the Mount which goes in Matthew from chapters 5 to 7, and in Luke chapter 6 and other parts of Luke. The y are commonly taught as 8 statements in Matthew 5, but since we are taking a di fferent look then we include all 9. As Curry Blake says, Take a look at your toes and say, Bye, bye because they may re ally get stepped on in this discussion. First we will list the Beatitudes: Matt 5:2 And he (Jesus) opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shal l be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is th e kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say a ll manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets w hich were before you. They all have a pattern. First a declaration that if you have a certain condition, you are blesse d of God, and by the correct definition of blessed, can walk in His earthly and heavenly abundance now and in the future as you think, speak and do the right th ings. Thus you can have the good life of David and King Solomon, and then die an d go to Paradise with God. Second is your current condition of unhappiness in this life seen in a p hysical lack of blessing. Third is a specific aspect that you can have in this life, right now, th at is more of Gods goodness in your life now and in the future. For example: Matt 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (1) You are in a blessed of God status.

(2) Your problem is that you are now in mourning over the evils in this life. They may even be terrorizing you with total lack of hope. (3) And by the blessing of God you can be comforted (which is close to salvat ion): encouraged, strengthened, fed, armed, restored, protected, wealthy and pro sperous so evil of any kind is no longer a fear or concern to you. So have hope that God has answers for you! This is far more than a comforting hand to a mother who just lost her child. Bet ter is raising that child from the dead. We see the power of the word comfort wher e people have been imprisoned or shot as a traitor for helping an enemy in time of war, Providing aid and comfort to the enemy. So Bible comfort could also be cal led present life prosperity or salvation in this life. Blessing Foundation: By using the term blessing, which in the then-current cultu re, and the ancient Hebrew culture, Jesus was founding His discourse on the phys ical blessing of Gods goodness manifested for your benefit in this Earth in your life now. The next level of blessing is after you and your kids are fed, clothe d, housed, educated and healthy with a bright future of increased abundance and prosperity for your future generations and no fear of defeat or subjection by yo ur physical enemies such as the Philistines or the Romans. After all this blessing on Earth, there is the blessing of dying and going to th e Bosom of Abraham or Paradise of God, and for us now, Heaven. The closest that these cultures had in concept to our only spiritualized definitions of blessing was to be drunk or high on drugs so you feel no pain. This is pain denial or pro blem avoidance, which usually is not very effective at changing or healing anyth ing in this life. So the message of blessing is you need to sow right doing to reap the blessing, which is greater than just natural expectation. Start adding in behaviors, works that release the blessing, to get more of Gods goodness, and reduce and eliminat e that which brings a curse and destroys what you do have, plus makes it worse. What you now have, is what you or others have sown; change the seed, nurture it properly and you will get blessed results, more than just natural expectation. T he potential is there in God, but it has to be activated.

So to limit the definition of blessing as only related to sin and other supposed ly spiritual issues, is to miss what God has always promised. The Old Testament is highly focused on Earthly benefits. The New Testament is a better and greater covenant or deal from God to man. So the New Testament adds to that Earthly ben efit increased spiritual benefits for now and later. Spiritual-only makes it les ser for now, and that is not consistent with the attitude of God. The New Testam ent is good news, even greater than Moses could offer. That means Gods abundance of goodness now and later, not just later. 2 Cor 9:10 Now he (God) that ministereth r your food, and multiply your seed sown, ousness; 11 being enriched in every thing rough us thanksgiving to God [in the here seed to the sower both minister bread fo and increase the fruits of your righte to all bountifulness, which causeth th and now].

