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THE HOPE OF MOURNING P A R T O N E T H E B E A T I T U D E S S E R M O N S E R I E S

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” MATTHEW 5:4

MOURNING IS A NECESSARY PART OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. No matter how much a believer may go through sorrow or suffer for his faith in this life, HOPE is never MOURNING, HOWEVER, IS NOT THE END OF THE extinguished . BELIEVER’S LIFE. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

A b e l i e v e r c a n g o t h r o u g h t h e m o s t HARROWING PAIN HORRIBLE EXCRUCIATING yet his eyes will always beam with BRIGHTNESS and HOPE. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, HARROWING PAIN HORRIBLE EXCRUCIATING DON’T LOSE HOPE. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS of MOURNERS THE HOPE OF a. Description of mourning MOURNING b. What it is not c. What it is d. Reason for mourning SERMON OUTLINE e. Genuine mourning f. Self-examination questions g. Result of mourning II. REWARD of the MOURNERS T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF To mourn is something that follows of necessity from being POOR in SPIRIT . Poverty in spirit provides the MOURNERS INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING of spiritual bankruptcy. a. Description of mourning Mourning in a particular sense supplies the EMOTIONAL FEELINGS of SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY . T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

TRUE RELIGION according to the Bible is NOT a choice between INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING or EMOTIONAL FEELINGS . It is a COMPOUND of BOTH . KNOWLEDGE gives birth to EMOTIONS . T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

TRUE RELIGION TRUE FAITH should have both LIGHT and HEAT , according to the Bible is NOT because INTELLECTUALISM a choice between will only lead to DEAD ORTHODOXY ! INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONALISM, however, will only lead to or EMOTIONAL FEELINGS . MISGUIDED FANATICISM . It is a COMPOUND of BOTH . We need both LIGHT and HEAT . KNOWLEDGE gives birth to EMOTIONS . T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF MOURNERS TRUE MOURNING has as its FOUNDATION – GOD b. What it is not a. It is not a mourning which leads to psychological impairment or mental disorder. NOT PEOPLE. b. It is NOT a GUILT TRIP. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS 1. What would happen in the interim period before the 2nd coming and the establishment of the millennial kingdom? T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS MILLENIAL KINGDOM INTERIM PERIOD 1. What would happen in the interim period before the 2nd “kingdom of heaven” • the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry • prophesied EARTHLY REIGN of Messiah in the Old • coming and the establishment the church period • Testament the tribulation period of the millennial kingdom? • a PHYSICAL, EARTHLY kingdom with physical and • spiritual blessings founded on DIVINE PRINCIPLES T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS MILLENIAL KINGDOM INTERIM PERIOD 1. What would happen in the interim period before the 2nd During these times, BELIEVERS will SUFFER coming and the establishment for their LOYALTY to God. of the millennial kingdom? They would be PERSECUTED . T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS 1. What would happen in the 2. What was the prevailing interim period before the 2nd historical situation of the coming and the establishment Jews that would produce of the millennial kingdom? mourning? T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS The GODLY REMNANT of Jews Similar situations in the past 2. What was the prevailing during Jesus’ day wept had occurred like the historical situation of the because of HUMILIATION Assyrian captivity and the Jews that would produce brought about by Roman Babylonian captivity. mourning? domination because of their NATIONAL sins. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS The GODLY REMNANT of Jews Similar situations in the past THE GODLY ALWAYS during Jesus’ day wept had occurred like the MOURNED FOR THE because of HUMILIATION Assyrian captivity and the SIN OF THEIR NATION. brought about by Roman Babylonian captivity. domination because of their NATIONAL sins. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

JEREMIAH 9:1 Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! EZEKIEL 9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

The GODLY REMNANT of Jews likewise “If you want to know a person’s character; find mourned because out what makes him laugh and what makes him they had offended the holiness of God. weep. What we laugh at and what we weep over indicates our VALUES of life and values are a My eyes shed streams of water, part of maturity." because they do not keep Your -WARREN WIERSBE law. PSALM 119:136 T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

THE HIGHER YOU GROW IN SPIRITUAL MATURITY, THE MORE VULNERABLE YOU ARE TO SPIRITUAL SORROW. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS 1. What would happen in the 2. What was the prevailing 3. What made Jesus weep interim period before the 2nd historical situation of the and mourn during his earthly coming and the establishment Jews that would produce ministry? of the millennial kingdom? mourning? T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

JESUS is known as a “man of sorrows”. Jesus, who is the most powerful man who had “JESUS WEPT.” ever lived, WEPT OPENLY. John 11:35 T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

a. Jesus wept because of Israel’s lostness and unbelief. 41 When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 WHY DID saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for JESUS WEEP? peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. 43 “For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, 44 and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” LUKE 19:41-44 T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

a. Jesus wept because of Israel’s lostness and unbelief. WHY DID b. Our Lord wept at the grave of JESUS WEEP? Lazarus. He saw this horrid, ugly, foul things called sin which had come into life and introduced death into life and had upset life and made life unhappy. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

We must mourn for the LOST • (unsaved loved ones). APPLICATION We must mourn for the state of the • world (sin’s harmful consequences - wars, deterioration of nations, immorality). We must weep for the backslidden. • T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS The expression of sorrow as a result of persecution for one’s faith or sorrow for national and individual sins and its negative consequences. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS The Greek word used here is π ενθέω (pentheo) which speaks of the STRONGEST, most SEVERE, DEEPEST, most HEART-FELT GRIEF and was generally reserved for grieving over the death of a loved one. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS It is in the present participle; indicates • CONTINUOUS ACTION. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

“The Christian’s entire life is a continuous act of repentance and contrition.” MARTIN LUTHER T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF c. What it is MOURNERS It is in the present participle; indicates • CONTINUOUS ACTION. • There is a difference between REMORSE and REPENTANCE. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

I. HAPPINESS OF MOURNERS d. Reason for mourning A man mourns because he has some understanding of what sin means to • God, of God’s abhorrence and hatred of it. It stabs the heart of God. A man mourns because he discovers war in his members and he hates it and • mourns because of it. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

IT IS ONLY THOSE WHO ARE GENUINE CHRISTIANS WHO CAN TRULY MOURN IN A SPIRITUAL AND BIBLICAL WAY. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

ARE YOU A GENUINE MOURNER? If you are, then that speaks of a REAL RELATIONSHIP with Christ. T H E H O P E O F M O U R N I N G

THE HOPE OF MOURNING P A R T O N E T H E B E A T I T U D E S S E R M O N S E R I E S