MOURN & comfort

Matthew 5: 1-12, Luke 6: 20-23

“Mourning could be the greatest
evidence of true conversion.”
Paul Washer

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BLESSEDNESS

BLESSED
an inward JOY not
PRODUCED by or AFFECTED
by circumstance.
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BLESSEDNESS

BLESSED
an inward JOY PRODUCED by
the inward WORKING of God
thru the Holy Spirit.
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Those who mourn
Matthew 5:4 Luke 6:21
Blessed are those who Blessed are you who weep
mourn, for they shall be now, for you shall laugh.
comforted.

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Those who mourn
Reasons of mourning
• Loss of a love one
• Loss of something valuable
Mourning is
• Non – achievement of a dream a gift from
or goal
• Physical and emotional pain God
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Those who mourn
“pentheō” – mourn (Mat 5:4)
“klaiō” – weep (Lke 6:21)
MOURN linked to being Poor in Spirit.
Deep conviction of the Holy Spirit because we have
offended God through our sins.

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Those who mourn
Jas 4:9
MOURN Be miserable and mourn
and weep; let your
SINFULLNESS laughter be turned into
mourning and your joy to
SIN gloom.

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Those who mourn

“Nobody ever came into the Kingdom of God

who didn’t mourn over his own sinfulness.”
John MacArthur

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TWO SORROWS
WORDLY SORROW GODLY SORROW
produces produces
death REPENTANCE
leads
SALVATION
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WORDLY SORROW
King Saul – 1 Sam 15:30
Then he said, “I have sinned; but please honor me
now before the elders of my people and before Israel,
and go back with me, that I may worship
the Lord your God.”

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WORDLY SORROW
Amnon, Son of David – 2 Sam 13:1-2
Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had
a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon
the son of David loved her. Amnon was so frustrated
because of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for
she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do
anything to her.
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WORDLY SORROW
Judas Scariot – Mat 27:4-5
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
But they said, “What is that to us? See to
that yourself!” And he threw the pieces of silver
into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went
away and hanged himself.

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godly SORROW
King David – Psa 51:10-13
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from Your presence
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

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godly SORROW
King David – Psa 51:10-13
Restore to me the joy of Your salvation
And sustain me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners will be converted to You.

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godly SORROW
Paul to the Corinthians – 2 Cor 7:11
For behold what earnestness this very thing,
this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what
vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what
fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of
wrong!

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COMFORT
“parakaleō” – comforted (Mat 5:4)
Not merely comfort in words but by EXPERIENCE of
God’s grace, through the working of the HOLY SPIRIT.
HOLY SPIRIT, PARACLETE – Joh 14:16
He will give you another Helper, that is the Spirit of
truth
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COMFORT
For the world, grieving sin is regressive and
constricting; for the Christian, it is the
pathway to joy.
Jesus meets Repentance with Comfort not
Condemnation. – Matt Smethurst
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