{"id":16646,"date":"2025-03-09T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=16646"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T15:12:43","slug":"the-way-of-christ-beatitudes","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sermons\/the-way-of-christ-beatitudes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way of Christ (Beatitudes)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><iframe width='100%' height='100' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' src='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1O5p7RkKUek5rM2hOIxDf8rbpQgi4ir1P\/preview?usp=drivesdk' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><b>R<\/b><b>E<\/b><b>A<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>D<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Matthew 5:3-1<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><b>C<\/b><b>O<\/b><b>N<\/b><b>S<\/b><b>I<\/b><b>D<\/b><b>E<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>R<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p6\" style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\">When an expert in the law approaches Jesus and asks, \u201cwhich is the greatest commandment?\u201d, Jesus responds by telling him to love God and love others (see Matt 22:36-40).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The call to love God and love others is the guiding framework that helps us understand how to live out the Sermon on the Mount. As we study this series, let the Great Commandment in Matthew 22 shape the way you understand the teachings from the Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This week as we unpack the eight beatitudes, I hope we will see that Jesus calls us to reorient our lives around his kingdom values and to surrender the worldly values that have malformed us in our faith. My prayer for us is that God will give us the posture to hear His Word and that His Spirit will help us reorient our lives to the way of his kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">See you Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Pastor Tim Sreedharan<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><b>P<\/b><b>R<\/b><b>A<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>Y<\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p11\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are those who mourn, blessed are the meek, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, blessed are the merciful, blessed are the pure in heart, blessed are the peacemakers, blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness &#8211; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Father, may your kingdom come and your will be done on this earth. May we be a people who value the people you value. May your Spirit help us to allow your kingdom values to reshape the way we live. In Jesus\u2019 name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><b>D<\/b><b>I<\/b><b>V<\/b><b>I<\/b><b>N<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>G<\/b><\/span> <b>D<\/b><b>E<\/b><b>E<\/b><b>P<\/b><b>E<\/b><span class=\"s2\"><b>R<\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><object class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SotM-Week-1-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of SotM-Week-1-1.\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SotM-Week-1-1.pdf\">SotM-Week-1-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SotM-Week-1-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 9, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":16613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[49],"ctc_sermon_series":[578],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[525],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/16646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/16646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16683,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/16646\/revisions\/16683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=16646"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=16646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}