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Jesus invites his people to experience true flourishing through mourning.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary by Jonathan Pennington; Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Tim Keller; Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible: Matthew by Stanley Hauerwas
Blessed are the poor in spirit because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
SV Study Bible; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing by Jonathan Pennington; The Sermon on the Mount: Restoring Christ’s Message to the Modern Church by Charles Quarles; Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Jesus the Christ delivers his authoritative vision for human flourishing to his disciples.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; A Biblical Theology of Human Flourishing by Jonathan Pennington; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary by Jonathan Pennington; Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible: Matthew by Stanley Hauerwas; Authority and Flourishing by Josh Kouri
All born again believers have certainties and responsibilities.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
The assured people of God are confident in prayer and help one another persevere.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
God’s testimony and our possession of eternal life in Christ gives us great assurance.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Tyndale New Testament Commentaries: The Letters of John by John Stott; Reformed Expository Commentaries: 1, 2, & 3 John by Douglas Sean O’Donnell
Genuine Christians bear the marks of belief, love, obedience, and victory.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preach the Word: 1, 2, & 3 John by David L. Allen; Reformed Expository Commentaries: 1, 2, & 3 John by Douglas Sean O’Donnell; In Christ Alone: Living the Gospel Centered Life by Sinclair Ferguson
God’s love for us leads us to love others.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Study Bible; Preach the Word: 1, 2, 3, John by David L. Allen; The New American Commentary: 1, 2, 3, John by Daniel L. Akin; The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
God IS love and has manifested love to us in his Son; therefore God’s children love one another.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preach the Word: 1, 2, 3, John by David L. Allen; The New American Commentary: 1, 2, 3, John by Daniel L. Akin; No Trinity, No Love (blog) by Jared Wilson; The Heidelberg Disputation by Martin Luther; Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Authentic Christians discern and cling to the truth concerning Christ by God’s word and Spirit.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentaries: 1, 2, & 3 John by Douglas Sean O’Donnel; A Theology for the Church, ed. by Daniel Akin