Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing -- Study Guide
Chapter 2 - The Beatitudes
READ Matthew 5:2,3
“He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’” Matthew 5:2, 3 MB-SG 5.1
27. What were the effects on the crowd of Jesus’ first words? (6) MB-SG 5.2
28. “In the days of Christ the __________ ________ of the _______ ____ that they were ____ in __________ _________.” (6) MB-SG 5.3
29. What did the throng feel? (6-7) MB-SG 5.4
30. To what group did Jesus give the “cup of blessing” and what was their response? (7) MB-SG 5.5
31. “He who ____ ______, who _______ that he is ___________ _____, and is _________ with his __________, ____ ___ ____ to ________ a _________ of the ______ and _______________ of Christ....There is ___ _____ for ______ in the ______ of such a person.” (7) MB-SG 5.6
32. Who are those who appreciate Christ’s help? (7) MB-SG 5.7
33. “Whom Christ ________, He ______ makes _________, and it is the office of the ____ _____ to ________ of ____.” (7) MB-SG 5.8
34. What is the result of the convicting Spirit of God? (8) MB-SG 5.9
35. Who are the subjects of the kingdom of heaven? (8) MB-SG 5.10
36. By looking to Jesus, what may we find? (8) MB-SG 5.11
37. What is the “sense” of such a person? (8) MB-SG 5.12
38. Despite your past and present circumstances, if you come to Jesus just as you are, what will He do for you? (9) MB-SG 5.13
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 MB-SG 5.14
39. What is the “mourning” spoken of here? (9) MB-SG 5.15
40. As a person is drawn to the Cross, what does he discern and see? (9-10) MB-SG 5.16
41. How is this mourning comforted? (10) MB-SG 5.17
42. Why do we receive trials and afflictions? (10) MB-SG 5.18
43. If received in faith, what happens? (10) MB-SG 5.19
44. What are the purposes for the trials in life? (10) MB-SG 5.20
45. What precious things will we receive if we put our trust in the Lord? (11) MB-SG 5.21
46. Compare and contrast the reactions of David and Jacob. (11) MB-SG 5.22
47. What are we to do and not to do when we are under trials? (11) MB-SG 5.23
48. What would the Saviour do and have us do in order not to “remain pressed down?” (12) MB-SG 5.24
49. ”;________ are they also who weep with Jesus in ________ with the _______ _______ and in _______ for its ____.” (12) MB-SG 5.25
50. Describe the experience of those who are followers of Christ. (12-13) MB-SG 5.26
51. Through suffering, what did Jesus obtain? (13) MB-SG 5.27
52. “The Lord has _______ _____ for the ________, and its power is to ____ ______, to ____ _____.” (13) MB-SG 5.28
“Blessed are the meek.” Matthew 5:5 MB-SG 5.29
53. “Throughout the Beatitudes, there is an ___________ _____ of _________ _________.” (13) MB-SG 5.30
54. How will a person learn meekness? (13-14) MB-SG 5.31
55. What character traits were not prized by the heathen or the Jews? (14) MB-SG 5.32
56. What would have been the reaction to the statement that Moses “was the meekest man upon the earth?” (14) MB-SG 5.33
57. Through what experience did Jesus consent to pass? (14) MB-SG 5.34
58. That self would not appear, what did Jesus do to prevent it? (14) MB-SG 5.35
59. What are the “tokens of servitude to Satan?” (15) MB-SG 5.36
60. Compare and contrast human nature with a life emptied of self. (15) MB-SG 5.37
61. What destroys our peace? (16) MB-SG 5.38
62. What happens when self is alive? When it is not? (16) MB-SG 5.39
63. Compare and contrast earthly happiness with the peace of Christ. (16) MB-SG 5.40
64. What happens when meekness is manifested in the home? (16-17) MB-SG 5.41
65. Which is better to suffer: false accusation of ourselves or “the torture of retaliation upon our enemies?” (17) MB-SG 5.42
66. What is the true secret of blessing? (17) MB-SG 5.43
67. How did sin enter the world? (17) MB-SG 5.44
68. How did Christ redeem what Adam and Eve lost? (17) MB-SG 5.45
69. Describe the earth promised to the meek. (17-18) MB-SG 5.46
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 MB-SG 5.47
70. What is righteousness? (18) MB-SG 5.48
71. How do we receive it? (18) MB-SG 5.49
