Happy Are the Sad

by | Mar 21, 2021 | Sermons

03/21/2021 – Sunday Morning Service

Matthew 5:4

Sermon Topics

Introduction: (Psalm 55:6-8)

The deeper the sorrow, disappointment, and pain, the more elusive that place of comfort. (Matthew 24:4-7, 8)

  1. A Proper Kind of Sorrow (Psalm 42:2-3; 2 Timothy 1:3-4; Jeremiah 9:1)
  2. An Improper Kind of Sorrow (1 Kings 21:4; 2 Samuel 18:5, 33)
  3. A Godly Sorrow that Brings Life (2 Corinthians 7:10)
    • Only one kind of sorrow brings life, and that is godly sorrow, which leads you to repentance.
    • Godly sorrow is linked to Repentance, and Repentance is linked to sin. (Matthew 5:3,4; Genesis 37:34; Mark 16:10)
  4. God’s Response to Mourning: Comfort
    • The happiness does not come from the mourning; it comes in God’s response to it.
    • If someone else’s sins hurt you more than your own, you need to re-evaluate your own heart. (James 4:8-10)
    • Start crying and Stop laughing.
    • Conviction of sin must PRECEDE and follow CONVERSION. (2 Corinthians 12:21)
  5. Hindrances to a Mournful Spirit
    • A stony heart does not mourn! It is void of Grace! The Plow of God will not break it up.
    • What are the Five things that can turn a Heart into Stone?
      1. Despair (Jeremiah 18:12)
      2. Conceit
      3. Presumption (Isaiah 55:7)
      4. Procrastination (John 4:14)
      5. Frivolity (Amos 6:5-7; Matthew 5:4)

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