The issue is not riches, but will you handle them properly: 1 Tim 6:17 Charge the m that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncerta in riches, but in the zao/living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 that they do good (in this life with the earthly or worldy abundance), that t hey be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate (generosi ty of alms and gifts); 19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation ag ainst the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal zoe/life. Notice being godly generous in this life releases the zoe life of God in this life for even m ore God-life now! The Physical Please: Noticed the highly physical, in-this-life-now, descriptions of the blessing in this section of Deuteronomy 28: Deut 28:11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto t hy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be a bove only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandm ents of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do th em. It is nice to think that the only aspect of the fruit of sin is the spiritual cu rse, often defined as to be in sorrow and mourning for sins. But again per Deute ronomy 28, the penalty for sin is far greater with many extreme curses and miser ies in this life now. Here is just a sample, and remember Israel experienced this exactly: Deut 28:52 A nd he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given the e. 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in t he straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee. Some of this is terrible even to read, much less imagine, yet this is all hell o n Earth now, in this life. So when Jesus said, blessed, no matter what it means to us in our culture today, He was invoking the blessings of God in their minds fo r this Earth now. It is not until the end, near Matt 5:11-13 where He apparently transcends physical suffering for spiritual issues. The point is that Jesus was talking about both physical and spiritual topics, and not just spiritual. Part of our challenge is that for most of us, we think of the spiritual as someh ow different than physical, while to the Hebrews and Greeks, both were related a nd dependent upon each other. The core message of the Bible is that the spirit a

nd the physical are related and manifested one of the other. So Jesus was addres sing both the physical and spiritual issues at the same time. In recent centuries the standard interpretation has been that these miserable co nditions (poor, mourn, meek, hunger and thirst) have been used to keep Christian s content with misery, poverty, and by extension, sickness to suffer through as a blessing from God to build your character and any reward is later and not in t his life. This is great way to keep people is poverty and slavery, the then-rich in power, and has been called the opiate of the masses. Now that we have a better understanding for the meaning of blessed, we know what Jesus was really saying is, Based on your present poverty God will bless you to get out of it and walk in His abundance in this Earth now, in this life, and whe n you get to Heaven (and return to Earth). The Dividing Line: If this has been OK for you so far, good. I know that the fal se teachings about suffering have been such a major part of standard Christian d ogma and teaching, that I am sure at least a few of you are already to be upset, if you are still even reading. So here goes how I see it based on a more accurate definition of blessed and a few of the other words. Now we will take a few of the beatitudes and give a more co mplete exposition than perhaps you have heard before. Otherwise I hope it exhorts you to keep trusting God and doing His works to rise out of the snares of the devil. In todays discussion we will look at just the first 3 in detail. Based on a more accurate set of word definitions, then the traditional explanations of these 3 a re the most challenging against the actual words. For Different Results Something Has to Change! To keep doing the same thing and expecting different results is insanity. If you want different results or experi ences, you need to do different things to bring what you want to pass. When Jesus starts off with Blessed He is saying you are in the status of being ble ssed, but you have to start doing things differently to get different results. Y es you are now poor, mourning, meek, etc, but if it is going to change, pick a n ew target (kingdom of heaven, comfort, inherit the Earth, etc) and do actions th at will get you there. You are blessed, so start doing what will activate the bl essings. The life you have now is what you have sown; you have to sow differentl y to get a different crop! So yes, all these initial Beatitudes are a call to repentance or renewing of the mind that translates to changed behaviors or a new life lived. And Jesus is say ing, you can change your life and get Gods goodness flowing in abundance now. But you have to stop what got you in this Earthly lack and torment, keep what you a re doing that is good, and add in more good. Sow differently to reap differently . Beatitudes: Matt 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. TRADITIONAL: Be happy in your poverty and do not try to make life better here on Earth, your only reward is in Heaven. And the wicked that control the wealth wi ll get their destruction on the Day of Judgment, if not before. We call this a limited spiritualized application and inadequate based on the wor ds used.

