In our last message, we learned how spiritual poverty leads to riches. As we continue in the Beatitudes, Jesus now tells us that sorrow leads to joy: how is this possible? The sorrow and mourning that Christ refers to is not worldly sorry, but the sorrow that results over our sin. Grief and devastation over sin furthers our walk in sanctification, changes us more and more into the image of Chris, and God himself will comfort and bless those who mourn in this way.
We accept so many invitations in our world. We accept invitations to events, invitations to temptations and invitations to daily sin. What if the...
What is the basic, fundamental starting point for the church? Throughout his word, our Lord calls the church to be a household of godliness....