Two More Be- Attitude... Right Christian Attitudes.....
In every one of these Be-Attitude, it has 2 part pattern
Blessed is the person who has the attitude
1. Virture/Attitude
2. Result of Having the attitude...
Let us learn about
1. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness sake, for they shall be satisfied
2.Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness sake
Blessed are those who hungry....Biblical Principles are always opposite to world says.....
1.World says....Blessed are those who eat good food and never fast... Bible says Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
2. World says...Blessed are those who save the most they will have the most...Bible says Blessed are those who give, they will receive
3. World says....Blessed are those who are rich....Bible says Blessed are those who are poor in spirit
Lord Jesus is not saying that blessed are those who hunger for food and thirst for water...But to be right with God. Are you hungry and thirsty to be right with God?
Every person will be hungry to feed his soul what he/she craves for, What are you craving for?
Some crave for Choclate, Cofee, Meat, Alchohol, Video Games, etc....
We should all have spiritual hunger and thirst for God, Many of the Psalmist David expressed this desire...
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water - Ps 63:1
Sons of Korah are expressing their desire for God in one of well know psalms.. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Ps 42:1-2
Here is an example... of a young man..who wanted eternal life...Rich Young ruler came to Jesus Christ - What can I do attain eternal Life? - Matthew 19:16-22, Jesus answered keep the law, He said, I have been doing it since my childhood, He said, what still do I lack, Jesus answered and said, Go give what you have to the poor and come follow me. Young ruler went away sad, because he had much possessions. This rich young ruler had thirst but could not receive it.
We can never be right with God with our own effort, We have to hunger and thirst, it is God who satisfies us. Another example is from Church History, Martin Luther life as monk in a Augustinian Order, in Erfurt Germany can be explained as Life that is Hungry and Thirsty to be right with God. Living a very strict life living in a very small cell, with no physical comforts, He still confessed his sin to his Supervisor Staupitz for 6 shours. Staupitz told Luther, that he should confess some big sin, not small petty sins of mind. But Luther knew it well that even slightest sin before God cannot make him right with God. He was sent to teach the as a Professor of Bible at Wittenburg, Germany. There reading the Bible discovered the truth that God has to make a person righteous. Righteousness can never be attained by works, but has to be received as a free gift of God.
Here is how a person be righteous before God....
We can never be righteous before God by ourselves...No one is justified by the works...Gal 2:16; If a person could righteous before God by works, Christ died for no purpose. By our own thoughts, works, and deeds. We can be hungry....It is God will satisfy us. We cannot satisfy ourselves with Self righteousness.
yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Galatians 2:16
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. Gal 2:21.
Salvation and Righteousness are mentioned as garments in Old testament....
Isaiah 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels
God is the one who clothes with garments of Salvation and Robe of Righteousness...like how he clothed Adam and Eve by the garments of skin.
Righteousness as a gift of God...
Romans 3:23-28:for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Abraham is justified - Made righteous by Faith
Romans 4:2-7 - For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness?
George Whitefield at the age of 16 became deeply convicted of sin. He tried everything possible to erase his guilt through religious activity. He wrote, “I fasted for 36 hours twice a week. I prayed formal prayers several times a day and almost starved myself to death during Lent, but only felt more miserable. Then by God’s grace I met Charles Wesley who put a book in my hand which showed me from the Scriptures that I must be “born again” or be eternally lost.” Reading the scripture he came to Jesus Christ.
George Whitefield was hungry for righteous before God, He was made righteous because of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Blessed are the Merciful ....they shall receive mercy...
Mercy...What is mercy?Merriam Webster dictionary defines...Mercy as compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power
Compassion - forgiveness shown to the Offender....Blessed are those who show mercy to others....Why should we even show mercy? Those who offend us, those who hurt us, those who do us harm. Show mercy to them...Blessed is the person who shows mercy to others.
To the question Peter asks...How many should I forgive my brother... Jesus answered..
Jesus Christ tells us about a parable in Matthew 18:23 -
King and a servant who ows - 10,000 talents.. Servants pleads the pardon....King pardons the the huge amount. In turn the servant goes and finds a man who ows him 100 denarri.He did not forgive the person and put him in prison. The fellow servants..saw....and reported the event to the king. King put him in prison. When God forgave so much , How can we not forgive others and show mercy.
Let me ask you this personal questions.
Do you hate anybody in your life?
Are you not able to forgive any person in your life?
Are you unable to forget How your friend or spouse hurt you?
Look at the Cross today and see How much Jesus Christ forgave you? Then you will be able to forgive them.
Such people who forgive others and show mercy, they themselves find mercy.