MORE ACCURATE: To be totally powerless, hopeless and weak in spirit and the worl ds resources is evil for you, your family and for your nation. So your present co ndition of poverty can change as you do the right things in your thoughts, words and deeds. And they will change in this life to the operation of the abundance of the Kingdom of Heaven for you, for you are blessed by God when you do the rig ht things. This has ever been the cry of the Old Testament: Judg 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. Isa 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments , O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. Jesus was declaring that your condition, even your present political, financial, relationship and spirit destruction, brought by sin, can be healed. Have hope, trust in God, return to Him and He will pardon and bless and you will eat of the good of the land and be with Him forever if you change what you are doing (or a t least add in more powerful good sowing). This is the message of God from Adam, today and until the Day of Judgment. A more spiritual view is that if you are poor in spirit and no longer argue with God and His ways, as you put aside the way of the flesh for the life of the Spi rit, you will operate like Jesus and manifest the Kingdom of God in authority in this life. So your testimony will be like, and even greater than, that of Jesus in the gospels and the apostles in the book of Acts. Matt 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn (in sorrow and coming dread): for they shall be comforted (strengthened, helped, encouraged, fed-housed-watered, increased s o you no longer have any pain). TRADITIONAL: Your most God-reflecting life is seen in sorrow and misery and if y ou are too happy you are either insane or wicked. The wicked who enjoy this Eart h and its abundance will get their punishment on the Day of Judgment and you will get a blessed reward on the Day. We call this a limited spiritualized application and inadequate based on the wor ds used. MORE ACCURATE: So your present mourning will be turned around as you do the righ t things to release and maintain the blessing of God, and you will get supernatu ral benefits for whatever is needed for you to overcome and prosper and be in he alth with a prosperous soul so God can use you to fund His Kingdom work in this life now. This is an exhortation to get busy and return to God and you will see the goodne ss of the Lord in the land of the living. For included in the blessing is this promise. Deut 28:7 The Lord shall cause thin e enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall co me out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. And the way God will do this is to get you to fight effectively with and through Him. Rom 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

And if you are struggling in your battle with the enemy, God gives these encoura ging words to keep at it and stand to win. James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wh erefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 S ubmit yourselves therefore to God. Resist (fight) the devil, and he will flee fr om you. 1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, w alketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom (you) resist stedfast in the fa ith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that ar e in the world. Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, ha ving your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteou sness; 15 and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 abo ve all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked (Satan, his demons and his human helpers). 17 And tak e the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God . Doing what it says in these scripture references is doing what it takes to make Deut 28:7 come to pass. Again you do the right things to activate and maintain t he blessing based on the victory Jesus has already won. Your primary weapons are thanksgiving, praise, joy, alms, forgiveness, Scripture, aiteo commands and ble ssing those who curse you and despitefully use you. These are some of the though ts, words and actions that release the blessings of God you already have. Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. So, for the Christian, we already have all the blessings or good things God can say and decree over and for you in the spirit realm; this is how you release the m or provide the path where God can fill your thoughts, words and actions with H is supernatural abundance of whatever you aiteo need in this life now. Matt 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. TRADITIONAL: This has been traditionally understood that meek means no power as a description of the poor and powerless in the Earth. And the expectation is tha t after the Day of Judgment, they will finally get to rule the Earth for God. We call this a limited spiritualized application and inadequate based on the wor ds used. MORE ACCURATE: Yet, this traditional understanding flies in the face of Luke 19: 12-27 where it is those who did the right things got the ruler ship of the Earth in the future. This is confusing, is it not? Since God, and therefore Jesus, is consistent, how does this really work? True Meekness: First let us look at that word, meek. Here is a Bible definition: N um 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the f ace of the earth.) One of the main characteristics of Moses at this time was that he spent time wit h God to get Gods direction. And whenever there was resistance to a promise or co mmand of God, Moses got on his face before the Lord and did not move until God a nswered. Often that meant the devil was released to execute evil judgment on the

