Rejoice and be Glad

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Matthew 5:1:11
1.  Now when Yahushua saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down.  His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.  He said:
2.  “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
3.  Blessed are those who mourn,
 for they will be comforted.
4.  Blessed are the meek,
 for they will inherit the earth.
5.  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
 for they will be filled.
6.  Blessed are the merciful,
 for they will be shown mercy.
7.  Blessed are the pure in heart,
 for they will see Yahuwah.
8.  Blessed are the peacemakers,
 for they will be called children of Yahuwah.
9.  Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
10. “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 
11.  Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for, in the same way, they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Our Saviour here gives eight characteristics of blessed people, which represent to us the principal graces of his true followers of Yahushua.  The poor in spirit are happy.  These bring their minds to their condition when it is in a low condition.  They are humble and lowly in their own eyes.  They see their want, bewail their guilt, and thirst after a Redeemer.  The kingdom of grace is of such, the kingdom of glory is for them.  

Those that mourn are happy.  That righteous sorrow which worketh true repentance, watchfulness, a humble mind, and continual dependence for acceptance on the mercy of Yuhawah though Yahushua's sacrifice, with constant seeking the Holy Spirit, to cleanse away the remaining evil, seems here to be intended.  Heaven is the joy of our Elohim a mountain of joy, to which our way is through a vale of tears.  Such mourners shall be comforted by their Elohim.

The meek are happy.  The meek are those who quietly submit to Yahuwah who can bear insult, are silent, or return a soft answer, who, in their patience, keep possession of their own souls, when they can scarcely keep possession of anything else.  These meek ones are happy, even in this world. Meekness promotes wealth, comfort, and safety, even in this world.  Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are happy.  Righteousness is here put for all spiritual blessings.

These are purchased for us by the righteousness of Yahushua, confirmed by the faithfulness of Yahuwah.  Our desires of spiritual blessings must be earnest.  Though all desires for grace are not grace, yet such a desire as this, is a desire of Yahuwah's own raising, and he will not forsake the work of his own hands.  The merciful are happy. We must not only bear our own afflictions patiently, but we must do all we can to help those who are in misery.  We must have compassion on the souls of others, and help them, pity those who are in sin and seek to snatch them as brands out of the burning. The pure in heart are happy, for they shall see Yahuwah.

Here holiness and happiness are fully described and put together.  The heart must be purified by faith and kept for Yahuwah.  Create in me such a clean heart, O Yahuwah.  None but the pure are capable of seeing Yahuwah, nor would heaven be happiness to the impure.  As Yahuwah cannot endure looking upon their iniquity, so they cannot look upon his purity.  The peace-makers are happy.  They love, and desire and delight in peace and study to be quiet.  They keep the peace that it is not broken and recover it when it is broken.  If the peace-makers are blessed, woe to the peace-breakers!

Those who are persecuted for 'righteousness' sake are happy.  This saying is peculiar to faithful followers of Yahushua and it is more largely insisted upon than any of the rest.  Yet there is nothing in our sufferings that can be merited to Yahuwah but Yahuwah will provide that those who lose for him, though life itself, shall not lose by him in the end.  Blessed Yahushua how different are thy maxims from those of men of this world!  They call the pro happy, and admire the gay, the rich, the powerful, and the victorious.  May we find mercy from Yahuwah, may we be owned as his children, and inherit his kingdom.  With these enjoyments and hopes, we may cheerfully welcome low or painful circumstances.

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