In Acts 24, when Paul stood accused before Felix, the Jews brought a Roman orator, Tertullus, to make their case against the apostle. In verses 5-6, the Bible records a
While I understand the motivation behind the statement, it is shortsighted to view the Beatitudes merely as attitudes. It seems equally problematic when someone considers the text of Matthew 5:1-12
How often do we read a passage from Scripture and think that it sounds so opposite from what we would expect? Such seems to be the case with Matthew 5:4
Hopefully, as we have examined the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:1-12, the conversation has made clear that the passage is not discussing a future expectation or a set of causal characteristics