{"id":696,"date":"2019-08-07T14:34:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=696"},"modified":"2019-08-18T19:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:18:50","slug":"hunger-and-thirst-after-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/07\/hunger-and-thirst-after-righteousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger and Thirst after Righteousness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cBlessed <\/strong>are<\/strong><\/em> they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled<\/strong>\u201d (Matthew 5:6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in a world where it isn\u2019t very popular to hunger and thirst after righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does that even mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever been hungry? Everyone\nunderstands the feeling of hunger, and the satisfaction of eating a good meal\nto satisfy that hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever been thirsty? There\nis nothing quite like a cool drink of water after working in the heat. It refreshes\nyou to continue in that work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as our physical bodies desire\nfood and drink to sustain life, so too does the spiritual body. Only it is very\neasy to ignore that spiritual need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is this righteousness of which\nwe are to hunger and thirst?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Righteousness<\/em> means \u201cby implication innocent, holy; just, right; specifically (Christian) justification.\u201d No one can be considered righteous on their own. See what the Bible teaches: \u201cFor he hath made him <\/strong>to be<\/strong><\/em> sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him<\/strong>\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:21). That verse is referring to Jesus who knew no sin. He became sin for me, taking my sin and the penalty of that sin from me. If I believe that, I am made righteous before God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is here that I would like to point out a warning that is found in God\u2019s Word. \u201c3. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4. For Christ <\/strong>is<\/strong><\/em> the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth<\/strong>\u201d (Romans 10:3-4). No one can do it on their own. Jesus is the only way anyone can stand before God as righteous. This shows us that we must put our faith and trust in Jesus to make us \u201cinnocent, just, or right\u201d before God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is much more to it than that. After Jesus is in one\u2019s heart, there is a continual hunger and thirst to become more like Him. \u201cAs newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby<\/strong>\u201d (1 Peter 2:2). And as you grow in your Christian walk you should also grow in your appetite. \u201c13. For every one that useth milk <\/strong>is<\/strong><\/em> unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, <\/strong>even<\/strong><\/em> those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil<\/strong>\u201d (Hebrews 5:13-14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you unskillful in your\nChristian walk, still needing the simple milk? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or are you of full age, able to\nenjoy the meat of God\u2019s Word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember the verse with which we started: \u201cBlessed <\/strong>are<\/strong><\/em> they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled<\/strong>\u201d (Matthew 5:6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cBlessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled\u201d (Matthew 5:6) We live in a world where it isn\u2019t very popular to hunger and thirst after righteousness. What does that even mean? Have you ever been hungry? Everyone understands the feeling of hunger, and the satisfaction of eating a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[299,292,296,80,298,297,294,93,295,293],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-christian-walk","tag-hunger","tag-ignorant","tag-jesus","tag-meat","tag-milk","tag-physical","tag-righteousness","tag-spiritual","tag-thirst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}