Teacher: Pastor Chet Lowe

Main Scriptures: Matthew 5, Philippians 2

• Only believers can receive the blessings in the Beatitudes
  • Humility is counter-cultural
  • God’s thoughts are both different and higher than ours
• These truths are supernatural, and we cannot walk in them without His Spirit (Isaiah 35:8)
• Jesus defines “blessing” for us
  • The blessing is for both now and the future
• Poverty of Spirit looks like humility
  • It takes humility to hear and do the words of Christ (Matthew 7:24)
  • Humility is
    • wise and provides us grace (James 4:6)
    • a command despite our feelings
    • comes from His presence
    • is proven in action
  • Jesus sets the example in humility
    • He was content and not offended as He gave up His rights