matthew 5:1-12 the fourth beatitude. preacher ~ jesus pulpit ~ mountain near capernaum audience ~...
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Matthew 5:1-12
The Fourth Beatitude
Preacher ~ Jesus
Pulpit ~ Mountain near Capernaum
Audience ~ Disciples
Date ~ 28 A.D.
First ~ Poor in spirit = Humble
Second ~ Mourn - can repent
Third ~ Meek - yielding to God’s will
Review of first 3 Beatitudes
KJV Bible BackgroundKJV Bible Background“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
Matt. 5:6 KJV
KJV Bible BackgroundKJV Bible Background“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matt. 5:6 ESV
KJV Bible BackgroundKJV Bible Background“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.”
Matt. 5:6 NKJV
KJV Bible BackgroundKJV Bible Background“People who are hungry and thirsty for what is right are happy, because they will be filled.”
Matt. 5:6 SEB
“Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled.” Luke 6:21 NKJV
“Delicious Hunger”Good spiritual appetite
Meaning = Strong Desire Cannibalism ~ 2 Kings 6:25-30
Desire ~ Craving
Hunger and thirst
Not wealth or fameRighteousness
Right doingRight for God, neighbor, selfDoing Good
Jesus is “the bread of life” - Jn.6:35
God’s word nourishes us spiritually
“as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,” 1 Pet. 2:2 NKJV
Meat for those of full age - Heb.5:14
Psalms 19:10 “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
Psalms 1:2 “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
Only desire that can be truly satisfied
God can fill our craving
“For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.”
Psalms 107:9
“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
John 6:35
John 4:13-15 - shall never thirst
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Rev. 3:20
Sense of sin and weakness
We have a choice
Eccl. 12:13
Our desires are important
Prov. 23:7
Need for complete righteousness
* Present tense
* Continuous action
* Increases with being satisfied
KJV Bible Background“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.”
Matt. 5:6 NKJV
Specific - Hunger and thirstResults - FilledPrinciple - Desire to obey GodApplication - Baptism
Poor in spirit - without pride = TeachableMourn - mourns for sin = Godly SorrowMeek - Lets God Control = Submission
The Fourth Beatitude
Poor in spirit - Faith
Mourn - - - Repentance
Meek - - - - - Confession
Hunger / Thirst - Baptism
RightWith God
Matthew 5:1-12
The fourth Beatitude
Matthew 5:1-12
The First BeatitudeThe Second Beatitude
The Third Beatitude
The Fourth Beatitude
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning August 15, 2010