Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God – Matthew 5:9. The most frightful and insane war imaginable is that which, in consequence of sin, the creature has declared against God, its Creator. Death immediately followed …

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Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. – Matthew 5:8. The Prophet Isaiah says: “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). The Lord God also says: …

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Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. – Matthew 5:7. True Christians, God’s children, are known to be merciful. For their faith daily teaches and reminds them that it is only and exclusively by the mercy of God …

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Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. – Matthew 5:6. All poor sinners who truly believe in Jesus Christ have and possess with Him that righteousness wherein they can stand before God and …

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Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. – Matthew 5:5. True Christians, God’s children, are meek. According to their new man of faith, they are not selfish, willful, quarrelsome, contentious, disputatious, vindictive, angry, or spiteful. When they …

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Blessed are they that mourn; for the shall be comforted. – Matthew 5:4. True Christians, God’s children, mourn here on earth. Why so? Their sin causes them to grieve and mourn. They are not as the rude and carnal-minded men …

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Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 5:3. True Christians recognize and acknowledge their sinful unworthiness in the sight of God, and are thus described as being “poor in spirit.” They come …

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Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. – I Corinthians 11:28. You are familiar with this word of Scripture. A Christian should examine himself before going to the Lord’s Supper …

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If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer …

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They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. – Acts 2:42. To the heterodox, that is, to those who deviate from the Word of God in any point of Christian doctrine and …

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