2025 ITEROF Message Two

Scripture reading:

Matt. 5:4-5 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.

I. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted—Matt. 5:4: (Monday)

A. The saints who are poor in spirit and seek God will mourn because of the surrounding situation, the present age, and all the people in the world, who in such a way do not want God, resist God, and rebel against God.

B. The entire world situation is negative toward God’s economy; God’s glory is shamed, Christ is rejected, the Holy Spirit is frustrated, the church is desolate, the self is corrupt, and the whole world is evil—Matt. 5:4.

C. A believer who lives in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens often has this kind of mourning; the object of this mourning is God and His government, and this mourning is high and holy—Matt. 5:4.

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D. If we are poor in spirit, we will surely mourn; we will feel sad and sorrowful because of the poor condition among God’s people and even because of our own condition. (Tuesday)

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II. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth—Matt. 5:5: (Wednesday)

A. If we are poor in spirit and mourn for the pitiful situation of others, we will spontaneously be meek.

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B.The Lord Jesus spoke of Himself: “I am meek [or, gentle] in heart”; meekness is a human virtue of Christ through the divine life—Matt. 11:29; 2 Cor. 10:1. (Thursday)

C. Christ’s meekness is seen in the way He entered into Jerusalem as described in Matthew 21:1-11; He was meek, riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden—Matt. 21:5.

D. The meek shall inherit the earth; if we live in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens and participate in the kingdom, we will inherit the kingdom of God—Matt. 5:5; 1 Cor. 6:9a, 10b:

E. We have entered the kingdom through regeneration and now need to grow and develop in the divine life; the result of this growth and development is that we inherit the kingdom of God—1 Cor. 6:9a, 10b.

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III. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God; our Father is the God of peace, who has a life of peace with a nature of peace, and we have been born of Him—Matt. 5:9; Rom. 15:33: (Friday)

A. For the sake of the kingdom of the heavens, under its heavenly rule, we must be peacemakers among all men; since we have been born of Him, if we would be peacemakers, we must walk in His divine life according to His divine nature—Heb. 12:14; Rom. 15:33.

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B. The central thought of the book of Romans is that in His salvation God makes sinners His sons, having His life and nature, so that they may become the constituents of the Body of Christ as His expression—Rom. 8:14, 19. (Saturday)

C. Romans 8 gives special emphasis to sonship; all who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God, and the leading of The Spirit indicates that we are sons of God in the growth in life—Rom. 8:14.

OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING

Reading the verses in each day.

Reading the main points in the outlines.

Pray-reading the verses:

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall receive consolation—Matt. 5:4.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth—Matt. 5:5.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God—Matt. 5:9.

Word of Appetizer

For what kind of situation does God want us to mourn? What kind of mourning is noble and holy?

The whole situation of the world is negative toward God’s economy; God’s glory is shamed, Christ is rejected, the Holy Spirit is frustrated, the church is desolate, the self is corrupt, and the whole world is evil; Satan, sin, the self, darkness, and the world have brought all the people on earth under bondage; God wants us to mourn for such a situation.

The mourning of the saints is not because of their own disasters but because they have not gained God enough; the object of this mourning is God and His governmental authority; this kind of mourning is noble and holy.

Spiritual Burden

If we are poor in spirit and mourn for the pitiful situation of others, we will spontaneously be meek; we are meek toward others, but we must fight against the powers of darkness; if we are meek and willingly endure the opposition of the people of the world in this age, we shall inherit the earth in the coming age.

For the sake of the kingdom of the heavens, under its heavenly rule, we must be peacemakers among all men; blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.

Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting

The Revelation of the Truth

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall receive consolation.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.

The Experience of Life

Our sorrowful hearts will receive consolation today by gaining God and submitting to His rule; but the greater and fuller consolation that we will receive will be in the coming kingdom and in eternity.

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God”; the leading of The Spirit indicates that we are sons of God in the growth in life.

Practice and Application

The situation among God’s people today is truly worthy of mourning; for the sake of the kingdom life, we also need to mourn; we need to mourn for ourselves, for our society, and for Christianity today.

We are meek toward others, but we must fight against the powers of darkness; if we are meek and willingly endure the opposition of the people of the world in this age, we shall inherit the earth in the coming age.

We have entered into the kingdom through regeneration and now need to grow and develop in the divine life; the result of this growth and development enables us to inherit the kingdom of God.