June 3, 2026
The Kingdom Is Already Yours
• The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen
The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen — Deuteronomy 18:15
• The Beatitudes are the attitudes of the true disciple of Christ.
• The kingdom is the root, the conduct is the fruit, and the blessing is the declaration.
• To be blessed is to stand under God's favor and approval.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; — Psalm 1:1
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. — Psalm 1:2
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. — Psalm 1:3
• Knowing what you are only sharpens your knowledge of who God is.
Discussion Questions
1. The sermon describes the Beatitudes not as a checklist to perform but as a description of someone the kingdom has already laid hold of — the kingdom is the root, the conduct is the fruit, and the blessing is the declaration. How does this change the way you've thought about what it means to live as a follower of Jesus?
2. Jesus is presented as the greater Moses — the long-awaited prophet of Deuteronomy 18:15 who teaches with divine authority. What does it mean for you personally that the one who speaks in the Sermon on the Mount is not just a moral teacher but the fulfillment of over a thousand years of expectation?
3. To be "poor in spirit" is described as a conscious awareness of your spiritual bankruptcy before God — not self-loathing, but an honest reckoning with your dependence on Him. Where in your life do you find it hardest to acknowledge that dependence, and what gets in the way?
4. The sermon connects mourning to the moment a renewed heart sees God's holiness clearly and, in that light, sees its own condition honestly. Have you ever experienced that kind of grief over your own sin? What did it produce in you?
5. The promise attached to mourning is comfort — and the sermon points to the love of God poured out through His Son as the ground of that comfort. How does knowing that your mourning leads somewhere — that God's comfort is "perfect and without end" — affect the way you sit with grief or conviction right now?