Sunday Sermon July 2023 In the Year of the Rabbit - Divine Principle and Beatitudes a comparison - Part 1 of 2 - v 2 — de Paulis

The Beatitudes are a set of blessings or teachings given by Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 5:3-12).

They outline the characteristics and attitudes that are considered blessed or fortunate in the eyes of God.

The word “beatitude” comes from the Latin word “beatus,” meaning “blessed” or “happy.”

The Beatitudes present a radical and counter-cultural view of happiness and righteousness.

They describe qualities and virtues that are often contrary to worldly values and expectations. In these teachings, Jesus emphasizes the inner attitudes of individuals rather than external circumstances or material possessions.

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Introduction Jesus teaching

• Birth Boy Jesus 12 year – in the Temple • 30,31,32 – Public Teaching • Crucifixion • Resurrection • 2000 year of Christianity

• 30-33 age = 3 years preaching

• 4 Gospels, Letters of Paul, Rev.of John

• 30-33 age = 3 years preaching

• 4 Gospels, Letters of Paul, Rev.of John

• Beatitudes - The 9 Blessings - Sermon of the Mount Jesus statement of Life as a Christian

Jesus famous sermon from a hill representing Mount Zion is considered by many Christian scholars to be similar to the proclamation of the Old Covenant by Moses from Mount Sinai.

Sermon of the Mount

• In Christianity, the Beatitudes a set of teachings by Jesus that appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Sermon of the Mount

• In Christianity, the Beatitudes a set of teachings by Jesus that appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

• The term Beatitude comes from the Latin adjective beatus which means happy, fortunate, or blissful.

Sermon of the Mount

• In Christianity, the Beatitudes a set of teachings by Jesus that appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke..

• The term Beatitude comes from the Latin adjective beatus which means happy, fortunate, or blissful.

• The teachings are expressed as nine blessings in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew.

Sermon of the Mount

• In Christianity, the Beatitudes a set of teachings by Jesus that appear in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

• The term Beatitude comes from the Latin adjective beatus which means happy, fortunate, or blissful.

• The teachings are expressed as nine blessings in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew.

• Four similar blessings appear in the Sermon on the Plain in Luke and are followed by four woes that mirror the blessings.

Sermon of the Mount

• Each Beatitude consists of two phrases: the condition and the result.

Sermon of the Mount

• Each Beatitude consists of two phrases: the condition and the result.

• In almost all cases the phrases used are familiar from an Old Testament context, but in the sermon Jesus elevates them to new teachings.

Sermon of the Mount • Each Beatitude consists of two phrases: the condition and the result.

• In almost all cases the phrases used are familiar from an Old Testament context, but in the sermon Jesus elevates them to new teachings.

• Together, the Beatitudes present a new set of Christian ideals that focus on love and humility rather than force and exaction.

Sermon of the Mount • Each Beatitude consists of two phrases: the condition and the result.

• In almost all cases the phrases used are familiar from an Old Testament context, but in the sermon Jesus elevates them to new teachings.

• Together, the Beatitudes present a new set of Christian ideals that focus on love and humility rather than force and exaction.

• They echo the highest ideals of the teachings of Jesus on mercy; spirituality and compassion.

Jesus commissioning the Twelve Apostles. Painted 1481

Pastor Jeong Hyun Pak

The Meaning of the Nine Beatitudes

March 1986 from a sermon by Jeong Hyun Pak

• Jesus used very symbolic and poetic words, but through knowing the Principle and our True Parents we can clearly understand what he meant by these nine blessings.

• What is the goal of faith?

• Jesus used very symbolic and poetic words, but through knowing the Principle and our True Parents we can clearly understand what he meant by these nine blessings.

• What is the goal of faith? • To meet God?

• Jesus used very symbolic and poetic words, but through knowing the Principle and our True Parents we can clearly understand what he meant by these nine blessings.

• What is the goal of faith? • To meet God? • To prepare to meet the Messiah?

• Jesus used very symbolic and poetic words, but through knowing the Principle and our True Parents we can clearly understand what he meant by these nine blessings.

• What is the goal of faith? • To meet God? • To prepare to meet the Messiah?

• There’s a very easy answer. My understanding of our goal is to become beautiful sons and daughters of God

• Matthew 5:1-12 is a very famous and meaningful passage — called the Beatitudes, or the Nine Blessings.

• Jesus promised nine kinds of blessings.

