Blessed and Privileged

12/06/2026

04/06/2026

The Beatitudes

This was the first long messages of Jesus.

The message began with Jesus gathering His disciples together on a mountainside

He taught them how to live as part of the Kingdom of Heaven.

He started by saying what kind of people would be part of the Kingdom of Heaven.

This Kingdom is very different from how human kingdoms or governments work.

It is not for people who are proud and think they do not need God.

It is not for people who use their strength to make others suffer.

It is not for people who are only committed to their own happiness.

Jesus knows that many people have been treated badly and are suffering.

Many are sad.

Many know that they need help from God.

Many people are longing for justice and peace to fill the earth.

Many understand what God cares deeply about.

They do what God wants done even when it is hard.

Jesus said all these people are blessed.

They are God's Children.

He will comfort them and show them mercy.

They are part of the Kingdom of Heaven.

22/05/2026

Priority Over Opportunity

Jesus continued teaching about God being at the center of our thoughts and actions.

When we say, "We let Jesus be the center of our lives," Jesus should be the center of our calling, career, and family, and these should be balanced.

People care about things in the proper way only when they trust and love God.

If money and other treasures are at the center, people serve false gods.

This turns them away from the true God who created them.

Worry should not control you.

Your Father in heaven knows you and loves you.

The Creator takes care of all living things and this includes human beings.

So you must trust Him

They must do what their Father wants done in His kingdom.

20/05/2026

Freedom in Christ

How the Galatian believers should use their freedom.

Being free from the law didnʼt mean that the Galatians could do anything they wanted to do.

It meant that they were free to obey God and to serve others out of love.

There are two ways to live.

One way is to be controlled by sin.

This leads people to do evil things that harm others and themselves.

These evil ways have no place in the kingdom of God.

The other way to live is to be led by the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit leads people to say no to everything that goes against what God wants.

The Spirit leads people to follow the example of Jesus.

This is seen in the way that people think, speak and act.

Paul had a name for the ways of thinking, speaking and acting like Jesus.

He called them the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

These ways donʼt depend on rules that control people from the outside.

They are the result of the Holy Spirit changing a personʼs heart.

12/05/2026

We cannot be right with God if we are wrong with other people.

12/05/2026

Righteousness By Faith

Paul explained that many Jews really wanted to obey God.

They tried to do this by obeying the Law of Moses.

They thought that they had the power to obey the law perfectly.

They thought that this would bring them peace with God.

They did not understand that humans do not have the power to make themselves right with God.

Only God has this power.

God makes people right with Him when they have faith in Him.

People can only believe in Jesus if they have heard about Him.

Paul used words from Psalm 19 to show something about creation.

The sun, moon and stars are witnesses to everyone on earth about who God is.

Paul made it clear that the Jews had heard the message about Jesus.

11/05/2026

Unity in Christ

Paul made it clear that God is the only God.

He is God over everything and everyone that exists.

He is not the God of only certain groups or certain areas of the world.

All who worship and serve Him are brought together as one.

They share the same faith in Jesus.

Their baptism shows that they all follow Him as Lord.

The Holy Spirit lives inside each of them.

They share the same hope about what God will do in the future.

All of these things that believers share bring them together as one.

They are so closely joined to one another that they are like one body.

This body is held together through the peace that Jesus gives.

It is held together through truth and love.

Each believer must do the work Jesus has given them to do.

They must also be gentle, patient and humble
towards other believers.

This helps the body of Christ to remain strong.