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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 5:4, ESV
We mourn our sin, and we are comforted by Christ’s grace and love. We then mourn the sin of the world and carry that grace and love to others.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matthew 5:6, ESV
Christ is our righteousness. If the Lord is truly all we desire, we will find complete satisfaction and freedom from sin.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:16, ESV
God showed His love by becoming like one who hates Him (us) to pay our penalty.
We too can love those who offend us – and even who make us happy – by sacrificing our own feelings, wants, needs, and even lives.
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Luke 6:45, ESV
It is what we treasure that flows out of us.
Do we long for personal satisfaction, or do we long for God to be glorified out of our love for Him and therefore our love for others?
The only good in us is God in us.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”
Matthew 5:7, ESV
We remember the mercy God has shown us by offering His Son as propitiation for our sin.
How much should we now show mercy to others?
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:10, ESV
God sent His Son to die for us, yet He rose again. They send the Holy Spirit Empower us to suffer for His name’s sake.
He will raise us up, too.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV
We are sinful, yet our God has made a way for us to be cleansed through the blood of Christ. When we are cleansed, we are spiritually made new, our mind being conformed to Christ’s, as we await Hos return and full physical renewal, as well.
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein
Psalm 24:1, ESV
God is the Creator of everything, even us, and He can do as He pleases with us.
Let’s give Him thanks and praise that He has chosen to save us from our sin by the blood of the Son.
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:24, ESV
On our own, we seek our own glory and rightness.
Yet, when we confess our need for the Savior – the justice brought at the cross and the righteousness only given in Christ – we are changed to seeking God’s glory by His standard.
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