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INTRODUCTION
Keep in mind, during the beatitudes section of this sermon, Jesus is constructing His disciple from the inside out.
In fact, you could rightly say, the entire focus of this sermon is inside out disciple.
What do I mean by inside out?
The words mean having the inner surface turned outward.
It is best to see this in contrast.
At the time of Jesus, the Jewish religious system was an outward form of religion.
Their focus was not the heart but actions; therefore, if you did the actions, you were righteous before God.
However, Jesus turned this way of thing upside down in this sermon.
People must view your actions through your heart’s condition.
Therefore, if your actions betray your heart then you are just as guilty as if you commited the act.
Several years ago, while I was youth pastoring, we had a sinful situation take place with a couple of our youths.
I remember counseling the parents and youths involved about the situation.
The parents were focused on the outward; they are no longer doing this sin - they repented.
This was the Jewish way of thinking.
My focus was on the inward, where the heart is and which did not manifest a “poor in spirit” condition.
This was Jesus way of thinking.
Jesus had all these disciples following Him.
Many of whom were not authentic followers of Jesus Christ.
How to separate them?
By preaching a radical message of where the heart of the disciples of Jesus must be.
Serving Christ is first and foremost a heart issue.
So, as we go through the beatitudes and the rest of this sermon, may God help us to take an inventory of our heart.
OBJECT
The object is not blessedness.
Blessedness is the result of us pursuing the object of each beatitude.
We should not hunger and thirst for blessedness.
This is not what Jesus said.
Our world is in such a mess, we spend so much time, effort, and money on happiness; yet, never truly experiencing real and meaningful joy.
The reason our world is such an unhappy, joyless and angry place is the object of their pursuit is happiness.
They desire the effect, without caring about the process.
Martyn Lloyd Jones: “
The world, it is obvious, has fallen into a primary and fundamental error…Think of a man who is suffering from some painful disease.
Generally the one desire of such a patient is to be relived of his pain, and one can understand that very well.
No one likes suffering pain.
The one idea of this patient, therefore, is to do anything which will relieve him of it; but if the doctor who is attending this patient is also only concerned about relieving this man’s pain he is a very bad doctor.
His primary duty is to discover the cause of the pain and to treat that.
Pain is a wonderful symptom which is provided by nature to call attention to disease, and the ultimate treatment for pain is to treat the disease, not the pain....Now that is the folly of which the world is guilty.
It says, “I want to get rid of my pain.”
But the question is, what is the cause of the pain, and the unhappiness, and the wretchedness?
They are not happy who hunger and thirst after happiness and blessedness.
No. “Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness.”
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The story is told of James Guthrie, a Christian who went to the scaffold for his faith in Jesus Christ.
Waking at 4 A. M. on the day of his execution, James spent time in personal worship, and was asked by his friend James Cowie how he felt.
“Very well,” replied James.
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
The reason James could have joy on the morning of his execution was his pursuit was not joy but the Lord.
For the Christian, the object of our pursuit is not happiness or blessedness but poor in spirit, mourning over sin, meekness, and hungering and thirsting after righteousness.
Thomas Watson said:
A duty implied: 'Blessed are those who hunger'.
Spiritual hunger is a blessed hunger.
What is meant by hunger?
Hunger is put for desire ().
Spiritual hunger is the rational appetite whereby the soul pants after that which it apprehends most suitable and proportional to itself.
Whence is this hunger?
Hunger is from the sense of lack.
He who spiritually hungers, has a real sense of his own indigence.
He lacks righteousness.
(Beatitudes)
Let us consider some points about this object:
Those of us who are poor in spirit, mourn over sin, meek, and hunger and thirst after righteousness declares Jesus to be our object.
Our Appetite
The appetite of the person who is poor and spirit is the taste of righteousness.
In , Peter tells the scattered Christians to:
They are to desire the sincere milk of God’s word because they have tasted the Lord to be gracious.
The reason we to hunger and thirst after righteousness is because we have tasted the Lord to be gracious.
When a man is hungry the only thing that will satisfy him is food.
He has no interest in other things.
You can show him diamonds and jewels, houses and land, but if he is starving his only desire is for food.
He realizes that all those other things that people value so highly are meaningless in comparison to satisfying his hunger.
The words “hunger” and “thirst” are active voice and present tense.
This means there will always be a continual hunger and thirst for righteousness.
“Hunger” means to constantly feel the pangs of lack of, and in this case, it is the lack of righteousness.
We can never get to the place, on this side of eternity, where we can be completely satisfied with our righteousness.
There should always be this continual hungering and thirsting for righteousness.
This means two things:
This means we must have a craving for righteousness.
A duty implied: 'Blessed are those who hunger'.
Spiritual hunger is a blessed hunger.
What is meant by hunger?
Hunger is put for desire ().
Spiritual hunger is the rational appetite whereby the soul pants after that which it apprehends most suitable and proportional to itself.
Whence is this hunger?
Hunger is from the sense of lack.
He who spiritually hungers, has a real sense of his own indigence.
He lacks righteousness.
(Beatitudes)
Having a craving for righteousness is dependent upon our view of us and God.
“Having a craving for righteousness is dependent upon our view of us and God.
Viewing ourselves
It does not seem that Paul ever forgot who he was.
Outside of grace, he was a wretched man, with a sin nature of death.
Why did he constantly stay hungry for God?
He never lost view of himself.
Imagine how much different David’s life would have ended up, if he did not lose sight of who he was outside of God’s favor?
David confessed his sinful view of himself after Nathan the prophet exposed his sin.
Viewing God - Understanding who we are is not enough to crave for righteousness.
Everyone is craving for something but with most people their craving is not after righteousness.
The reason in every case is an improper view of God.
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