How Can I Be Blessed?
Overview
The Bible is clear that true blessing is only found in the presence of God and in his kingdom. Some of the Bible’s clearest teaching about life in the kingdom of God is found in the Sermon on the Mount. It is there that we find the Beatitudes, a series of promises of blessing. In How Can I Be Blessed?, Dr. R. C. Sproul explores these sayings in order to clearly explain what they mean for Christians and to hold up the glorious promise of life in God’s kingdom.
Top Highlights
“The point is that Jesus is making a promise to those who are not rich in their own conceits but who find their sufficiency and satisfaction in God.” (Page 11)
“Notice also the emphasis on the face of God. This benediction is alluding to a special kind of blessing, a face-to-face intimacy with the Lord. For an Israelite, the highest state of happiness, the supreme experience of blessedness, was associated with coming as close as possible to the Creator, standing in His immediate presence, and basking in His unveiled glory.” (Pages 2–3)
“The beatific vision is the promise that, in our glorification, we will see God as He is. One of the most difficult aspects of being a Christian is loving, adoring, serving, and obeying a God whom we’ve never seen. We have to walk by faith, not by sight.” (Page 6)
“Jesus associated the kingdom of God with His own life and ministry. We can’t separate the person of Christ from the content of the Beatitudes, because the Beatitudes themselves point to Him as the ultimate source of our blessedness.” (Page 6)
“Meekness does not preclude boldness, but it does preclude arrogance. The Christian who is meek is bold in being obedient to the call of God on his life. Ultimately, to be meek is to be submissive to the rule of our King.” (Page 26)
- Title: How Can I Be Blessed?
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Edition: First edition
- Series: The Crucial Questions Series
- Volume: 24
- Publisher: Reformation Trust
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Beatitudes › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781567696943, 9781567696950, 9781567696967, 1567696945, 1567696953, 1567696961
- Resource ID: LLS:HOWCANIBEBLESSED
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:35:04Z
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.