Beatitudes: A dry eye goes with a dead soul

The Beatitudes: A dry eye goes with a dead soul
The Gospel of Matthew 5.4

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

A. SORROWS

1.  Jacob, alive with love, mourning over his son

2.  We are alive with love and will mourn

B. SUFFERINGS

1.  Amusing Ourselves To Death  [Neil Postman]

2.  What do you care about?

C. SIN

Behind this sorrow of the godly
    lies the recognition of the merciless power of sin	
    and of our helplessness to ward it off and to escape.  [R. Lenski]

1.  Mourning over sin

    a.  Our neighbors

        Psalm 119.136
        1 Corinthians 5.1-2

    b.  Our loved ones

        Philippians 3.17-18

    c.  Our own sins

        James 4.7-10

        Romans 7.21-25

2.  Being comforted by God

    Luke 7.36-50