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Song of Worship - More About Jesus
Prayer of Repentance
[Time of Silence]
Song of Worship - Jesus Loves Me
Devotional:
We live in a world that celebrates our urges.
The greatest truth in our world is that our urges, our desires, our wants are who we are and we are to give into them freely and totally.
But here Jesus says, "Blessed are those who mourn..."
So what are they mourning?
Well, two things:
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They are mourning their unrepentant sin.
2. They are mourning the sin of the world.
Chromatius,
"As with Jesus’ earlier teaching on the poor, here too he speaks of those who mourn.
The blessed of whom he speaks are not those bereaving the death of a spouse or the loss of cherished servants.
Rather, he is speaking of those blessed persons who … do not cease to mourn over the iniquity of the world or the offenses of sinners with a pious, duty-bound sentiment.
To those who mourn righteously, therefore, they will receive, and not undeservedly, the consolation of eternal rejoicing promised by the Lord.
Tractate on Matthew 17.3.1–2."
"Those who mourn their own sins are indeed blessed, but blessed in a less wonderful way than those who mourn the sins of others.
Those who mourn the sins of others are less likely to have sins of their own to mourn.
These are the ones who should be called teachers.
They are with the Lord on the mountain."
Manlio Simonetti, ed., Matthew 1–13, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001), 82.
But also of importance is to note the fact that those who mourn will be comforted.
Jesus' promise is that our mourning is but for a season.
That he will comfort those who in mourning their own sin and the sins of others repent and follow after God.
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