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Sermon on the Mount: The Beatitudes & True Happiness — Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit (Matthew 5:1–3)
Thomas Fretwell returns to the Sermon on the Mount after a Resurrection focus, framing it as Jesus’ correct interpretation of the law against Pharisaic righteousness and a call to heart-level righteousness for those who enter the kingdom by faith. He sets the scene at the Mount of Beatitudes and highlights Jesus as the prophet like Moses. Reading the Beatitudes, he focuses on the first: “Blessed are the poor in spirit,”

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In this June edition of the Global News Update, Dr Thomas Fretwell examines some of the biggest international stories through a biblical worldview.

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This month's programme covers:

• The new US-Iran agreement and what it could mean for Israel, the Middle East, and global stability.
• Rupert Lowe's Independent Rape Gang Inquiry and the shocking findings that have reignited debate across the UK.
• The tragic murder of Henry Nowak and the questions surrounding the police response.
• Keir Starmer's resignation and what Britain's ongoing political turmoil says about the state of the nation.
• The UK's worsening economic, social and cultural challenges—and the biblical call to national repentance.
• Encouraging news as Professor John Lennox presents the Christian faith on one of the world's biggest podcasts.
• Moments of joy from the FIFA World Cup, including a powerful public display of Christian faith by Germany's Felix Nmecha.

Throughout the programme, Dr Fretwell reflects on current events in the light of Scripture, reminding believers that while nations rise and fall, God remains sovereign over history.

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Sermon on the Mount Introduction (Life of Messiah 45) | Jesus, Moses, and True Righteousness

Thomas Fretwell resumes his Life of Messiah series after reviewing the twelve apostles and Judas, returning to Luke 6 and introducing the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5–7 (with Luke 6 as the shorter parallel). He explains common misunderstandings of the sermon and argues it primarily addresses a correct interpretation of the Mosaic Law in its first-century Jewish context, repudiating Pharisaical externalism and calling for internal, heart-level righteousness for believers, not a works-based salvation or merely a future-kingdom constitution. He highlights Matthew’s Jewish emphasis versus Luke’s Gentile focus, and develops the “new Moses” theme by linking Jesus “going up the mountain” and “sitting down” to Exodus/Deuteronomy imagery and Deuteronomy 18’s prophet-like-Moses promise. The episode ends at Matthew 5:2 as Jesus begins to teach.

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Judas Iscariot: Betrayal, Prophecy, Hypocrisy & the Price of 30 Pieces of Silver

Thomas Fretwell continues a “Life of Messiah” survey of the twelve apostles, focusing on Judas Iscariot and briefly distinguishing Judas son of James (Thaddeus), whom church history links to ministry in Edessa. The episode traces Judas’s materialistic expectations of the Messiah, his hypocrisy as keeper of the money box and a thief, and the turning point after Mary anoints Jesus when Judas is rebuked. It connects Judas’s betrayal for thirty pieces of silver to Old Testament prophecy (Psalm 41 and Zechariah 11), follows the Last Supper where Satan influences Judas, and highlights Jesus washing Judas’s feet and calling him “friend” at the betraying kiss. Judas’s remorse leads him to return the money, confess “innocent blood,” and hang himself, serving as a warning about hypocrisy, love of money, and refusing repentance, while affirming God’s sovereign plan in the cross for forgiveness.

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