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  HAPPY ARE YE IF YE DO THEM
  by A.B. Simpson
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Summary: The sermon highlights the rewards of a surrendered choice,
including the satisfaction of hungering after righteousness and the joy
of suffering with Jesus.

Topics: "Joy in Suffering", "Blessedness in Surrender"
Scripture References: Psalm 126:5, Matthew 5:5-6, Acts 20:35, Romans 8:17, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Philippians 3:10, James 1:12, 1 Peter 4:13, Revelation 21:4

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A.B. Simpson emphasizes the profound peace and joy that come from
yielding one's will to God and embracing a humble heart. He highlights
the blessings of hungering for righteousness and the satisfaction that
surpasses worldly pleasures. Simpson further explains that true
happiness is found in mercy, forgiveness, and the act of giving, which
leads to a double blessing. He concludes with the idea that suffering
for Christ transforms into a deeper joy, illustrating the paradox of
experiencing both tears and joy simultaneously in the Christian life.

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You little know the rest that comes from the yielded will, the
surrendered choice, the meek and lowly heart that lets the world go by
and knows that it shall inherit the earth which is has refused. You
little know the relish that it gives to the blessing to hunger and
thirst after righteousness and to be filled with a satisfaction that
worldly delight cannot afford. You little know what it is to then rise
to the higher blessedness of the merciful, the forgiving, the hearts
that have learned that it is "more blessed to give than to receive," and
the lives that find that "letting go is twice possessing" and blessing
other is to be doubly blessed.

There is yet one jewel brighter than all the rest in this crown of
beatitudes.

It is the teardrop crystallized into the diamond, the blood drop
transfigured into the ruby of heaven's eternal crown. It is the joy of
suffering with Jesus and then forgetting all the sorrow in the
overflowing joy until with the heavenly Pascal we know not which to say
first and so we say them both together, "Tears upon tears, joy upon
joy."

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ab-simpson/happy-are-ye-if-ye-do-them/
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