Beatitude Living: Luke 6:47-49
“47) Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48) he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”” Luke 6:47-49 (See also Matthew 7:24-26)
I understand this as “Beatitude Living” or “Sermon on the Mountain Living.” This might sound like a radical application, but Jesus was promising that any follower of His who built their life on “Beatitude Living” would be gloriously blessed.
He was literally apply this promise and warning to the simple godly moral code for daily living as taught in Matthew 7-8 and Luke 6:2-49. When properly applied, it turns His followers into “the light of the world.”
He said that those who followed this code would be like the wise man who built on the rock. Those who neglected this code would be like the foolish man building on sand. Let me share an experience that God used to greatly impact my thinking of about this text.
I recently stayed with a born-again and Spirit filled community of Amish believers who adopt this simple code as an essential part of daily living. They are amazing and blessed beyond measure.
Because of their love for Jesus and dynamic view of the Holy Spirit, they have been shunned by the broader Amish, but that gave them the freedom and courage to become boldly biblical in applying their Amish traditions while putting Scripture and Jesus first. It has been a challenging journey, but the end result is so precious!
I have never met a more godly and gracious group of believers. God is mightily using them to impact their surrounding region and carry the gospel around the world. They are so genuine and real.
They see daily miracles of healing, deliverance, signs, wonders and conversions as they send teams across the country and around the world. They treat everyone with respect and dignity. Every one of them is a seasoned intercessor and glow from spending much time in the presence of God. Even their youth are on fire for God.
One of their simple values is living for Jesus according to the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mountain. They persuaded me to take these words of Jesus as literally applying to the Beatitudes.
They have become a modern version of Amish values based on Jesus, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. There was not even a smell of legalism or condescension among them.
It was the first time in 50 years that I met a genuine community of believers that I did not want to leave. They live and walk in unity and the daily presence of God. I had a taste of kingdom living that quenched my thirst for biblical community as expressed in the book of Acts.
Their simple “Beatitude Living” was so powerful, fresh and blessed. I will return to my many new friends to drink in more of their agape love and overflowing Spirit filled fellowship in the near future.
God used them to give me a taste of a biblical community that is living, organic, holy, pure, welcoming, peaceful and dripping with Agape love. Any who get close to them are embraced and soon transformed by the gospel and presence of Jesus and His Spirit.
God used them to help me rethink my whole understanding of “the church.” I am so ready to have that box shattered! I am so disappointed and disillusioned with “church as usual.”
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
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“47) Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48) he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”” Luke 6:47-49 (See also Matthew 7:24-26)
I understand this as “Beatitude Living” or “Sermon on the Mountain Living.” This might sound like a radical application, but Jesus was promising that any follower of His who built their life on “Beatitude Living” would be gloriously blessed.
He was literally apply this promise and warning to the simple godly moral code for daily living as taught in Matthew 7-8 and Luke 6:2-49. When properly applied, it turns His followers into “the light of the world.”
He said that those who followed this code would be like the wise man who built on the rock. Those who neglected this code would be like the foolish man building on sand. Let me share an experience that God used to greatly impact my thinking of about this text.
I recently stayed with a born-again and Spirit filled community of Amish believers who adopt this simple code as an essential part of daily living. They are amazing and blessed beyond measure.
Because of their love for Jesus and dynamic view of the Holy Spirit, they have been shunned by the broader Amish, but that gave them the freedom and courage to become boldly biblical in applying their Amish traditions while putting Scripture and Jesus first. It has been a challenging journey, but the end result is so precious!
I have never met a more godly and gracious group of believers. God is mightily using them to impact their surrounding region and carry the gospel around the world. They are so genuine and real.
They see daily miracles of healing, deliverance, signs, wonders and conversions as they send teams across the country and around the world. They treat everyone with respect and dignity. Every one of them is a seasoned intercessor and glow from spending much time in the presence of God. Even their youth are on fire for God.
One of their simple values is living for Jesus according to the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mountain. They persuaded me to take these words of Jesus as literally applying to the Beatitudes.
They have become a modern version of Amish values based on Jesus, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. There was not even a smell of legalism or condescension among them.
It was the first time in 50 years that I met a genuine community of believers that I did not want to leave. They live and walk in unity and the daily presence of God. I had a taste of kingdom living that quenched my thirst for biblical community as expressed in the book of Acts.
Their simple “Beatitude Living” was so powerful, fresh and blessed. I will return to my many new friends to drink in more of their agape love and overflowing Spirit filled fellowship in the near future.
God used them to give me a taste of a biblical community that is living, organic, holy, pure, welcoming, peaceful and dripping with Agape love. Any who get close to them are embraced and soon transformed by the gospel and presence of Jesus and His Spirit.
God used them to help me rethink my whole understanding of “the church.” I am so ready to have that box shattered! I am so disappointed and disillusioned with “church as usual.”
Daily Bible Commentary By Terry Baxter: Cofounder of GoServ Global
Sent from my iPhone
