devastating experience. If pastors preached on sin, says Colson, many people would flee their church pews never to return.2 The abiding fact is that man has always been in need of such an encounter. And to this end Jesus has given the second Beatitude, because it shows the necessity of truly facing one’s sin. So no one would miss the point, the Lord put this in the most striking language. TRUTH UPSIDE-DOWN When read apart from its context, the second Beatitude is startling: “Blessed are those who