Those Who Mourn Shall Be Comforted

If you cry it will get better is the meaning of this second beatitude says brittany age 6.

Those who mourn shall be comforted. When we read blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted matthew 5 4 we tend to think about times of sadness and grief. When a loved one dies. Through the merciful saviour those sins may be forgiven.

New living translation god blesses those who mourn for they will be comforted. When someone experiences chronic illness. That sorrow that they have committed it and are afflicted and wounded that they have offended god shall find comfort in the gospel.

English standard version blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted matthew 5 4. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted back in 1978 i spoke in aspen colorado to a gathering of intervarsity students and people off the street.

Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted matthew 5 4. We cannot pull one or two verses from the whole and build a theology around them. Verse 4 says blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted it is important to remember that this portion of jesus teaching was directed toward his closest friends not the general population verse 2.

Those that mourn thus shall be comforted. Not only do they introduce the whole sermon on the mount perhaps jesus most famous sermon but they also have deep meaning in themselves. Paul writes in 2 corinthians 7 10 for godly sorrow produces repentance repentance is the act of regretting sincerely the sin in your past with the goal to never do it again.

Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted the beatitudes from the sermon on the mount are some of the most popular passages in the new testament. The moment he read that beatitude a light went on inside of me and compelled me to offer a few. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.