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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-5

The triumphs of humility. The originality of Christ is evinced in these first sentences of his discourse. "Nothing," says David Hume, "carries a man through the world like a true, genuine, natural impudence." Sturdy qualities are approved by men of the world, and quiet virtues are despised. Christ places these in the forefront, and associates with them benedictions in a manner which astonishes the poets, philosophers, and sages of antiquity. Let us— I. REVIEW THE QUALITIES HERE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-9

The benediction of good character. The word "blessed" is taken from beati , which is used in the Vulgate. By it our Lord indicates what will be especially esteemed, and receive special honour, in his new kingdom. To see our Lord's point we should observe what the Pharisaic teachers of his day were proclaiming. According to them, God's blessing rested upon minute acts of obedience; upon precision in keeping every detail of a series of elaborate, man-made rules. The teaching of the day... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

Sermon on the mount: 1. The Beatitudes. The subject of the sermon on the mount may be said to be the righteousness of the kingdom. To give all his hearers a clearer conception of this fundamental idea, our Lord speaks The citizens of the kingdom are first described, their character being indicated in the first paragraph, their influence being referred to in Matthew 5:13-16 . The passage containing the Beatitudes will best yield its meaning if we consider I. OUR LORD IS IN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-16

1. The ideal character of his disciples. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek. In this Beatitude our Lord still quotes Old Testament expressions. The phrase, "shah inherit the earth," comes even in Isaiah 60:21 , only two verses before Isaiah 61:1 , Isaiah 61:2 , to which he has already referred. In the present copies of the LXX . it is found also in Isaiah 61:7 , but there it is evidently a corruption. It occurs also in Psalms 37:9 , Psalms 37:11 , Psalms 37:22 , Psalms 37:29 , Psalms 37:34 ; and since in the eleventh verse of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:5

The blessedness of the meek. This Beatitude asks at the outset to be distinguished from the first, that speaks of the "poor in spirit." It is a quotation from the far-seeing, even if dim-seeing, gospel of the Old Testament ( Psalms 37:11 ), The promise attached to the Beatitude is one the special habitat of which is the page of the Old Testament. And this helps to guide us to the genius of the present passage. Meekness must be indeed a quality of the person; it must undoubtedly be in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6

They which do hunger and thirst . The application of the figure of eating and drinking to spiritual things (cf. Luke 22:30 ) is not infrequent in the Old Testament; e.g. Isaiah 55:1 . Yet the thought here is not the actual participation, but the craving. The Benediction marks a distinct stage in our Lord's argument. He spoke first of the consciously poor in their spirit; next of those who mourned over their poverty; then of those who were ready to receive whatever teaching or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6

The blessedness of those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. "Blessed are they which do hunger … for they shall be filled." This Beatitude is, among all the others around it, as the spread banquet of religious meditation. It may have the just effect of surprising us, with a very unaccustomed hopefulness as to human nature. It challenges us to believe that there is left surviving still in us a germ and force of spiritual nature that can rise to appreciate that which is the highest of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6

The Divine reward of the spiritually minded. St. Paul uses this word, "To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." But there is a polemical, controversial, doctrinal force in his use, which we are not just now needing. Dr. Bushnell has a very striking sermon on "The Efficiency of the Passive Virtues'; but that is not precisely our Lord's point here, though they are "passive virtues" which he commends. They who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6-7

Righteousness and mercy. The cry of humanity is after happiness. Men seek it in all manner of avenues. They are commonly mortified and disappointed. In the text we may learn— I. THAT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE IS SATISFACTION . 1 . The sphere of intellect is filled with God. 2 . The sphere of affection is filled with God. 3 . Righteousness secures the highest favour. II. THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST BE SOUGHT IN THE SPIRIT OF EARNESTNESS , ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:6-7

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