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Blessed Are the Merciful (Matthew 5:7) | Mercy, Forgiveness & the Heart of God
Thomas Fretwell continues a study of the Beatitudes, drawing from Puritan Thomas Watson’s commentary to highlight the Sermon on the Mount as a guide toward the “Holy of Holies.” After reviewing earlier Beatitudes as a progression describing sanctification and kingdom character, he focuses on Matthew 5:7, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” noting mercy is both duty and reward. He defines biblical mercy as compassion and lovingkindness aimed at relieving misery, closely linked to forgiveness and rooted in God’s love, citing passages from Titus, 1 Peter, Hebrews, Ephesians, Psalms, Lamentations, and Luke. He connects mercy to the mercy seat and the cross, contrasts it with a cancel-culture spirit, and applies it practically through forgiveness, restoring fallen believers with gentleness, charity, and especially merciful speech by rejecting slander and abusive talk.

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger & Thirst for Righteousness (Matthew 5:6) | Sermon on the Mount Beatitudes

Thomas Fretwell continues through the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, reviewing poverty of spirit, mourning over sin, and meekness, then focusing on “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” He explains that the Greek words describe desperate, life-or-death hunger and thirst, applied spiritually to a continual longing for God’s righteousness and progressive holiness rather than merely initial justification. Using biblical food and water imagery, he contrasts worldly ambitions (power, wealth, fame, sensuality) with a heart that treasures God, urging believers to feed on Scripture, avoid “junk food” teaching, and cultivate appetite through spiritual discipline and service. He cites Psalms, Job, Jeremiah, 1 John, Philippians, and Jesus’ invitation to the thirsty, concluding that true satisfaction is found only in Christ and ultimately in beholding God’s face.

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Sermon on the Mount Part 4 Blessed are the Gentl, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5

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Sermon on the Mount Part 4 Blessed are they that Mourn. Matthew 5:4

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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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