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit - Matthew 5:3

Both the first and fourth Beatitudes refer to our inner desires and aspirations.

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit - Matthew 5:3

Both the first and fourth Beatitudes (4. Blessed are those who hunger for righteousness) refer to our inner desires and aspirations.

The first Beatitude focuses on “the poor in spirit,” who recognize that they are sinful and hunger after God’s love, truth, and blessings.

2. Blessed are those who mourn - Matthew 5:4

The Principle teaches, however, that God is our Parent, and that He lost Adam and Eve, and is therefore very lonely and sad.

2. Blessed are those who mourn - Matthew 5:4

The Principle teaches, however, that God is our Parent, and that He lost Adam and Eve, and is therefore very lonely and sad.

Thus, we find the real God when we too feel mournful and sad. God’s position is not absolutely powerful — He lost His ideal, His dream, and His children, and has suffered and sacrificed thousands of years for His sons and daughters.

3. Blessed are the meek - Matthew 5:5

As Paul expressed in Philippians 2:5-7, we should keep God and Jesus in mind, deny our own desires in the same way that

3. Blessed are the meek - Matthew 5:5

As Paul expressed in Philippians 2:5-7, we should keep God and Jesus in mind, deny our own desires in the same way that

Jesus “emptied himself, taking the form of a servant’ and gratefully follow God’s heart and plan for us.

4. Blessed are those who hunger for righteousness - Matthew 5:6

If we are hungry, then God will fill us. The Principle teaches that righteousness means living centred on God. If we live this way, Satan leaves us.

4. Blessed are those who hunger for righteousness - Matthew 5:6

If we are hungry, then God will fill us. The Principle teaches that righteousness means living centred on God. If we live this way, Satan leaves us.

As Proverbs 12:28 says, “In the path of righteousness is life, but the way of error leads to death.” Only along the path of goodness do we find immortality.

5. Blessed are the merciful - Matthew 5:7

God wants to work through me for the sake of others. If only my family is righteous, it still isn’t enough. We must also enable all those around us to become righteous.

5. Blessed are the merciful - Matthew 5:7

God wants to work through me for the sake of others. If only my family is righteous, it still isn’t enough. We must also enable all those around us to become righteous.

Therefore, with our tongue, our hands, and our feet we must be merciful and express true love for others. If we live centred on God and love, we can create a righteous society.

6. Blessed are the pure in heart - Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God“ Have you seen God?

6. Blessed are the pure in heart - Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God“ Have you seen God?

If we have a pure heart, mind, and character – that is, if we overcome our selfishness and make ourselves into a holy temple — then God will come. If I’m a perfect minus, then a perfect plus will come.

6. Blessed are the pure in heart - Matthew 5:8

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God“ Have you seen God?

We need a deep prayer life, we need to shed tears sweat, and blood, and we need to oust Satan completely from our lives in order to become pure.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers - Matthew 5:10

If a husband and wife are united in heart, there is peace. If not, there is no peace at all.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers - Matthew 5:10

If a husband and wife are united in heart, there is peace. If not, there is no peace at all.

People today are more anxious than ever for peace on every level, from the individual to the nation to the world.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers - Matthew 5:10

If a husband and wife are united in heart, there is peace. If not, there is no peace at all.

People today are more anxious than ever for peace on every level, from the individual to the nation to the world.

We need peaceful relationships with others and with God, horizontally and vertically.

8. Blessed are those who are persecuted - Matthew 5:10

To become God’s sons and daughters is not enough.

8. Blessed are those who are persecuted - Matthew 5:10

To become God’s sons and daughters is not enough.

We must kick out Satan not only from ourselves but from the world.

8. Blessed are those who are persecuted - Matthew 5:10

To become God’s sons and daughters is not enough.

We must kick out Satan not only from ourselves but from the world.

We will inevitably suffer in the eyes of the world for the sake of our cause, but we need to create a total environment in which God can live and express Himself.

9. Blessed are those who insult you - Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

Summary Beatitudes=the Great Reversal

 Blessed are the poor in spirit  Blessed are those who mourn  Blessed are the meek  Blessed are those who hunger for righteousness  Blessed are the merciful  Blessed are the pure in heart  Blessed are the peacemakers  Blessed are those who are persecuted  Blessed are you when people insult you ============================= God & Spir.world will compensate

Compare Declaration; Our Family Pledge 2013 - Our family, the owner of Cheon Il Guk pledges…

1. to seek our original homeland and build the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, the original ideal of creation, by centering on true love.

