Seven Marks Church Messages

Jesus said, "Blessed are the meek! You're going to inherit the earth." The posture of the meek may not come naturally, but it's something any of us can learn, not by looking around at the world and trying to be more like them, but by looking at Jesus and training to become more like Him.

In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, how could he say that blessed or happy are those who are going through tough times or are in a place of mourning? We are blessed in the deepest darkest of valleys because God is with us and comforting us.

In the current day age of the selfie, Jesus' teaching in Matthew 5 runs contrary to the values of the world. The world says, "Blessed are those who believe in themselves," but Jesus says, "Blessed are those who are poor in spirit." Jesus says that the poor in spirit are blessed because theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The place they find ultimate value is not in the temporal things of the world th...

When you hear of someone that is "blessed," what do you think? Is it that things are going well for them, whether financially, health, family, or all of the above? Would it shock you to know that God wants things to work out for you to the point where you will experience ultimate satisfaction in life? At the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, he explained to his followers what it looks like to l...