God's
10 Methods (Divine Order) for Achieving Happiness
Matthew
5:3-12, The Beatitudes
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Challenge
for Happiness |
Reward
for Happiness |
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1)
Vs. 3 = Recognize Total Depravity. |
Receive
Eternal Salvation. |
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2)
Vs. 4 = Believer recognizes need for confession of sins (1 John 1:9)
post-salvation. |
Forgiveness
of sins, cleansed soul and freedom to walk in the light of
Christ. |
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3)
Vs. 5 = Humility. |
Sharers
in the covenant promises of the New Earth |
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4)
Vs. 6 = Strong desire to learn the Word of God. |
Will
be provided all the Word they desire from their local
church. |
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5)
Vs. 7 = Forgive others. |
Will
be forgiven. |
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6)
Vs. 8 = Living righteously by the Word and
Spirit. |
Will
have a fantastic relationship with God, consistently walking in the light
of Christ |
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7)
Vs. 9 = Ambassadorship. |
Presented
by Christ to the Father as a son. |
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8)
Vs. 10 = Suffering for blessing stage 1; (Providential Preventative
Suffering at Spiritual Self-Esteem). |
Reminder
of first blessing from God, eternal salvation and
security. |
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9)
Vs. 11 = Suffering for blessing stage 2, Personally attacked; (Momentum
Testing at Spiritual Autonomy). |
Sharers
in Christ's suffering. |
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10)
Vs. 12 = Suffering
for blessing stage 3; (Evidence
Testing at Spiritual Maturity). |
Maximum
reward at the BEMA of Jesus Christ, |