LBFC Weekly Sermons Long Beach Friends Church

We're starting a new series on the Sermon on the Mount inspired by and tracking the series that the Bible Project is doing. This is the introduction for LBFC and friends. We encourage everyone to check out the Bible Project series at https://bibleproject.com/playlists/introducing-the-sermon-on-the-mount/
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Scriptures quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. And Matthew 5.3-12 as used is Copyright © 2024 By BibleProject, Available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com

Jesus begins his sermon on the mountainside with nine startling statements about blessing. Some people call these "the Beatitudes". How should we understand these? How can it be a blessing to be poor in spirit, to grieve, to be unimportant? Is that what Jesus means? In this message we take a bit of time to get the big picture of what Jesus is doing in order to understand God's blessing. Then we focus in on the second set of three statements of blessing. Jesus comments on being blessed are startling - a new and fresh understanding!
We encourage everyone to check out the Bible Project series at https://bibleproject.com/playlists/introducing-the-sermon-on-the-mount/
Visit us on the web: https://www.lbfc.org.
Give: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3ZJ93YXC6X9AS
Music by Adam Selzer: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Scriptures quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Matthew 5.3-12 as used is Copyright © 2024 By BibleProject, Available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com

Jesus begins his sermon on the mountainside with nine startling statements about blessing. Some people call these "the Beatitudes". How should we understand these? In this message we focus on the last three of the nine, beginning with Jesus' statement that it is peacemakers who will be known as the children of God. There will be consequences to working for God's peace, and thus we come to the last two startling blessing statements.
We encourage everyone to check out the Bible Project series at https://bibleproject.com/playlists/being-at-home-in-the-kingdom/
Visit us on the web: https://www.lbfc.org.
Give: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3ZJ93YXC6X9AS
Music by Adam Selzer: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Scriptures quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Matthew 5.3-12 as used is Copyright © 2024 By BibleProject, Available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com

Jesus continues the introduction to his sermon on the mountainside by establishing a strong connection between his message and mission with the Torah and the Prophets. God is not changing direction; He is deepening and bringing to fruition his everlasting purpose in Jesus.
We encourage everyone to check out the Bible Project series at https://bibleproject.com/playlists/
Visit us on the web: https://www.lbfc.org.
Give: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3ZJ93YXC6X9AS
Music by Adam Selzer: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Scriptures quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Matthew 5.3-12 as used is Copyright © 2024 By BibleProject, Available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com

Jesus begins the second portion of his sermon on the mountainside claiming that he is not "dismantling" the Law (Torah) and the Prophets. He is completing them!
We encourage everyone to check out the Bible Project series at https://bibleproject.com/playlists/
Visit us on the web: https://www.lbfc.org.
Give: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3ZJ93YXC6X9AS
Music by Adam Selzer: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Scriptures quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Matthew 5.3-12 as used is Copyright © 2024 By BibleProject, Available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com

Jesus begins to tell us how to live according to the kingdom of the skies - the kingdom of God. He begins with challenging us to relate to one another in a manner that respects the image of God in each human being.
We encourage everyone to check out the Bible Project series at https://bibleproject.com/playlists/
Visit us on the web: https://www.lbfc.org.
Give: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=3ZJ93YXC6X9AS
Music by Adam Selzer: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Scriptures quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. Matthew 5.3-12 as used is Copyright © 2024 By BibleProject, Available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com