Jesus said to him: "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Matthew 22:37-39
Introduction: One day Jesus went up on a mountain and taught the
people. The message He gave them was called "The
Sermon on the Mount."
At the end of the sermon, Jesus said the person who
listened to His words and obeyed them is like a house
built on a rock.
One of the things Jesus told the people was that
certain spiritual attitudes bring spiritual blessings.
He made eight statements about these attitudes and
blessings. The eight statements are called "The
Beatitudes."
If we develop the spiritual attitudes that are found in
the beatitudes, we will be like a house built on a rock.
This week we will study what it means to have our
house built on the rock. Then we will study each of
the Beatitudes carefully. We will examine our hearts
to see if we have the eight spiritual attitudes. We will
learn what the blessings mean in our lives.