The Principles of the Kingdom
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This book is an exposition of the Beatitudes from the Sermon On the Mount. A separate chapter is devoted to each beatitude. (“Blessed are the poor in spirit…those who mourn…the meek…those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…the merciful…the pure in heart…the peacemakers…those who have been persecuted.”) These messages are simple, yet inexhaustibly wise.
Top Highlights
“If you really want to be hungry, to seek God, and to be thirsty after the Lord, here is the secret: change your attitude toward God’s dealing with you.” (Page 43)
“To be meek is to have aggressive faith that does not ambitiously strive in the flesh for the fulfillment of God’s will.” (Page 29)
“It is not enough to be a Christian. You must deal with the perversities in your spirit that make you an ineffectual Christian. You want to be a channel of the Lord. You want to be a believer through whom His love can flow. Therefore, you hunger and thirst after His righteousness. That’s what you reach for.” (Page 50)
“Deep in our hearts there has to be a hunger and thirst for righteousness. It is not only a hunger for God, it is a crying and yearning for the Lord to perfect your spirit and bring purification in your life.” (Page 41)
“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. To a great degree, at least, when you show mercy to a person, God puts you beyond the consequences and penalties that you deserve in your life.” (Page 57)
- Title: The Principles of the Kingdom
- Author: John Robert Stevens
- Publisher: Living Word
- Print Publication Date: 1974
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Writings and sermons; Bible › Study and teaching
- Resource ID: LLS:PRNCKNGDM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T08:43:35Z