72. Food and Christ are needed for what? (19) MB-SG 5.50
73. “As we _______ the __________ of our Saviour’s __________ we shall desire to become _______ ___________ and ________ in the _______ of His _______.” (19) MB-SG 5.51
74. What is an evidence “that Christ has wrought upon your heart”...“those things” which we could not do for ourselves? (19) MB-SG 5.52
75. Where should we seek to “quench our thirst?” (19) MB-SG 5.53
76. What are the words of God? (20) MB-SG 5.54
77. What will happen to us when we seek the “living springs?” (20) MB-SG 5.55
78. “The Holy Spirit was given without measure to Christ.” Can we expect the same? (21) MB-SG 5.56
79. What is the outpouring of God’s love compared with? (21) MB-SG 5.57
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew 5:7 MB-SG 5.58
80. Describe the nature of man’s heart. (21) MB-SG 5.59
81. Where does a spirit of mercy come from? (21-22) MB-SG 5.60
82. How are we made worthy? (22) MB-SG 5.61
83. What will we seek if we are in sympathy with God? (22) MB-SG 5.62
84. To whom is the Christian to benefit? (22) MB-SG 5.63
85. Who are the merciful? (22) MB-SG 5.64
86. What did Job do to show he was merciful? (23) MB-SG 5.65
87. What are some things we can do? (23) MB-SG 5.66
88. “There is sweet peace” for whom? (23) MB-SG 5.67
89. What are some of the promises God will fulfill toward the merciful? (24) MB-SG 5.68
“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 MB-SG 5.69
90. What were some of the results of the Jews exactness in ceremonial purity? (24) MB-SG 5.70
91. What purity does Jesus ask for? (24) MB-SG 5.71
92. If one is learning of Jesus, what will there be a distaste of? (25) MB-SG 5.72
93. What does it mean to be “pure in heart?” (25) MB-SG 5.73
94. Describe the differences between God and Satan with regard to the statement that “only like can appreciate like?” (25) MB-SG 5.74
95. How does the heart that is deceived by Satan regard God and His actions? (25) MB-SG 5.75
96. How will the wicked react at the Second Coming? (26) MB-SG 5.76
97. “But to ______ that have become ________ through the __________ of the _____ ______, ____ is changed. _____ can ______ ____.” (26) MB-SG 5.77
98. How do faith and daily experience figure in being pure of heart? (26) MB-SG 5.78
99. How do the pure in heart see God? (26-27) MB-SG 5.79
100. How do they live? (27) MB-SG 5.80
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9 MB-SG 5.81
101. What was Christ's mission as the “Prince of Peace?” (27) MB-SG 5.82
102. How does one become a partaker of heavenly peace? (27) MB-SG 5.83
103. Is there any other ground to becoming a partaker? (27) MB-SG 5.84
104. What happens when the grace of Christ enters the heart? (27-28) MB-SG 5.85
105. What is a peacemaker? (28) MB-SG 5.86
106. “The _______ of ______ is _________ their ___________ with _______.” (28) MB-SG 5.87
107. What are the characteristics of those who are the children of God? (28) MB-SG 5.88
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10 MB-SG 5.89
108. What does and does not Christ present to His followers? (29) MB-SG 5.90
109. What sort of reactions were manifested by those who opposed Christ’s mission? (29) MB-SG 5.91
110. ”;____________ and _________ await ______ who are _______ with the _______ ___ _______.” (29) MB-SG 5.92
111. Name what remains the same and changes with regard to persecution. (29) MB-SG 5.93
112. Who are arrayed against those who obey the law of heaven? (30) MB-SG 5.94
113. What should and should not be the result of persecution? (30) MB-SG 5.95
114. What has Satan done (and is doing) to the people of God and what were (and are) some of the results? (30) MB-SG 5.96
115. How is the character of God revealed in His chosen people? (31) MB-SG 5.97
116. How is the church schooled in Christ? (31) MB-SG 5.98
117. What do those schooled go through? (31) MB-SG 5.99
118. What is their reward? (31) MB-SG 5.100
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you.” Matthew 5:11 MB-SG 5.101
119. How has Satan worked ever since he fell? (31) MB-SG 5.102
120. Why was Christ slandered, “derided and mocked?” (32) MB-SG 5.103
