morally bankrupt, totally depraved, without strength to do good, and without hope of accumulating merit before God. As spiritual beggars, they look only to God for moral worth. What is the reward given to such persons? They will someday be admitted to the Kingdom of Heaven to enjoy the blessings associated with this Kingdom. 2. They are mournful—They mourn because of the sin in the world (and the sin yet in their own lives) and because of the effects of this sin. They can’t be completely happy as
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