The Beatitudes
Christ’s Address to His Persecuted Church
Jesus commands his people to rejoice when they are persecuted. This is a shocking command! Why should his people rejoice? Listen as Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches on Jesus’ comforting address to his persecuted church: Christ’s evaluation, Christ’s identification, and Christ’s exhortation.
“Blessed…
Blessed Peacemakers
The world seeks for peace in all the wrong places. True peace comes only from God alone through faith in the gospel. And peacemaking, reconciling sinners to God and sinners to sinners through the gospel, is a bloody task—it may even cost your life, as it cost the Son of God, Jesus Christ, his life to reconcile sinners to God. Listen as Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches from…
Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
The Lord Jesus proclaims the pure in heart blessed for they shall see God. Without a pure heart, no one will see God in blessedness, but rather in eternal condemnation. Listen as Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches from Matthew 5:8 on the blessed sight that makes the heart pure, that keeps the heart pure, and that greets those who are pure in heart.
“Blessed are the pure in…
The Blessed State of the Mercied and Merciful Saint
Everyone wants to receive mercy when they have sinned, but how many are truly merciful to those who sin against them? The Lord Jesus says that those who are truly merciful are blessed because they have first received mercy from God in salvation, are like their Heavenly Father, and shall receive…
The Beatitudes (5): Blessed Satisfaction in Christ [Part 2]
In Matthew 5:6, the Lord Jesus declares those blessed who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied. What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness, and in whom is true satisfaction found? Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches on the object of the desire, the nature of the…
The Beatitudes (4): Blessed Satisfaction in Christ [Part 1]
In Matthew 5:6, Jesus says that those who spiritually hunger and thirst after righteousness will be satisfied. What does it mean to hunger and thirst? What is the desire of the hungry and thirsty? Who fulfills their desire? Listen as Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches on the nature of hungering and…
The Beatitudes (3): The Meek Truly Blessed
Being meek is not something the world values highly. However, true meekness, being humbled before God by his Spirit and finding salvation in Christ, and trusting him in all things, is blessed by God. Listen as Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches from Matthew 5:5 on the blessed state of the meek, the blessed Savior of the meek, and the blessed inheritance of the meek.
“Blessed…
The Beatitudes (2): “Blessed are Those Who Mourn, for They Shall be Comforted”
Matthew 5:1–12 presents the familiar words of the beatitudes spoken by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Mr. Brandt Barnard focuses on the second beatitude to describe the blessed state of mourners, the blessed comfort of mourners, and the blessed hope of mourners.
“Blessed are those who mourn,…
The Beatitudes (1): The Spiritually Poor, Eternally Blessed
In Matthew 5:3, Jesus Christ declares that the poor in spirit are blessed because they alone belong to God and the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. Mr. Brandt Barnard explores this truth by explaining the believer’s spiritual poverty, the believer’s blessed portion, and the believer’s heavenly…