Matthew 5:1-12: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Last week, we began our study of the Beatitudes, but I don't remember if [00:00:06] Speaker B: I ever used that word. I don't think I did. [00:00:10] Speaker A: So we're going to study the next few verses in this section of Matthew 5:1 12. It's from the Sermon on the Mount. And this little section that we're studying [00:00:21] Speaker B: is called the Beatitudes, not because it's a list of attitudes that you should be okay. However, that is not a bad way to kind of get a feel for what this passage is about, if that helps you remember it. Great. [00:00:44] Speaker A: Actually, the word comes from Latin originally, the word beatido or tudo rather, which means state of blessedness. So in the Latin version of the [00:00:58] Speaker B: Bible, we have generally called the Vulgate, because that was one of the first [00:01:03] Speaker A: Latin translations, mostly by Origen. Each of these verses that start blessed [00:01:13] Speaker B: are that we are studying. The Beatitudes are called the Beatitudes because in the Latin, they start with beaten. Now, as we saw last week, the Beatitudes are a complete shock to the devout Jews at the time that Jesus lived. They're like, out of left field, a complete surprise. But to be honest, if we read them, they are a complete shock to us also. [00:01:47] Speaker A: Or they ought to be, if we actually pay attention to what they mean. Now, several years ago, Annabelle was sitting next to Heidi reading the Bible, and she suddenly looked up and exclaimed, what, [00:02:11] Speaker B: Mom? It says we're supposed to love our enemies. As though she had found a mistake in the Bible. [00:02:27] Speaker A: You might not know, but that's from [00:02:33] Speaker B: this same chapter, from the same sermon, the same shocking sermon. What we're supposed to love our enemies [00:02:46] Speaker A: has these shocking Beatitudes in it. In fact, last week after the sermon, one of the families in our congregation was discussing the sermon, and one child finally got it after the sermon. Sadly, it was during discussion with the family. Dad said, jesus said, how fortunate that you are poor. And suddenly the child goes, what? [00:03:22] Speaker B: What? [00:03:24] Speaker A: And if we are reading these verses [00:03:27] Speaker B: and it's not striking us the same way, why? [00:03:31] Speaker A: What? [00:03:32] Speaker B: There's two possibilities. [00:03:38] Speaker A: Either we truly believe them so much that they're part of our DNA, and when we hear blessed are those who mourn, that seems as obviously correct to [00:03:52] Speaker B: us as hearing that the sky is blue. The other option is if it doesn't [00:04:02] Speaker A: shock us that we have heard it before and the shock has worn off, [00:04:10] Speaker B: but without really convincing us, [00:04:16] Speaker A: we explain it away in our hearts. My goal is that Jesus words will strike us like we're hearing them again [00:04:24] Speaker B: for the first time, so that they will be shocking to us. [00:04:30] Speaker A: So that we will say what? [00:04:35] Speaker B: Because it's at that moment that we will seek to understand them, to take them into our heart, rather than to explain them away. [00:04:49] Speaker A: So let us not explain these words away, but rather explain them [00:04:56] Speaker B: now. [00:04:56] Speaker A: There is a progression in the Beatitudes. And I opened with that first verse, that first statement, blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [00:05:12] Speaker B: That is the basis on which all of the rest of the Beatitudes are built. [00:05:19] Speaker A: Flowing out of Blessed are the poor in spirit, which we studied last week. [00:05:27] Speaker B: Come all the rest of the Beatitudes. [00:05:32] Speaker A: When you see the progression in these verses, you realize that they aren't a [00:05:38] Speaker B: random list of collection, you know, of lucky people. Oh, yeah. You know, they're fortunate and they're fortunate, and they're fortunate. No, this is building from one step [00:05:53] Speaker A: to the next in our spiritual lives. [00:06:02] Speaker B: These [00:06:04] Speaker A: are actually the only people who [00:06:09] Speaker B: are the followers of Christ. Those who are in this list. We are to be in this list. We are to consider ourselves blessed. But we have to look and see whether we have these blessings. [00:06:33] Speaker A: So please stand for the reading of God's word. Matthew 5. 