True Blessedness (Mt. 5:1-12)

You're a Jew, you've been hearing the Scriptures read every Sabbath in the synagogue. Your nation has been looking and longing for Messiah. You're tired of the oppression of the Romans. You see the miracles Jesus of Nazareth is performing and you follow Him to hear Him preach a sermon so important that the name and location of the mountain on which you hear him preach is not specified by the eye witness [Matthew] who wrote about it. Then you hear Jesus say "blessed are the.." Take a listen!