The Second Blessing of the Beatitudes : Those who weep will surely laugh! “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh” ( Luke 6:21b ). I want to receive the lesson given as I meditate on the words, (1) I wish to receive the lesson given as I meditate on the latter half of Luke 6:21, the second blessing of the Beatitudes, in connection with Matthew 5:4 , which says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (a) In the latter half of Luke 6:21, the word “weep” comes from the Greek word κλαίοντες (klaiontes), which means “to weep aloud properly, to express sorrow with audible crying because it cannot be restrained (to cry out loud)” (internet). This same Greek word also appears in the latter half of verse 25: “… Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.” (i) ...
The happiness of those who are credited as righteous by God (2) [Romans 4:9-17] We have already learned who is the happiest person in the world based on Romans 4:1-8. We learned that the happiest person in this world is the one who has received the remission of all sins only through faith in Jesus Christ, and whom God credited as the righteousness. In the midst of that, I personally created a “happiness formula”: Happiness Quotient = Only grace + Only Jesus' work on the cross + Only faith. The more we get to know Jesus through the words of the Bible, and the more we realize what He did on the cross for our salvation, the more our faith grows. And the more our faith grows, the more we will think of the salvation that God has given us in Jesus Christ. And the more we think of the salvation that God has given us, the more we realize how great God's grace is. The more we do...