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Podcast: Sermons - First Evangelical Lutheran Church | El Cajon, CA (LCMS)
Episode: The Upside-Down Blessing of Christ: What It Really Means to Be Blessed (All Saintsâ Day Sermon)
Description: What does it really mean to be blessed? In this All Saintsâ Day sermon, Pastor explores how Jesus turns the worldâs idea of blessing completely upside down in the Beatitudes. âBlessed are the poor in spirit⌠those who mourn⌠the meekâŚââwords that sound strange to a world chasing comfort and success.But in Christ, true blessing is found not in power or prosperity, but in faithfulness through suffering, weakness, and even death. The saints who went before usâthose who stood firm in persecution and lossâshow us what it means to live under the blessing of the cros...