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Introduction:
My name is Adam, I’m the pastor here at Abide church.
I’m also a professor in here at CBC.
I teach Accounting and Economics courses.
If you’re new, I want to thank you for visiting us and tell you that we’re really glad you’re here.
Continuing 1 year sermon series on “The Sermon On The Mountain”
Jesus came preaching, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (repent means…)
The Sermon on the mountain is Jesus’ introduction to the “Kingdom” (and everlasting kingdom where he is king)
Jesus opens this sermon with 9 “Blessed are” statements.
Blessed
Blessed means happy or fortunate.
God wants you to be happy, but he want you to be truly happy
In this sermon, he tells us how to have true happiness
Last week we looked at the first “Blessed are” statement...
The kingdom belongs to those who recognize their condition before God.
Our spiritual condition is poor, beggar poor, destitute
And this is compared to the religious leaders of the day, the scribes and Pharisees
The Pharisees felt they were rich before God because of their righteous deeds
4 Perspectives: “Blessed are those who mourn”
- The meaning
- The location
- The achieving
- The result
The meaning of “Blessed are those who mourn”
First, what does it mean to “mourn”
I have sat with many of you even this past week and I have seen first hand,
sickness, betrayal, depression, pain, deep sorrow
All mourning comes from the consequences of sin.
The reason there is pain, suffering, sorrow, is SIN
Before there was sin in this world, there was no suffering and no sorrow,
That’s why it was called paradise
Whatever you’re going through,
It’s okay to lament
1/3 of the Psalms are laments, David crying out to God for answers, for deliverance, for comfort and protection.
Biblical lament alway points the finger at sin and God always comes through in the end as the hero.
To mourn is to be broken over the effects of sin.
Blessed = happy
Mourn = be sad
“Happy are the sad”
Happiness comes from a right understanding of sin and a right understanding of God’s righteousness
Compare this to the Scribes and Pharisees, who found their happiness
Happiness, or blessedness, does not come in the mourning itself.
Happiness comes with what God does in response to it, with the forgiveness that such mourning brings.
Godly mourning brings God’s forgiveness, which brings God’s happiness.
Mourning is not merely a psychological or emotional experience that makes people feel better.
It is a communion with the living, loving God who responds to the mourner with an objective reality—the reality of divine forgiveness!
The location of “Blessed are those who mourn”
Follows “Blessed are the poor in spirit” because they are closely related
Those who are poor in spirit, mourn over their sin
The achieving of “Blessed are those who mourn”
I’m going to point out 3 things that lead to godly mourning over sin:
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A Right Perspective of Eternity
A little bit of eternal perspective can go a long way in mourning over sin
2. A Right Perspective of Sin
The evil of sin doesn’t change because your perspective of sin changed, but you can change because your perspective of sin changed.
NOTE: Some of you love your sin too much to mourn over it.
3. A Right Perspective of God
Humble yourself before the Lord.
Fear the Lord
Realize that you will stand before him and give an account
The result of “Blessed are those who mourn”
Prodigal Son
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