In this message Brother Jon uses the example of Paul (recently Saul) being lowered out of the city in a basket to show what we are supposed to be to the Brothers and Sisters in Christ around us.
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Last week we began a two-part series concerning just one section of Jesus' first public discourse, after officially beginning His public ministry—we began studying the Beatitudes. Which is one of the best known, but least understood and least pursued discourses Jesus ever spoke. The Beatitudes were spoken primarily to His disciples, but with hundreds joining in as He taught. Therefore, this teaching was purposefully directed towards those who have already made the decision to follow Christ with their lives.

In this message Pastor Doug continues going over the beatitudes further showing how they build on each other and how the serve as a foundation to every Christians walk.

For the next couple of weeks we are going to have a very brief look at a well known, but rarely understood moment of Jesus' Ministry...The Sermon on the Mount... Specifically, the Beatitudes!
 
Many people see the Sermon on the Mount...As either so confusing or so impossible to follow spiritually...That they pass it by without serious consideration! One Professor gave the Sermon on the Mount to his freshman class as an assignment, without revealing the origin of the writing... (Texas A&M)The resulting feedback from the papers was an overwhelming combination of anger, rejection and, "that was for another era of time" mentality...As an example, one paper disgustingly wrote:"...That is the most extreme, stupid, un-human statement that I have ever heard."  (1)Even those who recognized the writings as Biblical were very critical and clueless of their origin and intent:
 
“Many believe that this sermon should be taken literally. I believe, on the other hand, that, because the scriptures have been interpreted from so many different languages, we should use them as a guide—not law. Another fallback is that certain beatitudes are irrelevant to current life-styles. Loving your enemies, for instance, is obviously not observed by the majority today.”  (1)

In this message Pastor Doug begins his series on the Sermon on the Mount. The first sentences of the Sermon are known collectively as the beatitudes and here Pastor Doug walks through them as explains what they truly mean and how each one builds on the last.

In a very special message, Brother Mark explains the importance of living righteous in his first sermon in for several years.