“When our Savior speaks to us concerning what constitutes our true blessedness He is simply describing His own experience. The beatitudes are not the immediate revelation of His Godhead, they are much more the impressive testimony of His manhood. He knew the truth of what He was saying because He had verified it all in Himself for thirty experimental years.”
-quoted by Alexander Whyte
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The Beatitudes
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
– Matthew 5:2-12
Si, claro! Todos los creyentes están llamados a servir y ministrarse unos a otros».
The [Apostles’] Creed next mentions, that he “was dead and buried”. Here again it is necessary to consider how he substituted himself in order to pay the price of our redemption. Death held us under its yoke, but he in our place delivered himself into its power, that he might exempt us from it. This the Apostle means when he says, “that he tasted death for every man,” (Heb 2:9). By dying he prevented us from dying; or (which is the same thing) he by his death purchased life for us. But in this he differed from us, that in permitting himself to be overcome of death, it was not so as to be engulfed in its abyss, but rather to annihilate it, as it must otherwise have annihilated us; he did not allow himself to be so subdued by it as to be crushed by its power; he rather laid it prostrate, when it was impending over us, and exulting over us as already overcome. In fine, his object was, “that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage,” (Heb 2:14-15).
su voluntad que es necesario para la salvación; (2) por lo que le agradó a Dios en varios tiempos y de diversas maneras revelarse a sí mismo y declarar su voluntad a su Iglesia; (3) y además, para conservar y propagar mejor la verdad y para el mayor consuelo y establecimiento de la Iglesia contra la corrupción de la carne, malicia de Satanás y del mundo, le agradó dejar esa revelación por escrito, (4) por todo lo cual las Santas Escrituras son muy necesarias, (5) y tanto más cuanto que han cesado ya los modos anteriores por los cuales Dios reveló su voluntad a su Iglesia. (6).
“Con nuestro cuerpo vemos, hablamos, andamos, descendemos, escalamos, y mucho mas. Y en la Sagrada Escritura, todas estas funciones, y muchas mas, son atribuidas no solo a nuestro Dios, pero son atribuidas en terminos de los mismos sentidos y miembros del cuerpo que nosotros usamos por ellas. Dios tambien oye con su oido, ve con su ojo, anda con sus pies, golpea con su mano, salva con su brazo, seala con su dedo, siente con su corazon, muestra ira en su cara, y tanto mas. De todas estas expresiones y manifestaciones de vida en Dios, una estampa ha sido puesta en el hombre, y esta estampa se expresa por medio de los miembros y sentidos del cuerpo. Y por lo tanto so se vale decir que nuestro cuerpo no tiene nada que ver con la imagen de Dios.”
The Reformed Parish 