Sermon on the Mountainside Now

Sermon on the Mountainside

Now

Life is like a seesaw up and down, up and down

It is the Kingdom Message of Jesus’ Sermon that teaches us

That whatever is in our now, the moment we are in,

Whether we are up or down, the Kingdom of God message is

We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Get the most out of your “Now” and never give up on God’s Hope

 Now

“Now” is a descriptive word.

It is not describing the past.

“Now” does not describe the future.

“Now” describes a time, like 12

o’clock describes noon or midnight.

The time “Now” describes

is the moment you are in.

Time is described in three words…

Your Past – your history

Your Future – your hopes and dreams

Your Now – present condition

Your Now was in your Past

and Will be in your Future.

Now describes time.

Your Now becomes your

past and your future…

 But the time will always be “Now”.

Jesus in His Sermon uses this

word “Now” in  Luke 6:21…

Blessed are you who hunger now,

for you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now,

 for you will laugh.

Although your “Now” is constant…

 Your “Now” is always changing.

Jesus’ words in Luke 6:21 bring to mind

the words of Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3…

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under heaven:…

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,….

Things in your “Now” will change.

Jesus is telling us to recognize

the blessing of your “Now”.

Being hungry and weeping are

not the things we want to be doing.

Yet it is appropriate at times to be

in a place of craving and mourning.

It is not always appropriate to laugh.

Laughter can be a good medicine…

 But it can also be a mockery.

Laughter is many times used to make

light of something, to reduce its importance.

Solomon goes on to say in Ecclesiastes 7:2-4…

It is better to go to a house of mourning

than to go to a house of feasting,

for death is the destiny of every man;

the living should take this to heart.

Sorrow is better than laughter,

because a sad face is good for the heart.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,

but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

It is in the times of hunger and

mourning that we take a hard look

at what is important in life.

The seriousness of those “Now” moments

 have an ability to teach us wisdom.

The blessing of hungering and

weeping is gaining eternal wisdom.

Jesus also wants you and I in those

Now moments of not being satisfied

and laughing, to know that there is “Hope”.

Jesus and Solomon both speak

of the contrast or opposites in life.

Life is like a seesaw up

and down, up and down.

It is the Kingdom Message of Jesus’ Sermon

that teaches us that whatever is in our Now…

Whether we are up or down

 the Kingdom of God message is…

We know that in all things God works for

the good of those who love him,

who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28

Get the most out of your “Now”

and never give up on God’s Hope.

Scripture Reading

Luke 6:21 NIV

21 Blessed are you who hunger now,

for you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now,

for you will laugh.