resistors (plague, ground opening up, snakes, etc.). So here meek means no stre ngth before God so he would go to God to get all direction, and at any sign of p roblem or challenge, get Gods answer. Jesus did the same. For example Jesus spent 4-6 hours every day in prayer, and t hen all night long on various occasions. This is very much as did Moses and Josh ua in the desert. Inherit: The next is that word inherit. It means you have a legal right to it, and you are in full control of it to operate it as God desires for God. But it may take much effort to remove existing rulers who occupy that inheritance. And any earthly benefits the current rulers have belong to you. So you are to work with God to enforce your right to that good of God so you produce the results and con trol how it operates. When you are in control and can operate it at will and rel iably for God, then you have entered your inheritance. The promise of God for man has always been eternal life. We see this in the Gard en. Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pl easant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of th e garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve chose the wron g tree. This is the life of God. Jesus is the manifestation of that life. 1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of zoe/ life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal zoe/life, which was with the Father, and was manifes ted unto us;) So when that zoe life is in full operation you look and operate jus t like Jesus. So the meaning of inherit the Kingdom of God is to enter and operate so the will o f God is done all the time, just like Jesus did. And the meaning of inherit etern al zoe/life is to enter and operate the zoe life of God just like Jesus did. The purpose of the zoe life is to bring and maintain the Kingdom of God so they are related (Rom 5:17-21). And while the Kingdom and the zoe life may be legally you rs in this life, you will have to control what you think, say and do before you can successfully and reliably operate in them. Only then will you complete the inheritance process. So if you do the thoughts, words and actions of Moses, how Joshua conquered the Promised Land, how Jesus treated the resisting people in the Gospels, or Paul ev angelized his world, then the Earth is yours for the taking for God to subdue an d establish His dominion. Inherit means you have legal ownership or authority, b ut you must go in and subdue resistors and then exercise dominion to get and kee p control of it. It relates to this life as well as in the future. The cry of God has ever been, since Adam called God a liar and believed a differ ent word, you are tilling your heart, planting seed, nurturing seed and reaping every day, 247, always. This is what you are and this is what you do. you do it w ith every breath you take. So the issue is not to start tilling your heart or st art planting, but change are doing already 247. Every action and every thought is doing something, even when yuo thnk you are doing nothing. a) shaping your heart b) planting seeds c) nurturing seeds So if you want to stop mourning, change what you are doing in your thoughts, wor

ds and actions! This is why God calls out to change your inheritance by changing your heart, and by planting and nurturing HIs seed in His Word: Heb 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy G host saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 harden not your hearts, as in th e provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness (when you are poor, mo urning, lost, hungry and thirsty): 9 when your fathers tempted me, proved me, an d saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in thier heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren (Christians who are blessed with every blessing of God), lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the zao/living God [and reap evil fruit and attitdues that limit God in you that you do not want.] So here is how I see the Second Coming of the Lord and the Day of Judgment. Wha t and where we did not subdue and establish the dominion of God in our souls and in the Earth God will come and do or finish it Himself. In either case it will be done and God will finally be in control of the Earth and all things through us, His redeemed, New Covenant people. So again, do the right thoughts, words and actions that allow Holy Spirit to wor k through you and this will produce what Jesus promised just a few verses later. Matt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all t hese things (that the Gentiles seek in riches, wealth, power, health and prosper ity) shall be added unto you. The Authorized Version: So by the definition of blessing, Jesus was saying that they were blessed, authorized to overcome, resist the devil the right way, and g et Gods admirable benefits in this life and in the next. Again this is a message of exhortation to not let the current conditions get you down, but rise up in Go d in faith, do the right things the right way, and you will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. So rather than accept your unhappy conditions and suffer for Jesus, instead Jesus was saying that they were authorized to think, speak and do the right things and God would inhabit their lives to produce His goodness in this life for others t o see and admire = blessing. And then the rest of the Sermon goes to show what t o do to make this happen. Same God, Same Message: This is the same message as God has always taught and me n like Job became the richest man in the East. And the same message Moses taught . The only difference is that the way to get and enjoy the abundance of Gods bles sings on this Earth are to be obtained more like Job and Abraham got them, less than the military might of Moses, Joshua and David. And for those in Luke 19:21-27, they thought, spoke and did the right things to take what they had and watch God magnify it in blessing. Now this verse becomes a logical summary of what Jesus taught in the first 15 ve rses of Matthew 5: Matt 5:16 Let your light (of how God can operate and bless thr ough men) so shine before men (Jew and Gentile), that they may see your good wor ks (to the God level results of true blessing), and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Interim Summary: A lot of wonderful Christians have lived lives of unhappy condi tions of sickness, poverty, desperation, depression, etc., and thanked God they were suffering for Him, yet this is the opposite of what Jesus was saying. Libraries are full of volumes showing how Jesus was teaching more like Buddha th an Moses. One web article says how these first three beatitudes struck at the he

