What is so special about the Sermon on
the Mount? Is it just another set of rules? [Which we sure don’t need]
Was Jesus implying that if we would just DO these rules, we’d be ok? Well,
maybe.
One interpretation of the word “blessed”
in Mt. 5 is the expression spiritually prosperous. It does not mean prosperity
in the sense of money. There is a subtle result weaving all through the Beatitudes.
The meaning is missed if a reader hurries through these like reading rules.
The penetrating meaning of Mt. 5 is that
every one of the listed blesseds, ideas of spiritually prosperous are
self-generating life issues. They act like the life-growth wonder of a newborn
child. The unseen growth force just needs to be fed and nurtured like a child.
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