The Beatitudes: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 19 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In times of mourning, we often feel anything but blessed. Yet Jesus singled out the mournful people of God as those who will enjoy His comfort. From his sermon series in the gospel of Matthew, today R.C. Sproul to survey the surprising blessings of the Beatitudes.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | It's not like that some Christians are called to be poor in spirit, |
| 0:04.7 | others are called to mourn, others are called to be meek. |
| 0:09.6 | No, these are attributes or qualities. |
| 0:14.2 | They're to be made manifest in every Christian's life. |
| 0:17.9 | We're all called to be poor in spirits rather than being self-righteous. |
| 0:22.6 | We're all called to mourn over our fallenness, and we're all called to manifest this meekness. |
| 0:42.9 | We began last week looking at what is perhaps the most well-known sermon ever preached. |
| 0:48.3 | As you'll hear today, even Groucho Marx, the American comedian, could quote from it. |
| 0:51.4 | But what does this sermon mean for you and me? |
| 0:55.7 | What do the qualities Jesus spoke of look like in the life of a Christian believer? Hello and welcome to the Sunday edition of renewing your mind. I'm Lee Webb. |
| 1:02.2 | Today's sermon is from the Beatitudes, and it's from R.C. Sproles' extended sermon series |
| 1:07.3 | in the Gospel of Matthew, and these sermons form the basis for his expositional commentary on Matthew. |
| 1:14.3 | You can add this hardcover volume to your library when you give a donation in support |
| 1:18.7 | of renewing your mind at renewingermine.org before midnight tonight. |
| 1:23.7 | Well, we return now to Jesus' sermon on the Mount as we consider mourning, meekness, and righteousness. |
| 1:31.7 | Here's Dr. Sprole. |
| 1:35.2 | Now we'll continue with our study of the beatitudes as we find them in Matthew, Chapter 5. |
| 1:42.0 | And I will be reading from verse 4 through verse 9, |
| 1:46.5 | Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. |
| 1:52.7 | Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. |
| 1:59.3 | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. |
| 2:07.5 | Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. |
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