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Blessed are Those Who Mourn

Blessed are Those Who Mourn. Matthew 5:4. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Happy are those who have lost a loved one, because they will be comforted. Happy are those who mourn over sin because they will be comforted . Characteristics of a citizen of heaven:.

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Blessed are Those Who Mourn

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  1. Blessed are Those Who Mourn Matthew 5:4

  2. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

  3. Happy are those who have lost a loved one, because they will be comforted.

  4. Happy are those who mourn over sin because they will be comforted.

  5. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God

  6. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God • Mourning – grieving inability to do anything about sin

  7. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God • Mourning – grieving inability to do anything about sin eg. Borrowing vsOwning

  8. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God • Mourning – grieving inability to do anything about sin • Our own sin

  9. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God • Mourning – grieving inability to do anything about sin • Our own sin • Sin in the world

  10. Do you mourn over your own sin? • Uncomfortable place to visit

  11. Do you mourn over your own sin? • Uncomfortable place to visit • While we may revisit, not a place we stay.

  12. Christ gives us comfort Matthew 11:28 - 12:1 • 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

  13. We are being transformed 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

  14. We grow in our understand of God’s love Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Romans 8:38-39 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  15. Do you mourn over your own sin? • Uncomfortable place to visit • While we may revisit, not a place we stay.

  16. Do you mourn over your own sin? • Uncomfortable place to visit • While we may revisit, not a place we stay. • Problem if we never visit

  17. Do you mourn over your own sin? • Uncomfortable place to visit • While we may revisit, not a place we stay. • Problem if we never visit No mourning… no impact in our life, no change

  18. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God • Mourning – grieving inability to do anything about sin • Our own sin • Sin in the world

  19. Characteristics of a citizen of heaven: • Poor in spirit – recognizing need for God • Mourning – grieving inability to do anything about sin • Our own sin • Sin in the world... Blessed Hope

  20. Revelation 21:3-4 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

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