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How A Man Ought to Live

Text: Mat. 5:1-20

1. Keys To Happiness (Blessedness) Mat.5:1-16
   a. Poor in spirit. Luke 12:16-21
   b. Mourning.
   c. Meekness. Rom. 8:28, Phil. 2:3-7
   d. Seeking Righteousness. (Spiritual hunger)
   e. Mercifully
   f. Purity of Heart. Luke 2:26
   g. Peacemakers. Phil. 4:7, John 14:27
   h. Happiness in Persecution. Mat. 10:38
   
2. Seasoned with Salt. Mat. 5:13
   
   a. Jesus' Personal Policy. Mat. 9:10-13
   b. Christians and Society. Mat. 28:18-20
   
3. A Shining Light. Mat. 5:14-16 Phil. 2:14-15
   
   a. The Light of Christ
   b. Our own Light
   

4. The Fruit of a Transformed Life. 5:17-20

a. Character Building. Gal. 5:16-24
1. Sensitivity
2. Attitude
3. Moral behavior

Conclusion: If we keep an open heart to Jesus, letting Jesus live through us. And learn to say as Paul did "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me ..."

Gal 2:20. Than we can live as we ought to. We will have the keys to happiness. We will be seasoned, as with salt, and will be a light to others that they might seek Christ. Our lives will bare the fruit of the transformed life.

Joe Snow