Listen
to Christ Jesus:
And
solemnly lifting up His eyes on His disciples He said:
BLESSED—happy
[with life-joy and satisfaction in God's Favor and Salvation,
Apart
from your outward condition] and to be envied--
Are
you poor and lowly and afflicted
(Destitute
of wealth, influence, position and honors),
For
the Kingdom of God is yours!
BLESSED—happy
[with life-joy and satisfaction in god's Favor and Salvation,
Apart
from your outward condition] and to be envied--
Are
you that hunger and seek with eager desire now,
For
you shall be filled and completely satisfied!
BLESSED—happy
[with life-joy and satisfaction in god's Favor and Salvation,
Apart
from your outward condition] and to be envied--
Are
you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh!
BLESSED—happy
[with life-joy and satisfaction in god's Favor and Salvation,
Apart
from your outward condition] and to be envied--
Are
you when when people Despise (Hate) you,
And
when they Exclude and Excommunicate you (as Disreputable),
And
Revile and Denounce you,
And
Defame and cast out and spurn your name as Evil (Wicked)
On
account of the Son of Man.
REJOICE
and be glad at such a time,
Exult
and leap for joy,
For
behold, your Reward is Rich and Great and Strong
And
Intense and Abundant in Heaven;
For
even so their forefathers treated the Prophets.
BUT
WOE to (alas for) you rich--
Abounding
in material resources--
For
you already are receiving your consolation
[The
solace and sense of strengthening and cheer
That
come from prosperity];
And
have taken and enjoyed your comfort in full
[Having
nothing left to be awarded you].
WOE
to (alas for) you who are full now--
Completely
filled, luxuriously gorged and satiated;
For
you shall hunger and suffer want!
WOE
to (alas for) you that laugh now,
For
you shall mourn and weep and wail!
WOE
to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you
And
praises you,
For
even so their forefathers did to the False Prophets.
But
I say to you who are listening to Me
(In
order to heed, make it a practice to )
Love
your enemies; treat well (do good to, act nobly toward)
Those
who Detest you and pursue you with Hatred.
Invoke
Blessings upon
And
pray for the happiness of those who Curse you;
Implore
God's blessing (favor) upon those who Abuse you--
Who
Revile, Reproach, Disparage and Highhandedly Misuse you.
To
the one who strikes you on the jaw or cheek,
Offer
the other jaw or check also;
And
from him who takes away your outer garment
Do
not withhold your undergarment as well.
Give
away to every one who begs of you
[Who
is in want of necessities];
And
of him who takes away from you your goods,
Do
not demand or require them back again.
And
as you would like and desire that men would do to you,
Do
exactly so to them.
If
you [merely] love those who love you,
What
quality of credit and thanks is that to you?
For
even the [very] Sinners love their lovers--
Those
who love them.
And
if you are kind and good and do favors to and benefit
Those
who are kind and good and do favors to and benefit you,
What
quality of credit and thanks is that to you?
For
even the pre-eminently Sinful do the same.
And
if you lend money at interest to those from whom you hope to receive,
What
quality of credit and thanks is that to you?
Even
notorious Sinners lend money at interest to Sinners,
So
as to recover as much again.
But
love your enemies, and be kind and do good—doing favors
So
that someone derives benefit from them;
And
lend expecting and hoping for nothing in return,
But
considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one;
and
then your Recompense (your Reward) will be great--
Rich,
Strong, Intense and Abundant--
And
you will be sons of the Most High;
For
He is kind and charitable and good
To
the Ungrateful and the Selfish and Wicked.
So
be Merciful—Sympathetic, Tender, Responsive and Compassionate –
Even
as your [all these].
Judge
not—neither pronouncing judgment nor subjecting to censure--
And
you will not be judged;
Do
not condemn and pronounce guilty,
And
you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty;
Acquit
and forgive and release (give up resentment, let it drop),
And
you will be acquitted and forgiven and released.
Give,
and [gifts] will be given you,
Good
measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over
Will
they pour into [the pouch formed by ]
The
bosom [of you robe and used as a bag].
For
with the Measure you deal out—
That
is, with the Measure you use when you confer benefits on others--
It
will be Measured back to you.
(Luke
620-38, AMP)
Be
always on the Watch,
And pray that you
will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,
And that you may be
able TO STAND before the Son of Man.
(Luke 21:36)
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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