Matthew 5:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3-9

Analysis (5:3-9). a “Blessed ones, the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingly Rule of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3). b “Blessed ones, those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). c “Blessed ones, the lowly, for they will inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5). d “Blessed ones, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6). c “Blessed ones, the merciful, for they will obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7). b “Blessed ones, the pure in heart, for... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:7

‘Blessed ones, the merciful, for they will obtain mercy.’ Not only does God make men lowly of heart and contrite, but He also blesses them by making them merciful, so that in return they can find mercy from Him. Such people as have been described will inevitably be merciful because God has been at work in them. They will thus forgive others because they have been forgiven (Matthew 6:12; Matthew 6:14-15; Matthew 18:33). That is why Jesus could point out that those who would not forgive could not... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3-12

Matthew 5:3-2 Kings : . The Beatitudes ( cf. Luke 6:20-Isaiah :).— These nine sayings (eight if we reckon Matthew 5:10-2 Kings : as one, or regard Matthew 5:11 f. as having originally stood elsewhere; seven if we omit Matthew 5:5) have analogies in OT ( e.g. Psalms 1:1; Psalms 32:1; Psalms 89:15; Proverbs 8:32; Isaiah 32:20) and in other parts of the Gospel and NT ( e.g. Matthew 13:16, Luke 12:37, James 1:12, Revelation 14:13). Blessed connotes happy and successful prosperity. the poor... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 5:7

The men of the world bless themselves if they can take care of themselves, let others do what they will, and as well as they can: but I tell you, that those alone are the blessed men, who are touched with a true sense and feeling of the wants and miseries of others, and that not out of a mere goodness and tenderness of nature, but out of a true obedience to the will of God, and a sense of his love to them, and faith in his promises; and, moved from these principles, do not only pity and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

CRITICAL NOTESGENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNTThe aim and contents of the “Sermon.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and power; it stands alone as the grand charter of the commonwealth of heaven; or, to keep the simple title the Evangelist himself suggests (Matthew 4:23), it is “the gospel (or good news) of the kingdom.” To understand it aright we must keep this in mind, avoiding the easy method of treating it as a mere series... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:1-10

Matthew 5:1-10 I. The Beatitudes open that discourse which, whatever may be the difficulties of particular parts of it, has always been recognized as the most important part of the New Testament. It is, as it has been well called, the magna charta of Christianity. II. The Beatitudes put before us what are those qualities and what are those results which alone the Founder of our religion regarded as of supreme excellence. Often in revivals and in confessions on our death-beds people ask us,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

Matthew 5:3-12 Introductory Beatitudes. I. The first Beatitude pronounces a blessing on those who are Poor in Spirit. Let the limitation, the "in spirit," be carefully borne in mind. Poverty itself is not a blessing, nor does it always inherit a blessing. II. The Lord blesses those that Mourn. Again, let me say that sorrow, no more than poverty, is a blessed thing in itself. God made laughter as well as tears, and grief is no more Divine than gladness. The grief, like the poverty, must be of a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:7

Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful." This does not mean the soft and easy natures which confound the distinctions of right and wrong. Nor does it mean that mere humanity and kindliness which are native to some spirits, and which find a pleasure in seeing all around them happy. But the mercifulness of the text is a principle and a grace. It comes from the happy sense of forgiveness. It is the mercifulness of one who not only seeks to obtain mercy, but who has obtained it already. I.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:7-8

Matthew 5:7-8 I. "Blessed are the merciful." The object of the Beatitudes is to bring out one particular quality, without commending the other qualities which may exist in the same character. We see many men of very imperfect morality, and yet in whom this quality of mercy is such that we feel that, if it were universal among mankind, the whole world would be the happier for it, and that in those in whom it is found it is a redeeming virtue in the proper sense of the word a virtue which redeems... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 5:7

DISCOURSE: 1291THE REWARD OF MERCIFULNESSMatthew 5:7. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.THERE can be no doubt but that every Minister should set forth the peculiar doctrines of the Gospel with frequency and firmness. If he lay not the foundation well, he can never hope to have his labours crowned with success. On the other hand, it becomes him very earnestly to inculcate the necessity of a Christian temper: and, if he be not attentive to this, he must expect, that, whilst... read more

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