1:12. Again, When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and began to teach them, saying, blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Blessed are the poor, pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great. For in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. [00:08:05] Speaker B: This is the word of the Lord. [00:08:08] Speaker A: Please be seated. So we start this morning with the statement, blessed are those who mourn. Talking about those who mourn. [00:08:27] Speaker B: Now remember, as I said before, we read the passage, really, we are to be in this list. We are to be the blessed. This is a calling for us, not just to see the other people, those poor unfortunate people who are blessed in this way. [00:08:49] Speaker A: I'm glad I'm not one of them, right? [00:08:52] Speaker B: We are to actually believe that they are truly blessed. We are to desire that blessing. We are to examine ourselves to see [00:09:05] Speaker A: whether it is true of us, whether [00:09:07] Speaker B: we have the promise that comes with this supposed blessing. Now, the blessing you need to understand is easy to conflate with the statement. [00:09:26] Speaker A: At the beginning there is a declaration, blessed are those who mourn, but the [00:09:34] Speaker B: reason that they are blessed is given [00:09:36] Speaker A: after [00:09:39] Speaker B: it's for they shall be comforted. We do need to distinguish between the blessing itself. The blessing itself is the being comforted. The prerequisite is the first part of the verse. You have to mourn before you can be comforted. [00:10:15] Speaker A: I was reading a commentary by John Stott on this passage, and he said we should consider translating this particular verse. [00:10:26] Speaker B: Happy are the unhappy. Happy are the unhappy. That's how shocking this verse is. [00:10:42] Speaker A: The reason he said we should consider translating it that way is simply to [00:10:45] Speaker B: drive home the shock of it. [00:10:49] Speaker A: Remember that happy is one of the possible ways to translate this word. Blessed. [00:10:58] Speaker B: Blessed are those who mourn. [00:11:00] Speaker A: Happy. [00:11:00] Speaker B: Fortunate are those who are sad. It seems completely contradictory. [00:11:07] Speaker A: Happy are the unhappy. [00:11:12] Speaker B: What? That's an appropriate response. [00:11:23] Speaker A: It's meant to make you think it is a paradox. [00:11:26] Speaker B: What is Jesus talking about? You can't actually hear, you can't actually listen to Jesus saying this without having to do a double take and say, wait, wait, wait, I need to make sure I understand what he's actually saying here, not just continue on my way. It's like, oh yeah, Jesus says nonsense all the time that I don't understand and I just ignore it and move [00:11:49] Speaker A: on with my life. We already got a taste of this last week when we were talking about poverty. Being poor in spirit, spiritually humble. [00:12:08] Speaker B: Remember, there's a progression. It flows out of being poor in spirit that you end up mourning. [00:12:17] Speaker A: It flows directly out of being poor in spirit, rather than being convinced like the Pharisee, that you're all good, thanking the Lord that you aren't a sinner [00:12:30] Speaker B: like those other people, [00:12:36] Speaker A: Instead being like [00:12:37] Speaker B: the tax collector who was poor in spirit. And what happened when he was poor in spirit, when he knew his own spiritual poverty? He mourned. [00:12:55] Speaker A: He mourned over his sin. [00:13:01] Speaker B: Now, there are multiple kinds of mourning. [00:13:08] Speaker A: Remember last week we also saw the rich young ruler who went away sad after Jesus told him to sell his possessions, give the money to the poor [00:13:17] Speaker B: and come follow him. Here was a man who went away mourning. And yet this blessing does not apply [00:13:28] Speaker A: to the rich young ruler. [00:13:31] Speaker B: Blessed are those who mourn. Doesn't apply to the rich young ruler who mourned? [00:13:42] Speaker A: Why not? [00:13:45] Speaker B: Well, because there are two kinds of sorrow, two kinds of mourning. There is a mourning that leads to repentance, to life. And there is a sorrow, a mourning that leads only to death. Only the first kind of mourning is being spoken of in this verse. Only the first kind of mourning is blessed. [00:14:21] Speaker A: It's not just any old mourning. There are people who are sad, but [00:14:29] Speaker B: there's no repentance flowing out of that