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) ...
Day 28: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Seemingly foolish and weak in the eyes of people Paul advises the saints of the Corinthian church to remember when they first heard and believed in the gospel of Jesus Christ and His crucifixion (1 Cor. 1:26). This is because when they received the gospel of Jesus and accepted Him as their Savior, they appeared foolish and weak in the eyes of the world. The majority of the saints in the Corinthian church had converted not because of their outward superiority, but rather, Paul points out, it was due to their lack of it (Yoon-seon Park). Instead, Paul states that God chose the foolish things of the world, the weak things of the world, the base things of the world, and the despised things—things considered nothing—in order to nullify the things that are (vv. 27-28). Why did God choose such individuals to hear the gospel of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ a...