The Beatitudes: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 21 July 2024
⏱️ 34 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 expositional series in the gospel of Matthew, today R.C. Sproul continues to survey the blessings that Christ pronounced in the Beatitudes.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He 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.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | It's not like that some Christians are called to be poor in spirit, others are called to mourn, |
| 0:07.0 | others are called to be meek. No, these qualities are to be made manifest in every Christian's life. |
| 0:16.0 | We're all called to be poor in spirits rather than being self-righteous. We're all called to mourn over our fallenness, and we are all called to manifest makiness. |
| 0:32.6 | We began last week, looking at what is perhaps the most well-known sermon ever preached. |
| 0:40.1 | As you'll hear today, even Groucho Marx, the American comedian, could quote from it. |
| 0:45.0 | But what does this sermon mean for you and me? |
| 0:47.6 | What do the qualities Jesus described look like in the life of a Christian? |
| 0:51.9 | This is the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, where each Sunday |
| 0:55.9 | we feature the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. Our sermon series in the Beatitudes is from Dr. |
| 1:03.2 | Sprole's time preaching through the Gospel of Matthew, and these sermons formed the basis |
| 1:08.7 | for his expositional commentary on Matthew's Gospel. |
| 1:11.4 | You can add this hardcover volume to your collection until midnight tonight |
| 1:16.1 | when you give a gift of any amount at renewingyourmind.org. |
| 1:20.7 | Well, we return now to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount as we consider mourning, meekness and righteousness. |
| 1:28.9 | Here's Dr. Sproul. |
| 1:38.1 | Now we'll continue with our study of the beatitudes as we find them in Matthew chapter 5, |
| 1:47.0 | and I will be reading from verse 4 through verse 9, and I'd ask the congregation to stand for the reading of the Word of God. |
| 1:56.7 | Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. |
| 2:04.6 | Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. |
| 2:15.1 | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. |
| 2:19.1 | Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. |
| 2:22.9 | Blessed are the pure and heart, for they shall see God. |
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