Intro
What is the real state of our appetites and goals?
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness … (Matthew 5:6)
1. A Blessed APPETITE
Natural Hunger
Spiritual Hunger. Matthew 4:4. Man shall not live on bread alone … also Deut 3:3.
Serious Hunger. Psalm 61:1. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you.
Psalm 42:1-2. As the deer pants for streams of water
2. A Blessed PURSUIT
Personal: Condition in Court. Psalm 24:3. Who may stand?
Romans 3:21-22. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus.
Character & Conduct
Public: Present World
Future Kingdom. 2 Peter 3:13. new earth, where righteousness dwells.
3. A Blessed RESULT
Filled - Greek –
“satisfied”
Psalm 107:9. For he satisfies the thirsty, and fills the hungry. Mary - Luke 1:53.
Psalm 131:1-2. like a weaned child I am content.
Finally
How’s your appetite?
