Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
---Matthew 5:6
Encyclopedia definition
thirsty[jt ke]
1 Hungry and thirsty
2 It is a metaphor for eager expectations and hunger.
Muyi [mu yl] admiring benevolence and righteousness.
Bible interpretation
1. Human righteousness
ask: Is there any righteousness in the world?
answer: No.
As it is written: “There is none righteous, not even one. There is none who understands, there is none who seeks God. They have all strayed from the right path and have together become useless. There is none who does good, not even one. Romans 3:10 -12 knots
ask: Why are there no righteous people?
answer: Because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23
2. God’s righteousness
ask: What is righteousness?
answer: God is righteousness, Jesus Christ, the righteous!
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 John 2:1
3. Righteous ( replace ) the unrighteous, so that we may become the righteousness of God in Christ
Because Christ also suffered once for sin (there are ancient scrolls: death), that is Righteousness instead of unrighteousness to lead us to God. Physically speaking, He was put to death; spiritually speaking, He was resurrected. 1 Peter 3:18
God makes him who knows no sin, for We became sin so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. 2 Corinthians 5:21
4. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
ask: How can those who hunger and thirst for righteousness be satisfied?
answer: Detailed explanation below
(1) Eat the living water given by the Lord
The woman said, "Sir, we have no equipment to draw water, and the well is deep. Where can you get living water? Our ancestor Jacob left this well to us, and he himself, his sons, and his livestock drank from the water." , are you better than him? Is it too big?" Jesus answered, "Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I will give him will never thirst again. "John 4:11-14
ask: What is living water?
answer: Rivers of living water flow from the belly of Christ, and others who believe will receive the promised Holy Spirit! Amen.
On the last day of the feast, which was the greatest day, Jesus stood and raised his voice and said, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his belly will flow living water'" Rivers come. '" Jesus said this referring to the Holy Spirit that those who believe in Him will receive. The Holy Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified. John 7:37-39
(2)Eat the Lord’s bread of life
ask: What is the bread of life?
answer: Detailed explanation below
1 Jesus is the bread of life
Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written: “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” ’”
Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven, The one who gives life to the world.”
They said, “Lord, always give us this bread!”
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry; whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
But I have told you, and you have seen me, but you still do not believe me. John 6:31-36
2 Eat and drink of the Lord Meat and Blood
(Jesus said) I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness and died. This is the bread that came down from heaven, so that if people eat it, they will not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever.
The bread I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. So the Jews argued among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" "
Jesus said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, at the last day I will raise him up.
John 6:48-54
(3) Justification by faith
ask: Hungry and thirsty for righteousness! How does one obtain God’s righteousness?
answer: Man is justified by faith in Jesus Christ!
1Ask and it will be given to you
2Seek and you will find
3Knock, and the door will be opened to you! Amen.
(Jesus said) Again I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For whoever asks receives, and whoever seeks finds, and whoever knocks, the door will be opened to him.
Which father among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Asking for a fish, what if you give him a snake instead of a fish? If you ask for an egg, what if you give him a scorpion? If you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? ” Luke 11:9-13
ask: Justified by faith! how( letter ) justification?
answer: Detailed explanation below
1( letter ) Gospel justification
I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Because the righteousness of God is revealed in this gospel; this righteousness is by faith from faith to faith. As it is written: “The righteous shall live by faith.” Romans 1:16-17
ask: What is the gospel?
answer: The gospel of salvation → (Paul) That which I also preached to you: first, that Christ according to the Scriptures, died for our sins ,
→Free us from sin,
→Free us from the law and its curse ,
And buried,
→Let us put off the old man and its deeds;
And he was resurrected on the third day according to the Bible.
→ Christ’s resurrection makes us righteous , (That is, being resurrected, reborn, saved, and adopted as sons of God with Christ. Eternal life.) Amen! Refer to 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
2 Justified freely by God’s grace
Now, by the grace of God, we are justified freely through the redemption of Christ Jesus. God established Jesus as the propitiation by virtue of the blood of Jesus and through man’s faith to demonstrate God’s righteousness; because He patiently tolerated the sins committed by people in the past in order to demonstrate His righteousness in the present time. that he himself may be known to be righteous, and that he may also justify those who believe in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Because a person can be justified by believing with his heart, and he can be saved by confessing with his mouth. Romans 10:9-10
3 Justification by the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit)
So were some of you; but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11
Therefore, the Lord Jesus said: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Amen! Do you understand this?
Hymn: Like a Deer Mushing over a Stream
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From: Brothers and sisters of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ!
2022.07.04