2. to represent and become central to heaven and earth by attending the Heavenly Parent and True Parents; we pledge to perfect the dutiful family way of filial sons and daughters in our family, patriots in our nation, saints in the world, and divine sons and daughters in heaven and on earth, by centering on true love.

3. to perfect the Four Great Realms of Heart, the Three Great Kingships and the Realm of the Royal Family, by centering on true love.

4. to build the universal family encompassing heaven and earth, which is the Heavenly Parent’s ideal of creation, and perfect the world of freedom, peace, unity and happiness, by centering on true love. 5. to strive every day to advance the unification of the spirit world and the physical world as subject and object partners, by centering on true love. 6. to become a family that moves heavenly fortune by embodying the Heavenly Parent and True Parents, and to perfect a family that conveys Heaven’s blessing to our community, by centering on true love.

7. through living for the sake of others, to perfect the world based on the culture of heart, which is rooted in the original lineage, by centering on true love.

8. to achieve the ideal of God and human beings united in love through absolute faith, absolute love and absolute obedience, and to perfect the realm of liberation and complete freedom in the Kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, by centering on true love.

9. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

… the peacemakers Divine Principle B … are persecuted Completion e … people insult you a t … hunger for righteousness i Growth … the merciful t u … pure in heart d e … poor in spirit s … those who mourn Formation … the meek

… poor in spirit B those who are lowly, e beaten down and disadvantaged in this world a … those who mourn t those who have no hope in this world and who i see the brokenness of this world t … the meek u those who don’t push back and who don’t strive, d cheat and scheme to succeed in this world e s Formation

… hunger for righteousness B who want justice and mercy and kindness e and truth in this world a … the merciful t who assume the best, i seek to understand and are quick to forgive t … pure in heart u still see beauty and whose hearts incline d toward that which is right, loving and good e s Growth

… the peacemakers B reconciliation between God and man, e and between friends and neighbours a … are persecuted t suffering and bear a little shame i in order to pursue the Kingdom of God on earth t … people insult you u suffering and bear a little shame d in order to pursue the Kingdom of God on earth e s Completion

 True Families: Gateway to Heaven 2009  Owner of Peace Owner of Lineage 2009

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From David Hanna;

One person who particularly interests me is William Johnston. He was a Jesuit priest who went to Japan in the 1950s and was active into the 70s. Have you come across him? Deeply moved by Buddhist spirituality, he sought to introduce meditative practices to the western Christian world. He was talking here about the transition of the age, effectively the change from the New to the Completed Testament eras:

William Johnston was born in 1925. A Jesuit priest, Johnston has focused on building contemplative bridges between Buddhism and Christianity in both his pastoral teaching and his writings. His books, including Christian Zen and The Inner Eye of Love, refer to the universal vocation of mysticism.

Professor Johnston is based at Sophia University in Tokyo, where he has taught courses on mysticism and meditation. His contributions can be found in the World Wisdom anthology, Pray Without Ceasing.

Rev. William Johnston died in 2010

“Now at the end of the twentieth century we again find ourselves at a great crossroads in the history of mankind. Such an age demands a new theology, a re-statement of the Gospel message, an answer to the peculiar problems that confront us. Yet the construction of such a theology is an extremely difficult and delicate task because we are aware that the old culture is dying but has not yet died and the new culture is coming to birth but has not yet been born. Caught in the middle and not knowing what will come next, we wonder where to turn.” (taken from Johnstons, “Silent Music”)

Sermon summary;

Beatitudes is Jesus faith declaration.

He emphasizes the inner attitudes of individuals rather than external circumstances or material possessions.

Love God and your neighbor (all Mankind)

End of Sermon Please join me in Prayer!

“Prayer is communication with the Divine. It can be whispered or chanted or written or expressed in the work you do. However it is expressed, it is never in vain.” — Donna Wilk Cardillo

Source: Bible Mathew 5 NKJ

Divine Principle v.96 www.euro-tongil.org/swedish/english/DP96/ Korean sermon www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Jpak/jPak-860300.htm

Youtube: Christian Sermon on Beatitudes 2022 https://youtu.be/bXKfPhZtPJE

Remember the beauty in Gods nature is there to inspire the most Holy original inside us all! Have a great Blessed week. Prepared for 2nd gen inspiration by de Paulis family.