Wednesday, April 13, 2016

A Sermon of Attitudes (pt. 3)

As we look at each attitude or beatitude, we see an underlying theme focusing on the man in whom God approves. This is the man that is blessed. This is true happiness and joy in the life of the servant of God.
Only those who are humble before God will realize their inability to approach a holy God. It is because of our sin that we cannot approach.
Those who will “mourn” over their sins “will be comforted.” This attitude is one that encapsulates grief and sorrow over our sins. Isaiah was reminded of this as he saw the Lord in His holiness and majesty and it affected him in a most profound way. The Bible records: “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts” (Isaiah 6:5).
The corresponding blessing given is comfort. The one who can truly comfort us is Jesus Christ. He is the one that when we hear His Gospel, we should mourn over our sins. It is that type sorrow which works repentance to salvation (2 Cor. 7:10).  True comfort is seen in the salvation of God.
~Wayne Rodgers