Blessed Are Ye
This week in Come Follow Me we studied Matthew 5 and Luke 6. When thinking about what to write about this week, I had an overwhelming feeling of being blessed. That we are all blessed. The Savior blesses us with so much. While searching for the blessed image for this post, I came across one of the definitions of the word blessed that I had not known before, and that was to be made holy to consecrate. When combining that definition with the Sermon on the Mount, it is clear that these blessings are a way that we can be made more holy. And the higher law that Christ gives us to live also does that, helps us to be a more holy and consecrated people. His people. In Jesus's day he taught things that were very different from what the people were used to hearing. He taught that the poor will receive the kingdom of God. The meek will inherit the earth, and blessed are the persecuted. These were not the things that the scribes and Pharisees were teaching. Those who listen...
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