EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
7/17/2026 8:33 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “The
Blessed”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
6:20b-23
Message
of the verses: “Blessed are you who are poor, for
yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are
you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, and
ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the
Son of Man. Be glad in that day and leap
for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to
treat the prophets.”
I want to pick up from where I left
on in last this morning’s SD and see how far I can get this evening.
I am picking up from where I left
off this morning, which is counting from the third main point from MacArthur’s
website.
“Those who mourn will not only be
comforted (Matt. 5:4), but will even laugh, expressing the joy, relief,
and freedom of the forgiven. Psalm 30:5
promises, ‘Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the
morning.’ In Jeremiah 31:13 God promises,
‘I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and give them joy
for their sorrow.’ At His second coming
the Lord Jesus Christ will ‘comfort all who mourn…in Zion, giving them a
garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle
of praise instead of a spirit of fainting’ (Isa. 61:2-3; cf. 35:10; 51:3, 11).”
(Isa. 61:2-3; cf. 35:10; 51:3, 11)
“2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and
the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give
them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of
mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be
called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be
glorified.”
“10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and
come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they
shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
“3 For the LORD comforts Zion; he comforts all
her waste places and makes her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden
of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice
of song.”
“10 Was it not you who dried up the sea, the
waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed
to pass over?”
“The final Beatitude is perhaps the
most paradoxical and, from the human perspective, most incomprehensible of
all. The first three describe how the
repentant sinner views himself; the fourth describes how the world see
him. The Lord used four verbs, hate,
ostracize, insult, and scorn so sum up the vitriol, hostility, and
animosity poured out on His disciples by the unbelieving world. This fourth Beatitude indicates that the work
of the first three has been accomplished.
Genuine salvation has occurred, and the disciples’ changed lives are an
evident rebuke to all. The world’s
hostile reaction to Christ’s followers is evidence that they are among the
blessed, since the world does not reject its own.
“The underlying reason for sinners’
hatred, ostracism, insults, and scornful denunciation of the name (Christian)
that believers bear as evil is because of their association with the
Son of Man. The Lord elaborated on
that truth in His charge to the Twelve before sending them out to preach (Matt.
10:16-33).”
(Matt. 10:16-33)
“16 ¶ "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep
in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over
to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18
and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear
witness before them and the Gentiles. 19
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or
what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit
of your Father speaking through you. 21
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child,
and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s
sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to
the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns
of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his
master. 25 It is enough for the disciple
to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called
the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his
household. 26 "So have no fear of
them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not
be known. 27 What I tell you in the
dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
28 And do not fear those who kill the
body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and
body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows
sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your
Father. 30 But even the hairs of your
head are all numbered. 31 Fear not,
therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I
also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will
deny before my Father who is in heaven.”
“In verse
16 Jesus likened the opponents they would face to vicious wolves (cf. Matt.
7:15; Acts 20:29).”
(cf. Matt. 7:15; Acts 20:29)
“ 15 ¶
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but
inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
“29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves
will come in among you, not sparing the flock;”
“He further
cautioned the apostles that they would be severely punished in the courts and
synagogues (cf. 2 Cor. 11:24), including being put out of the synagogue (John
9:22, 34; 16:2), and by rulers (Matt. 10:17-18).”
(cf. 2 Cor. 11:24)
“24 Five times I received at the hands of the
Jews the forty lashes less one.”
(John 9:22, 34; 16:2)
“22 (His parents said these things because they
feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess
Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.”
“34 They answered him, “You were born in utter
sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.”
“2 They will put you out of the synagogues.
Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering
service to God.”
(Matt. 10:17-18)
“17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over
to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18
and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear
witness before them and the Gentiles.”
“Families
will be divided when some members identify with Christ (v. 21; cf. Luke
12:51-53).”
(v. 21; cf. Luke 12:51-53)
“21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you
shall be satisfied. ”Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.”
“51 Do you think that I have come to give peace
on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be
five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and
son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against
mother-in-law.’”
“All of
this hatred will be directed at believers because they name the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ (vv. 23:24-25) whom the unbelieving world hates (John
15:18-19; 16:33).”
(vv. 23:24-25)
“22 "Blessed are you when people hate you and
when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of
the Son of Man!”
“24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you
have received your consolation. 25 “Woe
to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. ”Woe to you who laugh now,
for you shall mourn and weep.”
(John 15:18-19; 16:33)
“18 ¶ "If the world hates you, know that it
has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you
were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not
of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”
“33 I have said these things to you, that in me
you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I
have overcome the world.’”
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