121. What was His response? (32) MB-SG 5.104
122. “While ________ may blacken the __________, it cannot stain the _____.” (32) MB-SG 5.105
123. What must we do to prevent a stain upon our soul? (32) MB-SG 5.106
125. Why is the reaction by a man whose heart is stayed upon God the same in good times and bad? (32) MB-SG 5.107
126. “Christ is ___________with ____ that is _____________ and ______________ by men.” (32) MB-SG 5.108
127. Why can God’s children afford to wait? (32) MB-SG 5.109
128. Who were the examples used as those who suffered, were reviled, and more, for being God’s messengers? (33) MB-SG 5.110
129. What is every disciple of Christ to do to forward the knowledge of God? (33) MB-SG 5.111
130. What are God’s means for bringing forth the truth? (33) MB-SG 5.112
131. What is the reward for those who follow Christ? (34) MB-SG 5.113
“Ye are the salt of the earth.” Matthew 5:13 MB-SG 5.114
132. What would Christ teach by calling His followers “salt?” (35) MB-SG 5.115
133. What is the object of God in choosing a people before the world? (35) MB-SG 5.116
134. By being purified through the truth, what will the Christian possess? (36) MB-SG 5.117
135. How are salt and personal contact compared? (36) MB-SG 5.118
136. Why is personal contact important? (36) MB-SG 5.119
137. What does the “savor of salt” represent? (36) MB-SG 5.120
138. If the love of Christ is in us, what are the results? (36) MB-SG 5.121
139. Who well-represented the salt that had lost its savor and was then cast aside? (37) MB-SG 5.122
140. What does it represent? (37) MB-SG 5.123
141. How does it compare with the church mentioned in Revelation 3:15,16? (37) MB-SG 5.124
142. “Without a _______ ______ in Christ as a _________ ________ it is _________ to make ____ __________ _____ in a __________ world.” (37) MB-SG 5.125
143. “If there is no _______ ________, no ________ _____, no ________ ___ ___________, there is no ______ ___ _____, no ___________ _____ ______, no ______ ___ _______ in the life.” (37) MB-SG 5.126
144. We are salt that has lost its savor and is worthless unless Who can use us? (37) MB-SG 5.127
145. What do we testify to the world if we lack the grace of Christ? (37) MB-SG 5.128
146. When love fills the heart, what will happen and why? (38) MB-SG 5.129
147. What will love do? (38) MB-SG 5.130
“Ye are the light of the world.” Matthew 5:14 MB-SG 5.131
148. How are the sun and the disciples’ mission alike? (39) MB-SG 5.132
149. Is there any other light that will shine upon fallen men outside of Jesus? (39) MB-SG 5.133
150. How could the disciples become light-bearers? (39) MB-SG 5.134
151. Does humanity in itself have any light? (40) MB-SG 5.135
152. Who is the channel through which the revelation of God flows? (40) MB-SG 5.136
153. What role do angels have? (40) MB-SG 5.137
154. What has happened if we are not the light of the world? (41) MB-SG 5.138
155. Who were light-bearers before Jesus’ time? (41) MB-SG 5.139
156. How do our good works influence others to come to Jesus? (41-42) MB-SG 5.140
157. What had built the “wall of partition” between the Jews and others? (42) MB-SG 5.141
158. What does Christ do with it? (42) MB-SG 5.142
159. If the church was fulfilling the Lord’s purpose, what would be happening? (42-43) MB-SG 5.143
160. What are the conditions to receiving the “word” from Jesus? (43) MB-SG 5.144
161. “We are not only to ____________ the ______ of _______, but also to ______ of ____ ____________.” (43) MB-SG 5.145
162. “The ______ of ________ is to be _______ _____ ______ the _______, __________ ______ ______ and _____________ _____ _________.” (44) MB-SG 5.146
163. What will then happen? (44) MB-SG 5.147
164. How are we to communicate to the world the mysteries of God’s love? (44) MB-SG 5.148
165. “Trials __________ ______, blessings ___________ ________, temptations _________ ________, _________, ________, ______, and love __________ __________ are the lights that ______ ______ in the __________ in ________ with the darkness of the _________ ______, into which the ______ ___ _____ has ______ ______.” (44) MB-SG 5.149