SENT A SAVIOUR WHO TEACHES US Part 2

Continuing with the beatitudes that the Lord Jesus was teaching His disciples, we'll examine the second through to the fourth one out of the total of nine.

Mathew chapter 5 verses 4 - 5;

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

The principle touched on here is that those who acknowledge and regret their rebellious nature and mourn over their sins will be comforted and assured of their redemtion from darkness. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness as 1 John 1 verse 9 says.

5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

This principle points to the humble at heart who seek not to offend anyone and who are not offended by anyone. Those who are humble and contrite are given authority over the realms of the earth and this lines up with Luke 9 verse 49 which in part says; "For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.”

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

The people described here are those mired in sin but see the high standard of God and genuinely yearn to be righteous. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be satisfied because they are desiring to be aligned to the ways of God and they will be marked for justification just as happened to the sinner who went to the temple in Luke 18 verse 13 and 14;

“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

The man, a sinner, yearned for righteousness and journeyed to the temple but he could not even go near but stood at a distance. The Lord declared that this man was justified. His hunger and thirst for righteousness was filled.

Amen.

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