Our God is merciful God,
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Exodus 34:6Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his Mercy endures forever. Ps 136:1
In every one of these Be-Attitude, it has 2 part pattern
Blessed is the person who has the attitude
1. Virture/Attitude
2. Result of Having the attitude...
Let us learn about
1. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness sake, for they shall be satisfied
2.Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness sake
Blessed are those who hungry....Biblical Principles are always opposite to world says.....
1.World says....Blessed are those who eat good food and never fast... Bible says Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
2. World says...Blessed are those who save the most they will have the most...Bible says Blessed are those who give, they will receive
3. World says....Blessed are those who are rich....Bible says Blessed are those who are poor in spirit
Lord Jesus is not saying that blessed are those who hunger for food and thirst for water...But to be right with God. Are you hungry and thirsty to be right with God?
Every person will be hungry to feed his soul what he/she craves for, What are you craving for?
Some crave for Choclate, Cofee, Meat, Alchohol, Video Games, etc....
We should all have spiritual hunger and thirst for God, Many of the Psalmist David expressed this desire...
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water - Ps 63:1
Sons of Korah are expressing their desire for God in one of well know psalms.. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Ps 42:1-2
Here is an example... of a young man..who wanted eternal life...Rich Young ruler came to Jesus Christ - What can I do attain eternal Life? - Matthew 19:16-22, Jesus answered keep the law, He said, I have been doing it since my childhood, He said, what still do I lack, Jesus answered and said, Go give what you have to the poor and come follow me. Young ruler went away sad, because he had much possessions. This rich young ruler had thirst but could not receive it.
We can never be right with God with our own effort, We have to hunger and thirst, it is God who satisfies us. Another example is from Church History, Martin Luther life as monk in a Augustinian Order, in Erfurt Germany can be explained as Life that is Hungry and Thirsty to be right with God. Living a very strict life living in a very small cell, with no physical comforts, He still confessed his sin to his Supervisor Staupitz for 6 shours. Staupitz told Luther, that he should confess some big sin, not small petty sins of mind. But Luther knew it well that even slightest sin before God cannot make him right with God. He was sent to teach the as a Professor of Bible at Wittenburg, Germany. There reading the Bible discovered the truth that God has to make a person righteous. Righteousness can never be attained by works, but has to be received as a free gift of God.
Here is how a person be righteous before God....
We can never be righteous before God by ourselves...No one is justified by the works...Gal 2:16; If a person could righteous before God by works, Christ died for no purpose. By our own thoughts, works, and deeds. We can be hungry....It is God will satisfy us. We cannot satisfy ourselves with Self righteousness.
yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Galatians 2:16
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose. Gal 2:21.
Salvation and Righteousness are mentioned as garments in Old testament....
Isaiah 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels
God is the one who clothes with garments of Salvation and Robe of Righteousness...like how he clothed Adam and Eve by the garments of skin.
Righteousness as a gift of God...
Romans 3:23-28:for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Abraham is justified - Made righteous by Faith
Romans 4:2-7 - For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness?
George Whitefield at the age of 16 became deeply convicted of sin. He tried everything possible to erase his guilt through religious activity. He wrote, “I fasted for 36 hours twice a week. I prayed formal prayers several times a day and almost starved myself to death during Lent, but only felt more miserable. Then by God’s grace I met Charles Wesley who put a book in my hand which showed me from the Scriptures that I must be “born again” or be eternally lost.” Reading the scripture he came to Jesus Christ.
George Whitefield was hungry for righteous before God, He was made righteous because of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Blessed are the Merciful ....they shall receive mercy...
Mercy...What is mercy?Merriam Webster dictionary defines...Mercy as compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one's power
Compassion - forgiveness shown to the Offender....Blessed are those who show mercy to others....Why should we even show mercy? Those who offend us, those who hurt us, those who do us harm. Show mercy to them...Blessed is the person who shows mercy to others.
To the question Peter asks...How many should I forgive my brother... Jesus answered..
Jesus Christ tells us about a parable in Matthew 18:23 -
King and a servant who ows - 10,000 talents.. Servants pleads the pardon....King pardons the the huge amount. In turn the servant goes and finds a man who ows him 100 denarri.He did not forgive the person and put him in prison. The fellow servants..saw....and reported the event to the king. King put him in prison. When God forgave so much , How can we not forgive others and show mercy.
Let me ask you this personal questions.
Do you hate anybody in your life?
Are you not able to forgive any person in your life?
Are you unable to forget How your friend or spouse hurt you?
Look at the Cross today and see How much Jesus Christ forgave you? Then you will be able to forgive them.
Such people who forgive others and show mercy, they themselves find mercy.
Our God is merciful God,
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Exodus 34:6Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his Mercy endures forever. Ps 136:1
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