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Study One

The True Citizen of the Kingdom of God -

The True Possession of the  Citizens of the Kingdom (v3-12)

We are encouraged to "Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven (Matt .5:16)

“What it is to live in the  Light of the Gospel Message".

Since God is "Light"(1 John 1:5) Family resemblance necessitates that  as Pilgrim Christians and Children of God, that we imitate our Father in a worthy walk "In the light" as "children of light" We are to separate ourselves from the fruitless works of darkness, living wisely and exemplarily, taking every opportunity to do well (Col.4:5)

In the Sermon on the Mount the principle and the rule of the kingdom are in view, It describes the character of those who would inherit the Kingdom.

Those who really truly repent   ( blessed are the poor in spirit)

Those who would be salt of the earth

Those who would be as the light of the  world You are “salt and light”

The Sermon on the Mount is rightly accorded a chief place in the teaching of our Lord. It carries the weight of authority. It reveals to us the heights and depth of the perfect life which is nowhere surpassed in the gospels. These verses describe the “Epitome of Christianity”

The Messiah King fulfilled the law, confirming and emphasizing its deeper meaning. By doing so He condemned every natural and spiritually un-renewed man. Speaking of the helplessness of sin, of man’s utter condemnation in the sight of God. It also speaks upon the insistence upon the necessary of the cross

The King showed also that the Kingdom of heaven will be established only through a King who must also become the Savior of those who will be its citizens.Only then will they enjoy such righteousness, love, and perfection. That day will be fully realized at His Second Advent  “when His Kingdom will come and His will be done on earth as in heaven”. Matt .6 v16)

Till that day we are called to be lights of the world. To  live lives that make a difference to our society.To bring His kingdom and His will into our part of our being

“The beatific character and attitude described by our Lord in v3 to 12 are unattainable by self effort, but are wrought in the Christian by the work of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Gal ch5 v22-26)

In Gal. Ch.5 the Christian character is described as the fruit of the Spirit, verse 22-23 list the qualities of that fruit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. It is these characteristics that are brought forth in these verses in Matt. Chapter.5

verse 3 says Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven         

"The poor in Spirit" is consciousness of moral poverty

verse 4  Blessed are "they that mourn" for they will be comforted

The they that mourn are grieved because of their own sinfulness

Verse 8 says Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God,

"Blessed are the pure in heart" the purified in heart that is those who have received a new moral nature in regeneration.

The new birth is an absolute necessity for entrance into the Kingdom.

These three verses show us the moral nature of the Kingdom. Notice the progression first there is a consciousness of ones moral poverty, then that should lead to an awareness of sin and thirdly a change of heart and life.

The new birth is an absolute necessity for entrance into the Kingdom. The new man having become a partaker of the divine nature and life. The new man is Christ "formed" in the Christian  Col 1:13-22

The Sermon related to the Disciples and consequently to us, Is a  hole rich relationship of saving and responsive faith, of repentance, pardon, and acceptance of God’s divine grace

It’s  the“True possession of the Citizen of Heaven of  following Jesus our Saviour

.The True Profession of the Citizen of the  Kingdom.

We called to be People who would  who would be as the light of the  world  

   Study Two  

        The True Commission   of the Citizen of the    Kingdom of God