sorrow. [00:14:32] Speaker A: And they are not blessed because they cannot be comforted. [00:14:43] Speaker B: There is no forgiveness of sins promised to those who are not repentant. The good news of the Gospel is meant to be a comfort. When we celebrate the Lord's Supper, it is meant to be a comfort to us. But remember how I always say, it is only for those who are sinners. It is only for those who are poor in spirit. Only those who see their desperate need, that they are in poverty, that they need to be filled, that they need to be forgiven, that they need to be cleansed. All those needs that we see, if we see them, that's a prerequisite to us being filled. [00:15:35] Speaker A: That's a prerequisite to us receiving the kingdom of heaven. It's a prerequisite to [00:15:44] Speaker B: that we mourn before we can receive the comfort of the Gospel, and that we mourn in the way that leads to repentance. [00:16:02] Speaker A: Now, a question that occurs is, does this verse actually apply to those who [00:16:11] Speaker B: mourn in other ways? Because I've just placed two kinds of mourning before you. But there are actually other kinds of mourning. There's the mourning over the loss of loved ones, right? [00:16:25] Speaker A: That's a different kind of mourning. Ecclesiastes 7 does tell us that it [00:16:34] Speaker B: is better to be in the house [00:16:36] Speaker A: of mourning than the house of feasting. [00:16:39] Speaker B: Now I want you to listen to [00:16:40] Speaker A: these few verses from the beginning of Ecclesiastes 7. [00:16:45] Speaker B: Because they're not disconnected. They're not unrelated to this verse that [00:16:50] Speaker A: says, blessed are those who mourn. Here's how it begins. A good name is better than a good ointment. And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. What? It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting. [00:17:18] Speaker B: Because that is the end of every [00:17:20] Speaker A: man, and the living takes it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter. For when a face is sad, a heart may be happy. The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure. [00:17:45] Speaker B: So there's something about mourning [00:17:49] Speaker A: death. [00:17:52] Speaker B: The house of mourning is referring to the house that is in sorrow over death. Someone in that home, in that family, [00:18:00] Speaker A: has died, and so it is the house of mourning. There is something beneficial to being reminded of your own mortality. In fact, we pray along with the psalmist. Teach us to number our days that we may present to you a heart of wisdom. [00:18:30] Speaker B: What Ecclesiastes is saying is that we are taught to number our days by going to the place where there's a funeral. You go to the funeral in part, so that you are taught to number [00:18:49] Speaker A: your days, so that you take it [00:18:50] Speaker B: to heart that death is the end of every man. [00:18:59] Speaker A: So there are a number of places [00:19:00] Speaker B: in Scripture that speak of mourning positively because it reminds us of our own mortality. Now, our common worldly inclination is to avoid funerals because they're sad or because we don't want to be reminded. We don't want to face our own mortality. The fact that we also have a [00:19:35] Speaker A: numbered lifespan, it will come to an end. [00:19:41] Speaker B: It's uncomfortable to be reminded of that. It's uncomfortable to think about it, to face it. [00:19:48] Speaker A: But what does it allow us to do? [00:19:50] Speaker B: It allows us to present to the Lord a heart of wisdom. This is part of mourning. This is part of the blessedness of mourning. [00:19:58] Speaker A: The fruit of mourning is that we [00:20:00] Speaker B: are able to be wise in our hearts. [00:20:11] Speaker A: There's also comfort, comfort that comes from knowing that those who have died in [00:20:20] Speaker B: Christ have gone to be with Him. That when we mourn, we do not mourn as those who have no hope. We mourn knowing that we will be [00:20:32] Speaker A: comforted even as this verse says, [00:20:36] Speaker B: we shall be comforted. [00:20:43] Speaker A: And so we do not. [00:20:48] Speaker B: Disconnect. Remember how I said, the poor in spirit is not disconnected from the poor? We do not disconnect mourning over our own sin, seeing our own poverty of spiritual life, and mourning over that. We also do not disconnect that from mourning in general. [00:21:18] Speaker A: What do we mourn about? Yes, we mourn the loss of