THE CHARACTER OF A DISCIPLE

LUKE 6:20-26

20 THEN LOOKING UP AT HIS DISCIPLES, HE SAID: BLESSED ARE YOU WHO ARE POOR, BECAUSE THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS YOURS. 21 BLESSED ARE YOU WHO ARE HUNGRY NOW, BECAUSE YOU

WILL BE FILLED. BLESSED ARE YOU WHO WEEP NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL LAUGH.

Luke 6:20-21

22 BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE HATE YOU, WHEN THEY EXCLUDE YOU, INSULT YOU, AND SLANDER YOUR NAME AS EVIL, BECAUSE OF THE SON OF MAN. 23 “REJOICE IN THAT DAY AND LEAP FOR JOY! TAKE NOTE—YOUR REWARD IS GREAT IN HEAVEN, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY

THEIR ANCESTORS USED TO TREAT THE PROPHETS.

Luke 6:22-23

24 BUT WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR COMFORT. 25 WOE TO YOU WHO ARE FULL NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE HUNGRY. WOE TO YOU WHO ARE LAUGHING NOW, BECAUSE YOU WILL MOURN AND WEEP.

Luke 6:24-25

26 WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL PEOPLE SPEAK WELL OF YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY THEIR ANCESTORS USED TO TREAT THE FALSE PROPHETS.

Luke 6:26

SIMILARITIES TO MATTHEW’S BEATTITUDES:• THE SAME AUDIENCE• THE SAME BASIC FORM• A REFERENCE TO HEAVEN IN THE

FIRST BEATITUDE OF EACH• THE USE OF THE DIVINE PASSIVE IN

EACH • SHARED MATERIAL

SIMILARITIES TO MATTHEW’S BEATITUDES:

• THE SAME CONCLUDING BEATITUDE• EACH LIST OF BEATITUDES ENDS

WITH THE SAME ENTREATY TO “REJOICE”

DISSIMILARITIES TO MATTHEW’S BEATITUDES:

• THE MOST STRIKING IS THE DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER

• THE ORDER OF THE BEATITUDES• MATTHEW’S BEATITUDES ARE ALSO

MORE DEVELOPED. • LUKE’S BEATITUDES ARE FOLLOWED

BY FOUR CORRESPONDING WOES• MATTHEW’S ARE ON A MOUNT;

LUKE’S ARE ON A LEVEL PLACE.

HERMENEUTICS• THE SCIENCE OF INTERPRETATION,

ESPECIALLY OF THE SCRIPTURES. • THE BRANCH OF THEOLOGY THAT

DEALS WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING (VS. 20-23)• POOR IN SPIRIT– THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

NOTHING BUT GOD ON WHOM TO DEPEND.

– THEY REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING OF THEIR OWN TO GIVE TO GOD AND THEREFORE MUST DEPEND ON HIS MERCY.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING (VS. 20-23)• POOR IN SPIRIT• HUNGRY NOW– JESUS IS SAYING, "BLESSED ARE THEY

WHO HUNGER SPIRITUALLY, WHO HUNGER AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS."

– IT MEANS TO HAVE A STARVING SPIRIT, A SPIRIT THAT CRAVES RIGHTEOUSNESS.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING (VS. 20-23)• POOR IN SPIRIT• HUNGRY NOW• WEEP NOW– THE IDEA IS A BROKEN HEART, A

DESPERATE, HELPLESS WEEPING. – IT IS A BROKENNESS THAT COMES FROM

SEEING JESUS ON THE CROSS AND REALIZING THAT ONE'S OWN SINS PUT HIM THERE.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO BLESSING (VS. 20-23)• POOR IN SPIRIT• HUNGRY NOW• WEEP NOW• PERSECUTED– THE PERSECUTED ARE THOSE WHO

ENDURE SUFFERING FOR CHRIST. – HE MEANS BEING HATED, OSTRACIZED,

REPROACHED.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY;

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

• FULL NOW

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

• FULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL "SECURITY" CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR GOD.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

• FULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL "SECURITY" CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR GOD.

• LAUGHING NOW

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

• FULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL "SECURITY" CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR GOD.

• LAUGHING NOW – LAUGHTER AT ANY MENTION OF GOD OR OF ETERNITY.

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

• FULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL "SECURITY" CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR GOD.

• LAUGHING NOW – LAUGHTER AT ANY MENTION OF GOD OR OF ETERNITY.

• ALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU

THE CHARACTER THAT LEADS TO WOE (VS. 24-26)

• RICH - IT DENOTES THE ARROGANT, HAUGHTY; DISHONESTY IN GAINING WEALTH

• FULL NOW – POSSESSIONS AND FINANCIAL "SECURITY" CAUSE THEM TO THINK THAT THEY HAVE NO NEED FOR GOD.

• LAUGHING NOW – LAUGHTER AT ANY MENTION OF GOD OR OF ETERNITY.

• ALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU – OPPOSITE OF THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.