Jesus brought messages of hope and healing. Today, many are searching for hope, love, and peace. You can only find this when Christ becomes your answer for everything. The Word says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.” This is having the opposite of the defiant attitude saturating our society today. A life with Jesus makes you far richer than anything this world has to offer.
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today we begin a series of sermons taken
from the greatest sermon that was ever
preached by the greatest preacher who
ever walked the face of this Earth Jesus
Christ the son of God The Sermon on the
Mount represents the moral principles of
the kingdom of God The Sermon on the
Mount was not a call to Sinners it was a
call to those who professed Christ and
Christ is saying these are the
attributes I want you to demonstrate to
the world from now on Matthew 56 and 7
is the Constitution and bylaws of the
New Testament Church why do we need this
teaching in America we need this
teaching because something is serious
seriously wrong in our nation when we
are offended by everything but
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sin the eight Beatitudes are arranged in
four
pairs they are progressive in nature
meaning they are like a Stairway To the
Stars the first step is poverty that
makes rich read with me Matthew 5 verses
1-4 and seeing the multitudes he went up
into a mountain and when he had sat down
his disciples came to him and he opened
his mouth and taught them saying blessed
are the poor in spirit for theirs is the
Kingdom of Heaven blessed are they that
mourn for they shall be comforted this
is step one God is going to do a work in
your heart and in your life as you climb
this stairway into the very presence of
God father thank you for your word thank
you for those who are in this audience
that love your word thank you for those
in America who are willing to obey your
word that righteousness May abound in
this nation in our time of moral
Calamity in Jesus name we pray and all
of God’s children said amen amen you may
be
seated every word of the text in Matthew
51 demands an explanation to every
Christian there is first the words and
seeing the multitudes Jesus audience was
the audience of 12 disciples that were
listening to him and thousands that had
come to hear him it was the message
being presented to The Messengers who
would carry it to the world that is
still the Prototype of the church we
have the good news and and it is our
responsibility to carry it to the world
that the world may know Jesus the text
then states he went up into a mountain
to preach a sermon it is the
Constitution and bylaws of the New
Testament Church Jesus said if men will
not praise me the rocks will cry out and
praise me the fact is the drama of the
Bible is projected over the mountains in
the scripture at Mount Si God gave the
Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Zion
Jerusalem the city of God was created at
Mount Calvary Jesus Christ the son of
God died for your Redemption for your
Redemption and for your Redemption it
was a battlefield fault for The Souls of
men and Jesus Christ was Victorious over
death Hell In The
Grave then the text reads and then he
sat down he sat down as a judge enters
the room and sits down the portrait of
absolute
Authority the court is in session listen
up he sat down as the King of Kings
because he is the king he is the Lord of
lords and of his kingdom there shall be
no end he is saying these Beatitudes are
the things I want you to hear and to
obey the eight attitudes The Stairway To
the Stars begins with one of the most
powerful words in the Bible blessed
blessed blessed blessed the fact is it’s
God’s passion it’s his desire to bless
each and every one of you here and each
and every one of you listening by
television he wants to bless you
exceedingly abundantly above all you can
ask or imagine that’s God’s word that’s
not my word Psalms 84 says the blessings
of God is upon this house have you asked
for the blessings of God to be upon your
house God blessed Adam and Eve and they
became the general managers of the
universe God blessed Abraham as the
founder of the nation of Israel he said
I will bless you and I will make your
name great and I will make of you a
great nation that nation is Israel today
Israel is one of the most prosperous and
Power powerful Nations on the earth God
Almighty is looking from heaven right
now to every person in this Auditorium
and to those who are watching television
Across America and around the world I
want to bless you I want to bless you
abundantly I want to bless you so much
your neighbors can’t stand it I want to
bless you in your health I am the great
physician I want to bless you in your
finances for all the gold and the silver
in the world are mine sayth the Lord I
want to bless you and your family
relationships where you love one another
as I have loved you I want to bless you
your children and your children’s
children I want to tell you something
look at my children God has blessed
those children because we have taught
them how to receive the blessing of God
I want to bless you with peace that
surpasses understanding I want to bless
you with joy that’s unspeakable and full
of Glory I want to give to you a hope
that will guarantee success in your
future I want you to have victory over
the World the Flesh and the devil you
are my child be blessed be abundantly
blessed Give the Lord Praise In The
House hello fathers you are the high
priest of your house Ephesians 6:4 says
you fathers train your children in the
fear and the admonition of the lord it’s
not the mother’s role to train the
children children it’s the father’s role
to train the children one of the great
tragedies of America is the absentee
father from the American home where
children never knew their father they
never heard him pray they never heard
him establish the pattern of
righteousness that brings true
Prosperity the fact is that Jacob
blessed his 12 sons with the Priestly
blessing and every word he spoke over
those boys controll the future of Israel
for almost a thousand years think about
that kind of power let’s take the first
step in the
stairway poverty that makes
rich sounds strange doesn’t it the Bible
says blessed are the poor in spirit for