loved ones. [00:21:22] Speaker B: Yes, we mourn the death of our [00:21:24] Speaker A: brothers and sisters in Christ. But we also mourn over the sin [00:21:33] Speaker B: of the world, the lack of justice and righteousness. We mourn when truth is buried and lies are spread. [00:21:49] Speaker A: We mourn the oppression of the weak and helpless. We mourn abortion. [00:21:53] Speaker B: We mourn many, many effects of the fall in this world. [00:22:07] Speaker A: We mourn and then we hear [00:22:14] Speaker B: there is comfort that when Jesus went away, he sent the Holy Spirit to be [00:22:19] Speaker A: a comforter to us. [00:22:23] Speaker B: And we realize we only get the comforter when we need to be comforted, You're not allowed to claim the Holy Spirit and all the blessings and the fruit of the Spirit in your life if you have no need of the Spirit. It's only when you have need of the Spirit. It's only when you need comfort that you can say, aha, the comforter. [00:23:00] Speaker A: I don't mean to say that unless [00:23:05] Speaker B: you're sad the Holy Spirit has departed you. [00:23:08] Speaker A: You understand that, I hope. [00:23:13] Speaker B: But rather you cannot receive the Holy Spirit in the first place. [00:23:22] Speaker A: Unless you acknowledge your sin, unless you mourn over it. [00:23:26] Speaker B: It's not just looking at the other, oh, I'm glad I'm not like him. It's not just looking out and seeing sin and being vexed by sin, which is good, that is something that we should mourn over. You should look at the sins of your friends and think, ah, I wish [00:23:41] Speaker A: that they didn't do that. [00:23:44] Speaker B: And then you should look at yourself [00:23:45] Speaker A: and think, I wish that I didn't do that. Now that leads us straight into the next verse. But hold on a minute, we're going to come back to the gentle, the humble. [00:24:16] Speaker B: I want you to keep that thought in mind. You see the sins of those around you and you mourn over them. And then what does it. It causes you to look at yourself more honestly, which is to say with humility. [00:24:33] Speaker A: But we're still dealing with the mourning part. [00:24:37] Speaker B: Seeing the sin in your friends, seeing the sin in the world, seeing the sin in yourself and mourning over it, Seeing the of the fall where all of creation groans, [00:24:49] Speaker A: waiting. [00:24:50] Speaker B: Mourning. [00:24:59] Speaker A: The progression in our verses is not just a progression of bad things that somehow are blessed. [00:25:10] Speaker B: Blessed are the poor, [00:25:13] Speaker A: blessed are those who mourn. But rather it's a progression of spiritual self knowledge. It's not enough to be poor in spirit, [00:25:25] Speaker B: to be in desperate need to see it. [00:25:31] Speaker A: You must mourn over your spiritual poverty. And when you mourn over your sin, this is a different kind of mourning [00:25:39] Speaker B: than just seeing death, seeing the results of the fall and mourning over it. [00:25:51] Speaker A: Many non Christians mourn the results of [00:25:54] Speaker B: the fall and shake their fist at God over it. How dare you let suffering and sin. How dare you let these things continue year after year? What kind of God are you? [00:26:10] Speaker A: Certainly not one that I would worship. This is a mourning that does not flow from being poor in spirit. [00:26:23] Speaker B: First, you see, it's a progression. Only those who are poor in spirit have the kind of mourning that is required of us. [00:26:38] Speaker A: And that mourning is the morning that leads to being comforted. Because it is a mourning that leads to repentance. God forgives those who have repentant hearts, and that is true comfort. But it's only comfort to those who mourn. And if you think that being a Christian means you are required to be [00:27:00] Speaker B: or will automatically be happy all the time, this verse is a big pin [00:27:08] Speaker A: popping that balloon, right? You haven't understood yet. [00:27:18] Speaker B: Blessed are those who mourn. [00:27:25] Speaker A: How many of God's servants have mourned? [00:27:29] Speaker B: Jesus wept when Lazarus died. Jesus also wept over Jerusalem and their [00:27:39] Speaker A: lack of repentance, the sin of the world. