Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.… I. AN OBJECT OF CHRISTIAN DESIRE — righteousness. This is conformity to God's will. God is righteous. 1. Personal purity. 2. It also takes the form of doing right. II. THIS OBJECT IS A MATTER OF DESIRE. 1. The desire for righteousness is present more or less in most men. 2. The attention is not drawn to its possession, but to the desire for it. III. THE ATTAINMENT OF THIS OBJECT. They shall have righteousness. 1. The desire for righteousness is met by the actual presence of sin. Jesus died that sin might be removed. 2. The desire for righteousness is met and apparently hindered by the moral feebleness of our moral nature. The Holy Ghost is given to him. IV. THE POSSESSION OF THIS OBJECT IS HAPPINESS. (W. Butcher.) I. The VASTNESS AND INTENSTY of the religious life. Hunger and thirst are primitive appetites; they cover life. II. The GLORY Of the religious life. We assimilate the strength of what we feed on. III. The PROGRESSIVENESS of the religious life. IV. The SATISFACTION of the religious life. (T. T. Sherlock, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.WEB: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. |
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