THE SECOND BEATITUDE: Mourn    Matthew 5:4

This post concerns those that mourn or grieve because of their sins.

‘Mourn’ discusses the second beatitude and what it means. Jesus spoke this beatitude, Matthew 5:4. “Blessed … those who mourn, for they …comforted.” Two words require explanation—mourn and comforted.

Grieving arises during mourning. Several times in the Old Testament, God notes grieving over sin, Ezekiel 9:4. “…put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.” Thus, grieving or feeling bad concerns groaning over sins.

God desires an attitude of mourning that changes our mind, Isaiah 66:2. “But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.”

In the New Testament, proper grief leads to repentance, 2 Corinthians 7:9-10. “As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.”

God has promised to forgive us if our mourning and repentance lead us to confession, 1 John 1:8-9. “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth…not in us. If we confess our sins, he… faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Thus, mourning leads to the blessing of forgiveness and an eternal home where mourning and crying will cease, Revelation 21:4. “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”  Thus, we will be comforted in heaven in eternity.

So, what did we learn?

1.God blesses those who mourn about their sins.

2.Mourning should lead to repentance and confession.

3.Proper mourning will lead us to heaven.

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