Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness; Matthew 5:6

February 14, 2016

Series: Sermon on the Mount: The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached

Category: Sunday Evening Sermons

Passage: Matthew 5:6

Speaker: Daniel Sweet

  1. Blessed are those who seek to be emptied: spiritual poverty, brokenness, gentleness
  2. Blessed are those who seek to be filled
    • Hunger and thirst: an inward craving, an intense desire, a drive for that which is absolutely necessary
    • For righteousness
      • Option 1: right standing before God, imputed righteousness on the basis of faith
      • Option 2: corporate rightness with others, striving for justice in this world
      • Option 3: personal rightness with God, striving to do the right thing according to God’s will for our lives (Best option)
      • Context of the Sermon on the Mount:
        1. Matthew 5:20 – fulfilling the Law’s requirements
        2. Matthew 6:1 – “practicing your righteousness,” meaning the spiritual disciplines of giving, praying, and fasting
        3. As Jesus said in John 4:34, “My food is to do the will of the One who sent Me.”
      • They will be satisfied
        • The focus, the spiritual discipline, the effort, the striving is worth it because God will grant satisfaction or fulfillment

III.          Conclusion: There is a promised happiness for those who strive for personal righteousness, who are living out God’s Word and pursuing God through the practice of spiritual disciplines because God will satisfy their deepest longings

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