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven what is
the poor in spirit it’s the opposite of
the defiant attitude that refuses to bow
to God that says like pharaoh who is the
Lord that I should obey him and my
friends that’s the
attitude of many millions of Americans
right
now who is God that we should recognize
him that we should honor him that we
would want his Ten Commandments in our
schools that we would honor him in our
schools Pharaoh found out who God was
when the death angel swept through Egypt
and killed the firstborn in every home
when God sent the 10 plagues that
crushed the Egyptian economy forever
then he turned the River Nile into blood
there was blood in Pharaoh’s bathtub in
his kitchen because it was everywhere
all water turned to blood he drowned the
Egyptian Army in the Red Sea the god of
Heaven is not a cosmic cop he is
almighty God he has all power he is in
control of what’s going on we just need
to ask him
what is the perfect portrait of being
humble in spirit the perfect portrait of
humility was demonstrated by Jesus
Christ in John chap 13 the Bible says
that Jesus rose from the supper table
laid aside his garments and took a towel
and wrapped it around himself then he
kneeled and he poured water into a
basement and began to wash the dirty
stinking feet of his disciples why did
one of the disciples washed the feet
they didn’t wash the feet because Jesus
was the only one spiritually strong
enough to do that they were spiritually
too insipidly weak to do the humble
thing they were full of themselves their
pompous ego was their Master they were
concerned about sitting at the right
hand of the master in the Kingdom that
was to come they even had their mothers
lobbying Jesus for them
Jesus looked at those mothers and said
you don’t know what you’re asking
everyone who follows me is going to get
killed suddenly they weren’t quite so
interested this portrait screams the
message of the 21st century in America
it says crucify your pride crucify your
vanity crucify your ego or you will
never be a part of the kingdom of God
all of your righteousness is as filthy
rags
look at the text it says the first step
in The Stairway To the Stars is
humility humility it’s a word lost to
this generation being gracious being
willing to be a servant except you
become as a little child you will not
enter the kingdom of God what is the
reward for taking this first step for
theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven say that
with me for theirs is the Kingdom of
Heaven listen the Kingdom of Heaven is
not your when you die the Kingdom of
Heaven is yours right
now it’s yours right now when you
practice the principles of righteousness
you have the supernatural power and
authority of the kingdom of God at your
disposal to be Victorious and prosper in
every dimension of your life right
now as the world around us seems to take
a very dark turn you might ask yourself
is it possible to prosper in in every
area of life even in such perilous times
the answer is yes are you trusting him
to lead the way and show you what steps
to take next in him you have the ability
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storm these Beatitudes this Stairway To
the Stars this eight steps of sequential
Supernatural Logic the first step is
emptying of
yourself with a following steps are a
manifestation of its
fullness you cannot be filled until you
are first emptied you cannot be filled
with new wine and be partially filled
with old wine the old wine has to be
poured out to the last drop you can’t
read the Bible with any success with a
copy of Playboy Magazine on your
desk seek ye first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness and all of these
things shall be given unto you there are
always two sides to the gospel there’s
first the pulling down and next the
rising up remember the words of Simeon
the New Testament Prophet who dedicated
Jesus when he was brought to the temple
by his mother
Mary he lifted Jesus up and said this
child is set for the fall and the rising
again of many the fall and the rising
again the fall comes before the
rising fact the conviction of sin comes
before
conversion the Gospel of Jesus Christ
condemns before it releases and exalts
God Almighty purges you before he
promotes you Jesus is crucified for our
sins before the resurrection are you
going through a great trial right now or
you going through an unspeakable trial
right now those of you watching the
television can you answer that question
has your heart been broken have your
dreams been
crushed listen to me hold on hold on
hold on you’re the next in line for a
glorious promotion that will bless you
the rest of your life you’re getting
ready to go from the pit to the
Palace listen being poor in spirit does
not mean you suppress your personality
and let people run over
you write that
down this humble yet aggressive behavior
is seen multiple times in the Bible
there is Gideon the situation that
Israel has been in captivity from the
midianites for seven years the
midianites were vicious Gideon is out
behind the barn harvesting his wheat
he’s hiding because if the midianites
see him they’ll steal the wheat and
he’ll starve the angel of the Lord comes
to this coward hiding behind the barn
and says hail Gideon you might man of
Valor get out from behind this barn and
go do
something and Gideon and the angel have
a discourse that lasts for about three
chapters but it ends up with Gideon
becoming super aggressive he organized
an army that God reduced down to 300 to
go into combat against an army of tens
of thousands they had a trumpet to blow
and a picture and with all of that that
racket they charged and the midianites
fought each other and destroyed each
other and they became the victors God
can use you if you’re just willing to be
used the angel of the Lord comes to him
and says hail Gideon you mighty man of
Valor blessed are the poor in spirit we
find humility yet we find Divine
confidence in Jesus Christ listen to
what Jesus Christ said the creator of
Heaven and Earth who has all power who
could have crushed the Earth with a
simple
statement he looked toward the heavens
and said I can do nothing of
myself Jesus said
that Jesus said
that look at his prayer life he was
God’s son he was God he prayed for hours
