About This Message
Jesus follows the blessings with four sharp woes — to the rich, the well-fed, those who laugh now, and those praised by everyone. Not curses on success, but on self-sufficiency: when this life becomes all you live for, you've already received everything you're going to get.
“If you laugh now at the world's shallow jokes, you may mourn later. But if you weep over the world's brokenness, you will laugh forever.”
Key Points
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Woe to the rich — not because money is evil, but because it so easily becomes a substitute for God.
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Woe to the well-fed — satisfied with what this world gives, they will find it does not last.
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Woe to those who laugh now — shallow comfort in a broken world is borrowed happiness.
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Woe when all speak well of you — the prophets were never popular.
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The woes are mercy: a warning to those who still have time to turn.
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