Matthew 5 The Last Beatitude

Jesus' sermon on the mount addresses so many topics for us as believers and for the non believers as well. In Matthew 5, Jesus starts with the Beautitudes and in this account by Matthew, I want to focus on the last beautitude that He spoke on.
       
11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Persecution comes in many forms and at times we may not see it for what it is. To persecute is to harrass, oppress, torment, afflict, torture, annoy and trouble someone persistently. But Jesus says "Blessed are you" when

Matthew 4 - The Battle of The Word

Matthew 4 tells not only of Jesus being tempted by the devil but also the beginning of his ministry. 

The very first verse starts off by saying, "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." This verse here conveys that this temptation was inevitable and almost a right of passage for Jesus, seeing that he was led up by the Spirit. This occurred right after his baptism which further illustrates that this was something that Jesus had to do. Possibly to show us that he himself was not immune to the temptations of