"The second beatitude says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4).
It is seemingly contrary to the accepted views of all mankind in every age of human history, for it is
not our custom to envy those who weep or to congratulate the broken-hearted. We usually pity them and offer them our sympathy. We write them letters of condolence and are thankful that we have escaped their terrible situation.
But Jesus pronounces a blessing on the mourners.
This beatitude does not have universal application or is it all-inclusive. It does not embrace every person in the world who mourns, regardless of the cause, because there is a mourning that will know no comfort.
Jesus was very, very clear about this. Notice what He said in Matthew 8:12: “But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”...Notice what He says in Matthew 24:50: “The master of that servant who will come in a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Notice what the apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 7:10 concerning a sorrow for which there is no comfort: “…
So, there is a sorrow of this world for which there is no comfort.
If there is a sorrow that won’t produce any good result, then what kind of sorrow will produce a good result? What kind of mourning is Jesus talking about that brings comfort and happiness?
You cannot study the beatitudes and understand them until you understand that they are inseparably connected. Each one is an advanced step on the path that leads to the kingdom of heaven.
They form links in a chain of spiritual growth.
They constitute the steps of a ladder that lead to the kingdom of blessedness.
Blessed mourning is that which comes as a result of a person’s recognition of his spiritual poverty.
If you realize your condition and have true heart sorrow for the condition that you are in, if you are poor in spirit and you recognize that in a spiritual sense you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, and mourn over this condition, the Lord says, you are going to be comforted.
Godly sorrow is sorrow for the sins that have destroyed our peace and which have caused the indescribable sufferings of the One Who paid the redemption price. Comfort is needed only where there has been grief. "
Pastor John J. Grosboll
It is seemingly contrary to the accepted views of all mankind in every age of human history, for it is
But Jesus pronounces a blessing on the mourners.
This beatitude does not have universal application or is it all-inclusive. It does not embrace every person in the world who mourns, regardless of the cause, because there is a mourning that will know no comfort.
Jesus was very, very clear about this. Notice what He said in Matthew 8:12: “But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”...Notice what He says in Matthew 24:50: “The master of that servant who will come in a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Notice what the apostle Paul says in 2 Corinthians 7:10 concerning a sorrow for which there is no comfort: “…
--godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation,..
-- but the sorrow of the world produces death.”
So, there is a sorrow of this world for which there is no comfort.
If there is a sorrow that won’t produce any good result, then what kind of sorrow will produce a good result? What kind of mourning is Jesus talking about that brings comfort and happiness?
You cannot study the beatitudes and understand them until you understand that they are inseparably connected. Each one is an advanced step on the path that leads to the kingdom of heaven.
They form links in a chain of spiritual growth.
They constitute the steps of a ladder that lead to the kingdom of blessedness.
Blessed mourning is that which comes as a result of a person’s recognition of his spiritual poverty.
If you realize your condition and have true heart sorrow for the condition that you are in, if you are poor in spirit and you recognize that in a spiritual sense you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, and mourn over this condition, the Lord says, you are going to be comforted.
Godly sorrow is sorrow for the sins that have destroyed our peace and which have caused the indescribable sufferings of the One Who paid the redemption price. Comfort is needed only where there has been grief. "
Pastor John J. Grosboll
