Beatitude Meaning 

• The word beatitude comes from the Latin beatitudo, meaning “blessedness.”• The phrase “blessed are” in each beatitude implies a current state of happiness or well-being. This expression held a powerful meaning of “divine joy and perfect happiness” to the people of Christ’s day.

In other words, Jesus was saying “divinely happy and fortunate are those who possess these inward  qualities.” While speaking of a current “blessedness,” each pronouncement also promised a future  reward.

Would you rather get even or get the reward?

1. A BLESSED LIFE

Matthew 5:9–12 NKJV  

Blessed are the peacemakers,

For they shall be called sons of God.

10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,

For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely  for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they  persecuted the prophets who were before you.

2 Corinthians 5:7 NKJV  

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Matthew 7:1–2 NLT  

Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. 2 For you will be treated as you treat others. The  standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

Genesis 8:22 KJV 

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter,  and day and night shall not cease.

Mark 4:18–19 KJV  

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this  world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and  it becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 5:40–42 NLT  

If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too. 41 If a soldier  demands that you carry his gear for a mile, carry it two miles. 42 Give to those who ask, and don’t  turn away from those who want to borrow.

 

1 John 3:12 NLT  

We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill  him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was  righteous.

2. BLINDED BY THE SPEAK 

Watch out for the Plank Eye, it’s contagious

Matthew 7:3–5 NLT  

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? 4 How can you  think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see  past the log in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see  well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.

1 John 2:10–11 NKJV  

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he  who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going,  because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

3. THIS IS THE WAY 

Matthew 7:12–14 NLT  

“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in  the law and the prophets. 13 “You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The  highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 14 But the gateway  to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.