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet. [00:27:48] Speaker B: The apostle Paul exhorted day and night, house to house, with tears, [00:27:56] Speaker A: but he [00:27:56] Speaker B: really nails this sorrow that we're speaking [00:28:00] Speaker A: of this morning, this mourning of knowing [00:28:04] Speaker B: yourself when he cries out, wretched man [00:28:09] Speaker A: that I am, who will set me [00:28:11] Speaker B: free from the body of this death. This is the mourning of one who will be comforted. So if you know yourself, you will mourn. If you know yourself, you will mourn. Yes, if you look at the world without rose colored glasses, you will mourn. [00:28:41] Speaker A: But first you will know yourself and you will mourn. And if you mourn over your sin, you will be comforted with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Many preachers seek to give people what their itching ears want, which is to [00:28:59] Speaker B: be comforted without ever mourning. [00:29:06] Speaker A: It makes no sense. It's impossible. And this is why Jesus says, those who mourn are blessed. And that is why it leads straight into the next. Blessed are the gentle. [00:29:25] Speaker B: Now gentle again, we need to look at the word. [00:29:28] Speaker A: We need to understand. Other translations will use meek or humble. [00:29:37] Speaker B: It's a word that has a very wide meaning, that we have much narrower [00:29:43] Speaker A: words that fit inside it. I want you to sort of feel [00:29:48] Speaker B: the whole range of it by thinking [00:29:50] Speaker A: the meek, the gentle, the humble, all at once. This flows out of our mourning and being poor in spirit because it is easier to be gentle with others when [00:30:04] Speaker B: you understand how gentle God has been with you, [00:30:09] Speaker A: right? [00:30:11] Speaker B: It's easier when you have mourned over your own sin to mourn over your friend's sin. Not with a judgmental spirit, not with an aggressive, I can't believe you, [00:30:28] Speaker A: right? But with the humility and gentleness and meekness that comes from having mourned over your own sin first. After you've mourned over your own sin, [00:30:44] Speaker B: can you rail against the sin of others? [00:30:51] Speaker A: Humility looks at the log in your own eye before worrying about the speck in your brother's eye. In fact, even Jesus, our Savior, [00:31:04] Speaker B: is meek and mild. [00:31:10] Speaker A: Yes, he speaks with authority. He is also gentle and lowly. [00:31:27] Speaker B: There's a bit of a disconnect in our minds, I think, between those two things. How can Jesus be one who spoke with authority? How can Jesus be one who comes, when he returns with a sword? [00:31:41] Speaker A: Is he a different man? [00:31:43] Speaker B: Is he no longer meek? [00:31:57] Speaker A: I want you to think about what it means to be meek, to be gentle, to be humble. Jesus certainly was humble because he became [00:32:09] Speaker B: a man to take on flesh as of a created being, instead of as the eternal God, eternal spirit. [00:32:28] Speaker A: That was meek, that was humble, that [00:32:34] Speaker B: was gentle to us. [00:32:37] Speaker A: For him to take that action. [00:32:45] Speaker B: What does it mean for you to [00:32:47] Speaker A: be gentle after you have mourned? And what is the promise? The promise to those who are gentle [00:33:00] Speaker B: is that you shall inherit the earth. [00:33:02] Speaker A: What does that mean? [00:33:05] Speaker B: The meek will inherit the earth. That is again, something that ought to make us go. What? That doesn't seem to be the way things work. No, it's looking out for number one that gets you all [00:33:25] Speaker A: the earth. Do you remember the story of Lots? Back up from what you're thinking of. [00:33:46] Speaker B: Early on in the story of Lot, he's given a choice. He and Abraham are so rich that they can't even be together anymore. They've got so much cattle and sheep, [00:33:58] Speaker A: and their servants are fighting over the [00:33:59] Speaker B: grass and the wells. [00:34:01] Speaker A: And Abraham says, look, let's not fight. We're or relatives, you know. This doesn't. This is no good. [00:34:11] Speaker B: Choose what you want, land that you [00:34:15] Speaker A: want, and I'll go the other direction. And Lot looks out for number one. He takes the best land. But he did not inherit the earth. Think about that. [00:34:39] Speaker B: He ended up in the city of Sodom. [00:34:47] Speaker A: He ended up suffering the loss of everything. Those who are gentle, those who are meek, those who are humble are looking out not for themselves. They are concerned with others. And inheriting the earth. This promised blessing. [00:35:28] Speaker B: Jesus was