art of the mentality of the Roman Empire with the avoidance of Earthly benefits and blessings. That is not completely accurate. It is not the blessing, but how to get and maintain them that is the issue. By using the word blessed Jesus was sa ying that the good things of the Earth can be yours is you get the spiritual rig ht. This is similar to what John later wrote: 3 John 2 Agape/Beloved, I wish (pray, i ntercede) above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as th y soul prospereth. Or as Jesus affirmed again showing that God wants to give the good things of thi s Earth now in this same Sermon: Matt 7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if hi s son aiteo/ask (demand, expect and require as due by covenant promise) bread, w ill he give him a stone? 10 Or if he aiteo/ask (demand, expect and require as du e by covenant promise) a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your F ather which is in heaven give good things to them that aiteo/ask (demand, expect and require as due by covenant promise) him? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Notice that verse 12 here says part of this blessing will occur as you do good t o others in this life, now. You will be part of the blessing for others so you c an be more blessed also, i.e., give that you may receive. Jesus said: Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. Fo r with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.\ In fact, as I read these first verses of Matthew 5, the only ones who can put th ese Beatitudes in a limited spiritual view are those suffering under persecution for righteousness and Jesus, and yet even then, can still release some of the E arthly blessing. Mark 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man th at hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or c hildren, or lands, for my sake, and the gospels, 30 but he shall receive an hundr edfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and chi ldren, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal zoe/life. Summary: After these first few verses called the Beatitudes, the rest of the Ser mon is full of commands on what to do. Jesus expounds on the works we are to do to release the blessing of God now and for the future. This is maybe not the exa ct opposite of some of the traditional interpretations of the first few verses, but a significant expansion. So rather than a passive acceptance of various form s of misery, Jesus is saying do the right things and God will give you the bless ing of Earth now and in the future. The real message is: Heal the source of pain and enjoy the life God has made for you to enjoy to the abundant level of Gods d elight for and in you. In America, this is how we operate. We fix or move, but we do not easily tolerat e misery for our families for the sake of only spiritual gain. Who has a heart t o listen to your children suffer and not want to make life better for them? How long do you stay in cold and wet and mourn before you build a tent, lean-to or hou se to get dry and warm? The spiritualizers would keep you in misery or mourning, G od wants you healthy and comfortable. With this right attitude of a father, dont you know you got that from your real Father in Heaven? This is included in that great passage of Matt 7:9-11 above. GOD IS GOOD! God is not so cruel as to let the wicked have all of the resources

He made so they can live in earthly pleasure as the burden of the rich, while His beloved children live in misery, despair and early death. The good news to the p oor is You can be poor no more! Luke 4:17 And there was delivered unto him (Jesus) the book of the prophet Esaias . And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 T he Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gosp el to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them t hat are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of al l them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say u nto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Here is a bold declaration that Jesus, the exact representation or image of the Father, came to set the record straight. God does not want any misery for you no w, for you or your children. Do right the right way and you can have all of His blessings now and in the future, so get busy now! With the more accurate view of the meaning of blessing as physical and spiritual abundance demonstrated in the Earth now - if you think, speak and do the right things, all of the Sermon within Matthew 5-7 now fits together. Jesus goes on to say at the end of this entire discourse, or Teaching on the Mount, with: Matt 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these logos/sayings of mine, and doeth them , I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 and th e rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that ho use; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that hear eth these logos/sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foo lish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and th e floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and gr eat was the fall of it. So to get so lost in the discussion of grace versus law or works, and not do (wo rks, labor) as Jesus says, puts you in the category Jesus describes as foolish. An d forget those weird interpretations of rhema that keep you from doing the clea r written commands now. No Vanity Here: No matter how many ways you twist it, foolish is included in vai n and fruitless for you if nowhere else, than on the Day of Judgment. And as Jes us said, if you do not do the right thought, word and action works, they will no t prepare and equip you to handle the trials of life properly per the standard J esus expects. Remember the Greek definition of sin is to miss the mark or standard. So you decid e where you fit in if you do not handle the guaranteed problems of life properly . Jesus said do it wrong and they will ruin you and yours, if not kill you and t hem (house includes household and family extensions). Or to put it simply, get your heart fixed on God in spirit, truth and agape love now, and when the trials of life come, you can laugh at the storm and rise like an eagle, with and in God, by Jesus. Need Help? If your life is perfect in every way right now, keep doing what you a re doing. If you have dreams, aspirations, goals and desires, then make sure you are doing (heart preparing, seeding and nurturing) now what will make them beco me reality. Whatever your aspirations, the only ones that will benefit you in th e short and long term is Gods love plan for you. For that we wrote OK, God, Now W hat? to help you prepare your heart and to seed Gods life-seeds to the righteous and glorious abundance of Gods best for you.