you see his poverty of spirit and his
tot dependence on God the Father the Son
of God prayed for our just how broken
are
you and how humble are you before
God are you willing to do the menial
task in the kingdom of God the what I
call the washing of the feet
project look at Jesus the author and
finisher of our faith and do what he
asked you to do ask God for Great and
Mighty things ask him for miracles in
your life asking for miracles in your
home with your children in your business
now you’re ready to take step two
blessed are those who mourn for they
shall be comforted say that with me
blessed are those who mourn for they
shall be comforted this is the Second
Step In The Stairway To the Stars he’s
the God of All Comfort have you ever
heard the term good grief how many of
you ever heard that how many of you have
ever used that it’s a medical fact grief
is healthy one tear in the eye testifies
about a spring in the
soul it may lie buried beneath emotional
scars it may lie buried beneath a bitter
divorce or the rejection from your
parents or child abuse from your father
or mother or bitter memory that will not
die that one tear screams I’m alive I’m
emotionally
alive tears are a language God
understands blessed are they that mourn
happier those that can still weep like a
child for they are the only ones who are
really
alive if you can’t cry about your faults
and failures you’re not spiritually well
God is not your
butler he’s the master of your life
when Matthew was 9 years old he called
me into his bedroom at
night I knelt beside his bed he was
weeping he said Dad I’ve said some
things today that I know must have
offended the Lord would you pray with me
that God would forgive me
I knelt beside his bed for
prayer I left his
room walked down the hall and said to
the
Lord except you become as a little child
you should not enter the kingdom of God
don’t ever let my heart my soul be
affected by this dog e dog world don’t
let me get jaded and cold and callous
and cynical don’t let my heart get past
the portal of tender feelings toward you
or people who are
suffering what about
you Paul tells us of people whose
conscience is seared with a hot iron 1
Timothy 4 they live in hypocrisy and it
does not pain their hearts remember the
story of Father Damian he went to be a
missionary to the lepers in the island
just off the island of
Hawaii for 13 years he lived with those
lepers in their Gethsemane for 13 years
he was their teacher their companion
their friend at last the dreaded disease
laid hold of him at first he was not
aware of it but one morning he happened
to spill hot boiling water on his foot
and there was absolutely no pain the law
L of feeling informed him that the
leprosy had consumed his body and he
himself was slowly dying listen to me
there is a far greater loss than that of
physical sensitivity it is the loss of
your spiritual sensitivity toward God
when you can get to the place you can
sin and your conscience no longer hurts
you you’re dying your conscience is
seared with a hot iron you lie but
there’s no pain of conscience you use
God’s name in vain there’s no pain of
conscience your world’s attitude is so
what you commit adultery and there’s no
sorrow over the broken Covenant with
your husband or your wife you steal for
your your employer at first your
conscience is revolted but no more you
are addicted to pornography you are a
slave to the occult you’re a slave to
drugs at first the Holy Spirit convicted
you but the voice has been smok Ed by
your carnal choices your conscience is
dead your heart is as hard as a rock so
what you say you pass up your Bible and
fall asleep in your chair without prayer
time you attend the house of God on
Easter and Christmas and you think
you’re doing God a favor you are
consumed with greed and Mastered by
materialism so what you say so what
you’re dying Mister you’re dying lady
that’s what you’re dying ding without
the grace of God you will never be a
part of the kingdom of God unless you
repent you’re murdering your conscience
with every disobedient act your soul is
dying your conscience is screaming stop
it stop it stop
it mourning is the evidence of
forgiveness blessed are they that
mourn for they shall be forgiven say
that with me blessed are they that born
for they shall be
forgiven if we confess our sin he is
faithful and just to forgive us of our
sin and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness sin confessed is sin
forgiven God has forgiven
you in my life as a pastor there are
people who ask God for forgiveness and
then refuse to believe that God could do
it my dear friend all that God wants you
to do is say I’m sorry for my sin and he
has the angels of God to wash that off
your record it’s buried instantly in the
deepest sea never to be remembered
anymore if God has forgotten it you
forget
it you forget
it Peter is at the fireplace of pilate’s
judgment Hall he denied Jesus Christ
three times think about
it he denied the
Lord the Bible says If you deny me
before men I will deny you before my
father and his angels in the kingdom of
God Peter’s soul is literally hanging by
a
thread the Bible says he went out and
wept bitterly he mourned on the
Resurrection morning what was the first
thing Jesus said to his disciples go
tell Peter he’s
forgiven he didn’t say go tell that loud
mouth I’m going to give him a second
chance he said Peter is
Forgiven think about that mourning is
natural the Bible says about the
different kinds of mourning but mourning
is a sign that healing has taken its
place mourning is the road to repentance
blessed are they that mourn for they are
on their way to repentance Romans
323 for we all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God say that with
me we all have sinned and come short of
the glory of God God’s grace is greater
than all of your
sin that it just a a a verse that
boggles my mind God’s grace is greater
than all of your sins I have heard every
conceivable kind of confession and that
verse is the
Lifesaver of Legions of people who
believe that God could never forgive
them if you’re in this audience and
you’re watching by television and you
believe that God could never forgive you
that’s the devil sitting on your
shoulder lying to you God is anxious to
forgive you is anxious to forgive
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