offered the earth by Satan. Look at all the nations of the world. [00:35:36] Speaker A: They can be yours if you simply bow the knee to me. [00:35:41] Speaker B: So much of the time we're looking [00:35:45] Speaker A: for the blessing in exactly the opposite way. [00:35:51] Speaker B: Instead of in humility, entrusting ourselves to God, we insist that the blessing is good and we're going to take it. [00:36:04] Speaker A: Like Lot. Unlike Abraham. Abraham, who was promised the land [00:36:16] Speaker B: and died still waiting by faith, knowing that there was more to that promise. Inherit the earth. What do you want? What does that mean to you? Does that mean you'll have lots of land? [00:36:34] Speaker A: Does that mean your children will have [00:36:35] Speaker B: lots of land after you? [00:36:37] Speaker A: Or a Big house or plenty of money. [00:36:40] Speaker B: What does it mean to inherit the earth? Jesus inherited the earth. All authority in heaven, on earth has [00:36:45] Speaker A: been given to him. It's his. [00:36:47] Speaker B: The earth and all that dwell therein are his. [00:36:55] Speaker A: It's just very different, isn't it? This is a promise again, that is fulfilled only for those who are in Christ. And it leads us straight into hungering and thirsting for righteousness. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are in contrast to those who hunger and thirst for wealth and wellness. [00:37:23] Speaker B: What is it that you're seeking? What is it that you're desperate for? [00:37:26] Speaker A: What is your ambition? And it flows out of our mourning. A desire for greater personal holiness is directly a result over mourning over our [00:37:39] Speaker B: own sin, seeing our poverty, mourning over it, and having a hunger for righteousness [00:37:49] Speaker A: and a thirst. Righteousness is not like the Pharisees. Now, they were rich in righteousness in their own eyes. But Jesus says he came for the [00:38:05] Speaker B: sick, not the well, for the needy, not those who were rich. [00:38:15] Speaker A: So those who are already righteous in their own eyes are not given the [00:38:19] Speaker B: promise of being filled, being satisfied. Later in the sermon, he says they have their reward in full. [00:38:31] Speaker A: But if you hunger and you thirst after righteousness, instead of saying, oh, I [00:38:37] Speaker B: am righteous, all of these commandments I have kept. When you see your sin and you mourn over it, and you say, now I want, I desire to live a more holy life, [00:38:51] Speaker A: he says, [00:38:54] Speaker B: you will [00:38:54] Speaker A: have what you hunger and you thirst for, You will be satisfied. Now, at some point, you might think that the combination of being humble and gentle, meek, along with hungering and thirsting after righteousness leaves you with the choice of being like the Pharisees or being like the monks who withdrew to the desert, [00:39:44] Speaker B: action like the Pharisees, who are [00:39:47] Speaker A: just like, we're going to be righteous. Here's our rules. We're righteous. [00:39:50] Speaker B: We follow them. Or inaction, like the monks who decided, you know what meekness and hungering and [00:39:58] Speaker A: thirsting after righteousness means. [00:39:59] Speaker B: I'm just going to do nothing. [00:40:00] Speaker A: I'm just going to sit on top of this pole. But if you hunger for righteousness, [00:40:10] Speaker B: you'll be in good company with Job, [00:40:15] Speaker A: who [00:40:15] Speaker B: is not simply seeking to live a righteous life himself, but sought justice for others. This hungering and thirsting after righteousness leads to the action of obedience. [00:40:34] Speaker A: Hungering and thirsting after righteousness leads us to. [00:40:43] Speaker B: Seek justice, seek righteousness in the whole earth, [00:40:51] Speaker A: in ourselves. [00:40:52] Speaker B: But part of it, being in yourself, is that it continues to be a hunger and a thirst that you're still mourning over the sin in the world. [00:41:01] Speaker A: And now you're taking action, hungering and thirsting after righteousness flows right out of [00:41:13] Speaker B: that mourning because the mourning is over the lack. [00:41:22] Speaker A: You can't see enough holiness in yourself. You can't see holiness in the world and then you just begin to get thirsty. Oh, that I could just let justice roll down. You will be satisfied, [00:41:44] Speaker B: Christ will return, [00:41:46] Speaker A: and that is ultimately when that will be fulfilled.