We get to encourage someone through our testimony and explain the power of God, hopefully leading to their salvation.Īs a youth leader, teaching your students how share the good news of Jesus is one of the most important things you can do, especially with the growing number of young people today who are uninterested with the church. In a similar way, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ can be just as thrilling. It’s especially true when the news has a direct impact on your friend’s life-an extra ticket to a theme park, the cancellation of class, or maybe an invitation to a highly anticipated party. We can all agree that sharing good news with a friend is pretty exciting. RightNow Media: What is one thing you want viewers to walk away with after watching this series? So, it honestly gave me a lot of confidence that God is working these things in me and that I will continue as long as I’m here. And I think that was the big thing that stood out, that Jesus doesn’t show up looking for this kind of person, like “let me find the man of peace” or “let me find the meek.” But, rather, he’s saying, “my people that I’m going to work in, that the Holy Spirit’s going to-this is the kind of person they’re going to become.” So, it’s not eight different people, right, but eight characteristics of the same person. So, the thing that was in plain sight that really ministered to me as I prepared was that the Beatitudes aren’t a list of things that I need to work on, but rather the kind of person that Jesus is turning me into.
I don’t know that I’ve ever explicitly taught through them but certainly understood them to be Jesus unpacking what the kingdom of God would look like. I mean, I’ve been a Christian for thirty years.
Matt: Going into the series, I was familiar with the Beatitudes.
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