To be ‘blessed’ or to live the ‘blessed’ life, as James puts it here, is to “remain steadfast under trial.” It’s faithfulness to God even amidst the hardest times, that defines true blessedness.
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The Beatitudes
This is the famous introduction to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount recorded in the Gospel of Matthew chapters 5-7. In these 10 verses Jesus quickly flips everything that we think to be correct on its head, and beautifully offends and astonishes all readers/hearers. The Beatitudes – much like the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians…
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