Aug 10, 2026 · 41 min · 9 segments
Highland Christian Church - Asheville, NC Communicator - Tim Bryant Luke 6:20-23 - "*Jesus turned to his disciples and said, WHAT A BLESSING..*." In Jesus’ Kingdom, the overlooked ones are the ones…
Tim BryantGuest
Jason GarrisHost
Um, if you asked 10 people what it means to be blessed, you'll probably get 10 or 11 different answers.
Some will say, "I'm blessed because I got a promotion." Uh, others will say, "I'm blessed because I bought a new house." Um, someone else will say, "I'm blessed because my children are healthy." And there's nothing wrong with being happy about the things that are good, uh, and thanking God for those things.
If our definition of blessing depends only on what we have, what happens when we have not? If your health is your blessing, what happens when you're sick? If your job is your blessing, what happens when the layoffs come? If your money is your blessing, what happens when the market crashes? If happiness is your blessing, what happens when sorrow knocks on your door? And I, you know, I'm old enough to know sorrow is going to knock on your door once or twice or t- 10 times [laughs] or I don't know how many times in life.
[clears throat] I remember early on when Caroline was getting married, we were telling her all kinds of things and warner- warning her about this and that.
We know what happens." In this recent series, we've been working our way through Luke, and in this week's text, Jesus walks into a crowd filled with people who are poor and hungry and hurting and rejected.
Instead of saying, "One day you'll be blessed," Jesus said, "Blessed are you." Now, that sounds a little backwards and, and maybe out of place, and I'm sure it landed strangely with that crowd.
Looking at His disciples, He said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Um, if you asked 10 people what it means to be blessed, you'll probably get 10 or 11 different answers.
Some will say, "I'm blessed because I got a promotion." Uh, others will say, "I'm blessed because I bought a new house." Um, someone else will say, "I'm blessed because my children are healthy." And there's nothing wrong with being happy about the things that are good, uh, and thanking God for those things.
If our definition of blessing depends only on what we have, what happens when we have not? If your health is your blessing, what happens when you're sick? If your job is your blessing, what happens when the layoffs come? If your money is your blessing, what happens when the market crashes? If happiness is your blessing, what happens when sorrow knocks on your door? And I, you know, I'm old enough to know sorrow is going to knock on your door once or twice or t- 10 times [laughs] or I don't know how many times in life.
[clears throat] I remember early on when Caroline was getting married, we were telling her all kinds of things and warner- warning her about this and that.
We know what happens." In this recent series, we've been working our way through Luke, and in this week's text, Jesus walks into a crowd filled with people who are poor and hungry and hurting and rejected.
Instead of saying, "One day you'll be blessed," Jesus said, "Blessed are you." Now, that sounds a little backwards and, and maybe out of place, and I'm sure it landed strangely with that crowd.
Looking at His disciples, He said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God.
Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
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