Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Everton Park - 20th March 2016 am

Marks of a True Christian
#2 - Blessed are those who mourn

Matthew 5:1-16
Psalm 30

Introduction

1. Worldly Mourning

• Eccl 7:3,4; 2Cor 7:10
• Judas – Mat 27:3,4; Acts 1:25
• Esau - Heb 12:17
• The people who blasphemed God in the book of Revelation – Rev 16:9,11

2. Godly Mourning

• Over our own sin – Rom 7:25; Ps 38:4; 66:18; Mat 26:75; John 21:17; Ps 119:71
• Over the effects of sin in the world – Is 53:3; Luke 9:55; 19:41; Mat 23:37; Is 28:21; Lam 3:33; Eze 9:4; Rom 12:15
• Christian realism affects his mourning
  • Death is there
  • God is there
  • Sin is there
  • Eternity is there
  • God’s revelation is there

3. Comfort that Comes from Godly Mourning

• Ps 30:11; Luke 6:21; Rev 21:4; Luke 6:25; 1Cor 10:13; Phil 4:4; 1Thes 5:16