In our introduction to the Beatitudes, we learned that the characteristics Jesus describes don’t refer to eight distinct different groups of disciples, but are the eight characteristics that are true at one and the same time of all who are his disciples. And that this is not a description of a spiritually elite class of Christians, but rather a description of all who have truly entered the kingdom of heaven. This morning we’ll drill down on the first four of those Beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-6 in a message entitled, “A New Set of Values: Part II”. We’ll consider what these qualities and characteristics actually mean. And how are they actually developed, made true and lived out in each one of our lives.