July 28, 2024, Church Service: The Greatest Commandment (Part 5): Mourning

Scripture Focus:

1. Matthew 22:36-37 “TEACHER WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW. HE SAID, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.””
2. 1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
3. Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
4. Job1:8 and 2:3a “The Lord said to Satan, have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”
5. Job 1:20-22 “Then Job got up, tore his robe, and shaved his head; then he fell to the ground and worshipped. “He said, Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Despite all this, Job did not sin nor did he blame God”
6. Job 2:3b ”And he still holds firm to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
7. Job 2:9-10 “Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold firm your integrity? Curse God and die!” But he said to her, “You speak are speaking as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we actually accept good from God but not accept adversity?” Despite all this, Job did not sin with his lips.”
8. Luke 18:14 “…but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
9. Philippians 2:8-9 “And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. For this reason, also, God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name.”
10. Isiah 6:5 “Then I said, Woe to me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.”
11. 2 Chronicles 7:14 “and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
12. 1 Peter 2:24 “and He Himself brought our sins in His body up on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His wounds, you were healed.”
13. Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
14. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 “I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
15. 2 Timothy 2:25b “…if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth.”
16. Luke 9:23 “And He was saying to them all, if anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself , and take up his cross daily and follow Me.”
17. Ephesians 2:7-9 “so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace, you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
18. Isiah 40:1-2 “Comfort, comfort My people, says your God. Speak kindly to Jerusalem; and call out to her, that her warfare has ended, that her guilt has been removed, that she has received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”
19. 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”
20. Luke 19:41 “When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it.”
21. Psalm 118:26a “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord…”
22. Luke 23:21 “but they kept on calling out, saying Crucify, Crucify Him.”
23. Malachi 2:16 For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of armies. “So be careful about your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
24. Matthew 19:6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”
25. 1 John 4:10-11 “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (reconciliation with God by atoning for sins) for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.