[FBC] Luke 6, The Path of Happiness - 2015.07.19
Channel: Foundation Bible Church
Date: 2015-07-21

Truth tells us what love is. Luke 6 includes Luke's version of the Beatitudes. Matthew's version was the Sermon on the Mount, this version appears to either be a similar message preached on a plateau or was the same version but referred to as the Sermon on the Plains or a level place.

This version of that text features a slightly different version and is listed as the Blessings and the Woes.

This version shows just how counter-cultural Jesus was. After thousands of years speaking through the prophets, this was the first big message delivered by God. As such, the content is challenging, revolutionary. 

C.S. Lewis wrote: "As to ‘caring for’ the Sermon on the Mount, if ‘caring for’ here means ‘liking’ or enjoying, I suppose no one ‘cares for’ it. Who can like being knocked flat on his face by a sledgehammer?

I can hardly imagine a more deadly spiritual condition than that of a man who can read that passage with tranquil pleasure."

Christ's message shatters the world's expectations.