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Be hungry for God v6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
How many of you have experienced hunger for something specific after a meal?
Our appetites are so distinct and developed by our culture and habits, but there is something specific we can hunger for, and it is actually a blessing.
A. Righteousness
So what is righteousness?
In the Bible, we see three types of righteousness mentioned.
Positional righteousness
This is defined as the doctrine concerning how man may attain a state, approved by God.
We cannot be made righteous by our works.
This is only possible through believing in the finished work of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection.
Personal righteousness
This refers to integrity, the correctness of thinking, feeling, and acting.
Positional righteousness with God without personal righteousness is not a blessed life.
Public righteousness
This is justice or the virtue which gives each his due.
This is righteousness in the land, in political-economic systems, public policy, and administration.
B. Response
What should be our response to the righteousness of God?
To hunger and thirst.
It means to crave ardently, seek with eager desire, and eagerly wait for those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened.
What do you hunger and thirst for?
Validation, recognition, security, comfort?
The person who doesn’t hunger and thirst is the one who is 6 feet under.
Even when we are unwell, we have trouble with hunger.
So it is a sign of spiritual health when we hunger and thirst for righteousness.
C. Reward
What is the reward of hungering and thirsting after righteousness?
That we will be satisfied.
Since righteousness is not of man but God, we cannot satisfy ourselves.
God promises to satisfy us.
So how does he satisfy us?
Past - When we place our trust in Jesus, our longing to be right with God is satisfied - not because of our righteous deeds but by faith.
Present - “He guides me along the paths of righteousness.”
He satisfies us not only in salvation but in sanctification by giving us the required grace.
Future - On this side of eternity, we will never experience utter satisfaction for our hunger and thirst for righteousness because sin and injustice still plague this world.
This is why Jesus says in John 4: 13 -14
REFLECT AND ASK YOURSELF:
What do you hunger and thirst for?
What does the hunger for righteousness look like in your area of influence?
How has Jesus satisfied you in your hunger and thirst for righteousness?
Receive forgiveness and be merciful v7
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Keep in mind Jesus is addressing his followers.
If you are in the Kingdom of God, you have already obtained mercy.
The mercy seat is the starting place.
Mercy is not a New Testament concept.
God has always been merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in love.
His mercies are new every morning.
In His mercy, He does not treat us as our sins deserve.
Mercy is at the center of the gospel.
God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ.
The kingdom is all about giving and not just receiving.
So, as we have received forgiveness, we need to forgive; as we have received grace, we give grace; as we have received mercy, we show mercy.
The Roman culture saw mercy as a sign of weakness.
Could this have influenced the Jews who lived under Roman rule?
God was reminding them who He is and who they are.
The world’s ways tend to cling to us, and we need to keep reminding ourselves we are not of this world.
What is mercy?
Mercy is not giving you the punishment you deserve.
Grace is giving you what you do not deserve.
We cannot demand either of them.
So, we need to come to God in humility.
We can only give mercy because we have received mercy first.
If we needed to be merciful first, then the mercy we receive from God would be a payment for our kindness.
That is not so.
Those in the kingdom have already received mercy, and showing mercy is Kingdom culture.
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