Luke 6:20-26

Luke 6:20-26Let us first notice who are those whom the Lord Jesus pronounced BLESSED. Let us notice secondly who are those to whom our Lord addresses the solemn words, "WOE unto you." "We must not for a moment suppose that the mere fact of being poor, and hungry, and sorrowful, and hated by man, will entitle any one to lay claim to an interest in Christ's blessing. The poverty here spoken of, is a poverty accompanied by grace. The need is a need entailed by faithful adherence to Jesus.""The conditions of life which the world reckons desirable, are the very conditions upon which the Lord pronounces "woes." Poverty, and hunger, and sorrow, and persecution, are the very things which man labors to avoid. Riches, and fullness, and merriment, and popularity, are precisely the things which men are always struggling to attain."Questions:1. There really is only one major question we need to ask ourselves: do we count being poor, hungry, weeping, and persecutions as blessings from God for the sake of the gospel or do we, like the world, run from such things in seeking for worldly pleasures at the expense of the gospel? May we know the blessings of Christ from experience!