CONVINCED: Blessed With Every Blessing

Luke 6:20 (ESV) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you…

Skipping Over…

  • Luke 5:27-31 - Calling of Levi

  • Luke 5:33-39 - Discussion on Fasting

  • Luke 6:1-5 - Discussion on Sabbath Rules

  • Luke 6:6-11 - Healing of Withered Hand

  • Luke 6:12-16 - Selection of Apostles from Disciples

    • Greek word that describes representatives in Roman culture who stayed in a conquered territory to establish Roman culture.

Looking Ahead…

  • Luke 6:17-19 - Jesus Speaks To A Large Crowd

  • Luke 6:20-49- Sermon on Mount

  • Luke 6:20-23 - The Beatitudes

    • Not a term in the Bible

    • English origin around the 15th century, and added to titling of this portion of scripture, most often 20-23

    • State of supreme blessedness and happiness

This portion of scripture is often spoken on with a 70’s beatnic, love not war, poetic, passive blend of christianity that welcomes any/all pushbacks that life can bring, because living a life under a mountain of struggle will be rewarded in heaven after we die. That is not the intention of this portion of scripture.


 Luke 6:20 (ESV) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you 

  • He lifted up his eyes on his disciples

    • It is a gesture of prayer

    • It is a gesture of blessing

    • It connects heaven and earth in view and in words

      • View - it sees above and beyond the natural

      • Words - it resources the earth with the bounty of heaven

        • Illus: vacuum transfer at the bank as a kid

    • Jesus is not teaching, He is prophesying to his disciples

    • It’s more than information, it is a deposit with an invitation to access


BLESS(ED): The deposit of tangible deposits from heaven that add increasing value into one’s life until they reach full maturity in heaven.

The deposit of tangible deposits from heaven that add increasing value into one’s life until they reach full maturity in heaven.

As disciples we become citizens of Heaven. We have stepped into the Kingdom of God/Heaven as though we still live lives in this world. To be BLESSED, or walking in BLESSING, is the process of accessing heaven's value while living within earth’s limitations. Blessing someone else is the process of access and depositing heaven’s value into their life.

The believer/follower/disciple/citizen who fails to see, access or transfer heaven’s value is to needlessly go without those things that have been freely provided.

Ephesians 1:3–10 (ESV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,  even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love  he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,  to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.  In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,  which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight  making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ  as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.


Philippians 3:12 (NIV) Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.


Luke 6:20–23 (ESV) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.  “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.  “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!  Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

  • The poor (those lacking anything) can access supply

  • The hungry (those lacking anything) can access food 

  • Those who weep can access consolation and joy

  • Those who experience hatred, smile, it will be rewarded.

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