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BLESSEDNESS THE BEATITUDES IN MATTHEW Three Offers 1. Jesus as your personal King 2. Jesus as Messiah for God’s people. 3. Jesus as King of a new Kingdom. Three Realms 1. You and God 2. You and your “neighbour”. 3. You and society. (Government ?) James 2:8 Three Realms 1. You and God . (We prefer a small 2. You and your neighbour. (We prefer to define that as conveniently as possible.) 3. You and society. (Government ?) (We prefer a society to be managed by a big and beneficent govt, one that cares for the ‘other’.) Realm 1: 1. You and God Matthew 5:8 and 5:28 Matthew 6:21 and 6:24 Matthew 22:37 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 7:24 Realm 2: 2. You and your neighbor. Matthew 5:43 Realm 3 3. You and society. Matthew 5:11-13