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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON MATTHEW - MATTHEW 5:1-12
  by J.C. Ryle
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THE three chapters which begin with these verses deserve the special
attention of all readers of the Bible. They contain what is commenly
called the \"Sermon on the Mount.\"

Every word of the Lord Jesus ought to be most precious to professing
Christians. It is the voice of the Chief Sheperd; it is the charge of
the great Bishop and Head of the Church; it is the Master speaking; it
is the word of Him who \"spake as never man spake,\" and by whom we
shall be judged at the last day.

Would we know what kind of people Christians ought to be? Would we know
the characacter at which Christians ought to aim? Would we know the
outward walk and inward habit of mind which become a follower of Christ?
Then let us often study the Sermon on the Mount. Let us often ponder
each sentence, and prove ourselves by it. Not least, let us often
consider who they are that are called \"blessed\" at the beginning of
the Sermon. Those whom the great High Priest blesses are blessed indeed!

The Lord Jesus calls those \"blessed\" who are poor in spirit. He means
the humble, and lowly-minded, and self-abased; He means those who are
deeply convinced of thir own sinfulness in God\\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-matthew-matthew-51-12/
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