Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
This verse speaks of mourning over sin in one's life instead of mourning the loss of an object or another person. Instead, it is to mourn over the demise of fellowship with God in Christ Jesus. This mourning is not just a nonchalant or heedless sorrow for the aftermaths of our sinful condition, but abysmal anguish brought before God for our fallen state.
In a physical state, we mourn over the loss of our loved ones or close friends, and we can be comforted by the knowledge that they have eternal life and are safely wrapped in the arms of the one that loves us more than any human can conceive. When we face our evil character, we grieve and mourn, and our comfort comes from the knowledge and faith that God has forgiven us because of the substitutionary work of Christ Jesus on the Cross of Calvary. We also mourn over those close to us that are out of fellowship with Christ Jesus. Our prayers for them do not land on deaf ears, and our comfort comes in the faith of knowing that God will draw them back into His loving arms in His time and in His will. The mourning spoken of here is the "Godly sorrow" that brings about repentance to salvation that the Apostle Paul alludes to in his second letter to the church at Corinth (2 Corinthians 7:10). As we mourn over sin and the sinful condition of our lives, we have the promise from Christ Jesus of comfort that cannot be described with mere human utterances. God will allow this mourning into our lives as a path to spiritual growth, not a permanent abode.
The comfort mentioned here in this verse is God's role in our forgiveness. Our comfort is not associated with who or what we are, nor is it coupled or related to the act of mourning; it is God's endowment. God's grace and mercy, by which we are forgiven and comforted. We receive this comfort because God has freed us from the consequence of sin through the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior on the Cross of Calvary.
Those who mourn have consciousness and awareness of their personal impoverishment and seek God's forgiveness. Those who genuinely seek after a close personal relationship with God will mourn after their sins because they view it as God sees it. King David certainly mourned over his sin when he committed adultery with Bathsheba and had her husband Uriah killed in Battle (Psalm 51:17). So likewise, our blessings and comfort from God stem from our forgiveness because of the death of Christ Jesus on the Cross (Ephesians 1:7).
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