Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted (5.4)

++To really be followers of Jesus, we must mourn over our sin and the ruin and separation from God that comes to our life from sin.

+Music Experience:: Music us that reminds us to mourn our losses

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++Sweet Sixteen, B.B. King

++Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton

++Good Riddance, Green Day

++Goodbye to You, Vanessa Carlton

++Come Home, OneRepublic

++Goodbye, Plankeye

++Angel , Sara MacLachlan

++Whatever You’re Doing, Sanctus Real

++Create in Me a Clean Heart, Keith Green

 

B1+Which song was most helpful in reminding of things to be mournful of?

B2+Why was this experience helpful/not helpful?

B3+How can you use music to remind yourself of the loss you have without God?

B4+How can you use music to comfort others?

 

+Semantics…what does it mean?

+To Jesus, “blessed” means the experience of hope and joy, independent of outward circumstances.

+The word “Beatitude” comes from a Latin word meaning “happy” or “blessed.”

-> be – attitudes” – the attitudes we should be.

+ These statements lie at the heart of Jesus’ message. If I fail to understand this teaching, I fail to understand him.

 

+The person that mourns is the one who recognizes that he is a sinner before God. Such a person mourns over his various sins because he recognizes that not only do his sins greatly hurt our heavenly Father, he also realizes that he is empty of righteousness, and does not even begin to deserve salvation and the joys of heaven. This miserable, but repentant sinner, realizes that only through the grace of God does he have forgiveness and salvation.

Thus, the mourning of Christians referred to in this beatitude is not because of financial loss, terminal sickness, the death of loved ones, loneliness, a divorce, or some rejection being experienced. Christians mourn because they realize that they have sinned against a holy God and have brought dishonor to his name. And this dishonor of God’s very name brings great mourning to the true believer. The true believer mourns when he sins because he knows that the sin just committed brings great pain and sorrow to God.

 

B5+The ancient Greek grammar indicates an intense degree of mourning. Jesus does not speak of casual sorrow for the consequences of our sin, but a deep grief before God over our fallen state. When was the last time you entered into an intense degree of mourning?

B6+In what ways do you mourn for the many sins you have committed?

B7+What is the promise to those who mourn?

AA1+What are some ways to help you mourn your sin this week?

AA2+What are some songs that will help you mourn you sins this week?

+Read the Ignite your Faith article: “Love Hurts”

 

I AM BLESSED AS I GRIEVE. IN THE DEPTHS OF MY SORROW JESUS MEETS ME AND MOURNS WITH ME, BRINGING COMFORT IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.