1. Citizenship

2. Citizenship in the
Kingdom of God
“Repent, for
the Kingdom
of Heaven has
come near.”
Matt. 3:2

4. The Beatitudes
Matthew 5
“The beatitudes are not talking
about eight different kinds of
people. Rather, these are eight
qualities and characteristics of
ONE type of people: people who
enter the Kingdom of God.”

5. The Beatitudes:
Crossing into the Kingdom
Blessed are the Meek
Blessed are those who Mourn
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

6. The Beatitudes:
Crossing into the Kingdom
4. “Blessed
are those who
hunger and
thirst for
righteousness,
for they will
be filled.”
Matt. 5:6

7. Hunger and Thirst for
Righteousness
dikaiosune
= “approved”
“There is none righteous, no not one.”
Rom. 3:10

8. Hunger and Thirst for
Righteousness
dikaiosune
= “an outside
righteousness,
not one of our
own making.”
“Unless your righteousness exceeds that of
the scribes and Pharisees, you will never
enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:20

9. Crossing Over
“The heart the gospel is that if you
want to enter the Kingdom, then you
have to admit that you don’t have a
righteousness of your own, but that
God alone can give you his
righteousness, And when you ask for
that, you enter the Kingdom of God.”
Tim Keller

10. Paul’s Righteousness
Philippians 3
“For his sake I have suffered the loss of
all things, and I regard them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
and be found in him, not having a
righteousness of my own that comes
from the law, but one that comes
through faith in Christ, the
righteousness from God based on
faith.”

11. The Beatitudes:
Welcome to the Kingdom
Poor
Meek
Mourn
Righteous