• The Beatitudes - Day 4

    <br />No Grief No Gladness

  • Read the second beatitude below. What is the characteristic of the one God approves.

  • Matthew 5:3-4

    Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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

  • Mourning follows naturally from being poor in spirit. With that in mind, what kind of mourning do you think Jesus has in view? What does the blessed person mourn over?

  • The Beatitudes - Day 4

    <br />No Grief No Gladness

  • Read the following verses. What does sin do to God?

  • Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

    2 Samuel 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'

    2 Samuel 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."

    Psalm 78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! 

    Romans 2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.

  • The Beatitudes - Day 4

    <br />No Grief No Gladness

  • What sin have you committed recently? Write it below.

  • Look back over the descriptions below and talk to God about your sin in light of each one of them.

  • Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

    2 Samuel 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'

    2 Samuel 12:14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."

    Psalm 78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! 

    Romans 2:23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.

  • The Beatitudes - Day 4

    <br />No Grief No Gladness

  • In this meditation we have seen that the second characteristic of the one who is approved by God is that they are mournful over their sin.


    In the next meditation, we will look at the third characteristic of the one who God approves.


    Until then may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 


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