If you are an adult, then your life is a reflection of your thoughts, words and deeds of your entire past up until now. If you want to change and activate the b lessing of God, then your thoughts, words and actions have to change, and that i s called behavior modification, repentance, renewing the mind or sozo saving you r soul. Seeds reproduce after their own kind. Change the soil, change the seed and chang e the nurturing, and you change the harvest. It is really that simple. God has promised us: Ps 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but the y that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. This is no lack in any good t hing IF you do what God requires. This is sowning and reaping. This is how you a ctivate the blessing of God to abound in His goodness in this life. This is your help in time of need. This is your entry into His great love plan for you. Seed, Seeds, Seed! This is just as real in the New Testament: Gal 67 Be not decei ved; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap zoe/life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 1 0 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Eph 6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 knowing t hat whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Gods Love Plan for You: No wonder Holy Spirit says Gods love plan through John: 3 John 2 Agape/Beloved, I wish (pray to God for you that) above all things that tho u mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, eve n as thou walkest in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my chi ldren walk in truth. The spiritual is reflected in the Earth or material world. I t takes a prospering soul to manifest Gods goodness. As Jesus says in another part of the Sermon on the Mount: Matt 6:32 (For after al l these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye h ave need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his r ighteousness; and all these things (of Gods good things in this life) shall be ad ded unto you. Money Grows on Trees! Yes, money and prosperity can grow on trees and plants! Fo r most garden plants, you can start harvesting from 6-18 weeks, depending on the seed. For the love plan of God (the blessing) to increase in operation for you, if you start doing the right things with Gods seed, His Word, you can see those new see ds start to grow in about 15 days. You can actually start enjoying their benefit s in about 21 days, but they are still tender and can be lost. If you keep at it for about 12 weeks, or 90 days, it can become a tree of righteousness that prod uces day after day for the rest of your life with far less effort. This is the t rue money tree or honey hole or bonanza or fruits of God. That is why we wrote OK, Now What? If reaping the benefits of the blessing of God was not without resistance and pe rsecution, then those God-trees and plants would fill the Earth, but they do not , yet. Just like Earth plants are attacked with bad environments, lack of water, pests and pestilence, so are Gods money tress. Yet God promises we can plant and reap a bountiful and continuous harvest. We show you how to win over the guara

nteed trials of life in OK, God, Now What? Question 1: Do you now understand how the spiritualized traditions of the Beatit udes have attempted to make Christians passive and weak so the evil kings and lo rds of the present world system can remain in power? Question 2: Do you understand that God has good dreams, aspirations and plans fo r you and that you already know some of them? Question 3: Can you list at least 3 of Gods great dreams for you? Question 4: Every thought, word and action we do is a seed of some kind. And mai ntained, it will produce after its own kind. So which payoff are you willing to labor for - sowing to the flesh or sowing to the Spirit? Question 5: How do you feel about the fact that if you are not working, laboring and doing the right things, you are working, laboring and doing the wrong thing s and will get the unhappy results now and on the Day of Judgment? Question 6: How many other traditional Christian teachings (such as God sends sick ness to perfect you) do you know of that, with more accurate word definitions, a re now greatly changed, if not the exact opposite? Question 7: How do you combat such lies that you hear every day to act in love, yet keep your heart true before the Lord? Question 8: What methods do you use to keep your heart right as you preach and l ive truth yet other Christians are despising you at the same time (Titus 2:11-15 )? Question 9: What methods do you use to make sure your persecutions are truly for Jesus, and not because you are self-deceived and un-loving? Question mpowered tion and spite of 10: Do you want to agent, do you want fullness that only the trials of life live and operate more in the Kingdom of God as Gods e more of Gods comfort abundance and miracles, satisfac God can give, and glorious attitudes and results in and the attacks of the devil?

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