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The Christian Appetite
DT: As Christians we must desire and crave righteousness so that will are blessed
Aim: We will make righteousness a priority in our daily lives
Introduction: My favorite meal is collard greens, macaroni and cheese, fried catfish and black eyed-peas.
It is not often that I eat this meal but when I do, I enjoy it.
There are moments that I desire to have this meal above anything else.
My appetite is not satisfied until I get my collard greens, macaroni and cheese, fried catfish and black eyed-peas.
So, it is for the Christian who has an appetite for righteousness.
The favorite spiritual intake for the Christian is righteousness.
Today our text challenges each of us to focus upon the priority of righteousness in our lives.
Jesus points out that there are blessings involved in the pursuit of righteousness and He guarantees that those who shall pursue righteousness will be satisfied.
Jesus says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Those words hunger and thirst are conflated in definition and mean, to strongly desire.
Do you desire righteousness?
Do you desire it strongly?
This literally means to crave to the point of necessity.
Transition: The Christian knows he needs to be righteous and recognizes that this righteousness begins to be found through the Will of God.
So, what is the Christian Appetite?
As Christians, we must also have an appetite that
Christians Hunger and Thirst for the Will of God
The word righteousness refers to the quality or state of juridical correctness with focus on redemptive action.
Hungering and thirsting for righteousness describes people who earnestly desire to live a righteous life as God wants them to live.
They desire to conform to God’s Will in actions, thought, speech, and worship.
quality or state of juridical correctness with focus on redemptive action, righteousness.
They desire to conform to God’s will in actions, thought, speech, and worship
It describes people who earnestly desire to live a righteous life as God wants them to live
It describes people who earnestly desire to live a righteous life as God wants them to live
Transition: Why does the Christian have an appetite for the Will of God?
David Abernathy, An Exegetical Summary of , Exegetical Summaries (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2013), 105.
Why does the Christian have an appetite for the Will of God?
William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 247.
David Abernathy, An Exegetical Summary of Matthew 1–16, Exegetical Summaries (Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2013), 105.
does the Christian have an appetite for the Will of God?
Why does the Christian have an appetite for the Will of God?
God’s Will is always right
God does the right thing always.
What God plans for us is never wrong.
God purposes each of us for His divine glory and we are to walk and work to exercise His Will.
What may seem difficult for us is never difficult for God.
What may appear unexpected for us is never unexpected for God.
It is His Will and it is right.
God does not set us up to fail.
God stands us up to what is right, and that right thing is His Will.
As a believer we must hunger for the Will of God even when it is unpopular in the world.
Doing the Will of God is never unrighteous.
The believer hungers and craves God’s Will because they know God’s Will is always right.
God’s Will is always the right choice
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God’s will is always the right choice
We are faced with choices daily and some of those choices can lead to paths of destruction and harsh consequences.
The choice for you and I as believers is the Will of God.
Truth is, we may not know what is in store for us as we travel in the Will of God, but we can rest assured that God knows what He is doing.
God’s Will is the right choice even when we face tough situations and circumstances; because God gets glory from those situations and circumstances.
The right choice is not always painless.
There are some burdens that we may encounter.
Personal gain may not be great, but God’s Will remains the right choice.
The Scripture is filled with men and women who recognized the Will of God as the right choice.
Moses- was exiled, Noah- was ridiculed, Abraham- was cheated, Esther- faced death, Mary- faced being stoned, Joseph - faced embarrassment and Jesus chose the Cross.
God’s Will is Fulfilling
It is not the fulfillment of being lifted by others, but it is the fulfillment of joy because we have pleased God.
The very motive of the Christian should not be for the reward in receives from God; but for the pleasure we bring God when we do His Will.
Doing the right thing is never only about us but also about pleasing God.
Nothing is more fulfilling than pleasing God.
Have you experienced that?
That feeling that makes you know that you have given God what He desires?
I challenge you today to experience it, I promise you there is nothing like it!
Illustration: While watching Star Wars the other day, one of the characters is a droid named R2-D2.
R2-D2 was given a mission and purpose to carry out.
There were a few obstacles and challenges that attempted to prevent R2 from completing the mission but R2 kept going.
Transition: We too should press forward to do the Will of God regardless of the challenges and obstacles.
Application: Do not be influenced by the world which says, its ok to do your own thing.
Do not be convinced by the world that doing what is right in your own eyes is ok.
Live according to the standards of God.
Be convinced and influenced by the Will of God.
Transition: But even as our goal ought be to please God, let us be cognizant that we as Christians must also hunger and thirst for the opportunity to do what is right.
The Christian Thirsts for the Opportunity to Do the Will of God
Christians Hunger and Thirst for the Opportunity to Do What is Right
The Christian Thirsts for the Opportunity to Do the Will of God
Christians Hunger and Thirst for the Opportunity to Do What is Right
It is not enough to know what the Will of God is; It is just as important to do the Will of God.
As Christians we need not ignore the opportunities, we face daily to do that which is righteous.
Seek to be just
Righteousness is not about what happens to you.
It involves the recognition that God requires us to do what is right to our fellow man.
There is no excuse good enough to reject and avoid doing that which is just.
This verse reminds each of us that our spiritual hunger and thirst can only be quenched and satisfied by righteousness.
Neither revenge nor hatred can whet the appetite of the Christian.
We must seek to be just:
In all matters
When we speak of just, we are not speaking of what brings us gratification.
We speak of that which is measured by the heart of God.
We cannot pick and choose the things that we will be just about; we must be just about everything.
When we are mistreated, we must do what is just.
When we are forgotten, looked over and hated we must do what is right, not what we may believe may make us feel better.
All matters, include for the less fortunate and the suffering.
We must seek to do what is right for those who have been forsaken.
Christians cannot be a part of the stoning committee.
We must be champions for other people.
micah 6:8
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