Hunger and Thirst

Intro

A matter of the heart

All the Beatitudes are about the heart

Build off each other

poor in spirit - recognize our need for a Savior

Mourn - for the cost of your sin

gentile/meek - realizing that all comes from God

today

hunger and thirst for righteousness

who longs to grow in faith and seek after that which can only be supplied by God

Hunger and Thirst

“To have a strong desire to attain some goal, with the implication of an existing lack.”

To long for it

“implication of an existing lack”

Romans 3:10 as it is written, “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;

Righteousness

“The quality of being morally right or justifiable”

“doing that which God desires”

not longing to please self or any other person

doing the things that please God

“follow my commands” “my sheep know my voice”

Following God not just with words and confessions

but with actions

God will supply

Righteousness is supplied by God

as we show faithful with little, he will give more

part of Sanctification process

as we work out our salvation, God will strengthen our faith and increase our righteousness

not a one and done filling of his righteousness

a daily pouring over us

Noah and Abraham

Noah

Heb. 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Abraham

“faith counted as righteousness”

Heb. 11:8-19

Pharisees and Scribes

by works you were made righteous

Matt 5:20 “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.

surpass because it is beyond works, it’s a matter of faith

Scribes and Pharisees sought man’s approval and praise for their righteousness

We only seek God’s praise for it

“Don’t let your right hand know what the left hand is doing.”

“Righteousness is doing that which God desires”

he desires faith, confession, fruit

God counts faith as righteousness

Conclusion

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

Jesus is the source of satisfying that hunger and thirst

that which our heart longs for, can only be satisfied by Christ Jesus

we are content with Jesus

no longer searching the world to fulfill the desires of our heart

only Jesus can do that

What is it that your heart longs for?

anything other than Jesus will leave you lacking and wanting more

If you believe in Jesus

then long for the desires of His heart, people saved, growth in faith, daily reaching out to him

If you don’t believe in Jesus

then you will forever be searching for something that will fill your heart, while the true filling, the lasting filling, is just before you.

Will you let him in? He is waiting for you.