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Introduction:
My name is Adam, I’m the pastor here at Abide church.
I’m also a professor in here at CBC.
I teach Accounting and Economics courses.
Today we continue our sermon series through the “Sermon on the Mount”
We are taking the fall quarter to look at the beatitudes (“Blessed are” statements)
Blessed = happy, fortunate, or flourishing
But truly happy, truly fortunate, and holistically flourishing
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness:
- The Meaning
- The Location
- The Achieving
- The Result
The Meaning
hunger and thirst
The Bible uses this imagery a lot
Largely lost on us because we are not often on the edge of starvation as many ancient cultures were
[[Alone stories]] — bark, starvation, drinking salt water
If you have it, can you hunger for it?
We need to look at this “Blessed are” statement in context.
Each statement thus far goes directly against an attitude of the Pharisees
The Pharisees thought they were rich in their heritage and spirituality towards God - Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit”
The Pharisees were HAPPY that they were not like “other men,” SINNERS - Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn”
The Pharisees used their religious high ground to control and manipulate others - Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek”
So did the Pharisees at least get this one right?
Didn’t they hunger and thirst for righteousness?
Before I answer that question, I need to first tell you the sort of righteousness Jesus requires:
BIG IDEA:
If you pursue righteousness through your own efforts, you will always be left hungry and thirsty.
My entire sermon can be summer up by this verse:
We hunger and thirst for the righteousness that comes through Christ.
A SIDE NOTE ABOUT CONTINUING TO WALK IN SIN
The Location
This is the 4th “Blessed are” statement
The kingdom belongs to those who recognize their condition before God.
Our spiritual condition is poor, beggar poor, destitute
It’s first on the list because if we don’t come to God openhanded acknowledging that we have nothing to offer, we have no place with Him.
This leads us naturally into a state of mourning over our sin.
As we realize our condition before God is poor, we mourn.
BUT GOD, comes to our help.
And he comforts us.
Now we have a meekness.
A gentleness.
A confidence not in ourselves but God.
“The meek are gentle because they don’t have to fight for position; the meek receive their position confidently from God.”
Again, there is a flow to these statements.
If you are not hungry for the righteousness of God, I would suggest to you that you may have skipped some steps...
The Achieving
Laying down your own righteousness to gain the righteousness of God.
To hunger and thirst for God’s righteousness means laying down your own righteousness.
Acknowledging that you can’t do it on your own..
If you pursue righteousness through yourself, you get nothing,
If you pursue righteousness through Christ you get Christ’s righteousness and you grow in righteousness too.
The irony is that the first step in becoming like Jesus is acknowledging that you are nothing like Jesus
The Result
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
- C.S. Lewis
[[SLIDE]]
We don’t have to prove our righteousness before God, because Jesus is righteous before God on our behalf.
This central doctrine of Christianity stands alone among religions
[[Confession]]
[[Communion]]
We are going to enter a time of communion together as a church.
This is the culmination of our remembering and renewing our relationship with God.
Because of the importance of the communion table and what it represents (the new covenant in Christ’s blood), we celebrate communion every week.
Communion is a meal, and the Bible shows patterns of meals being parts of celebrations and special events.
Communion is a time of remembrance, a time to remember what Christ did for us on the cross, but also a time of celebration.
Jesus will eat and drink together with us in the fulfillment of the kingdom of God.
Let me read from 1 Corinthians.
You don’t have to be a member at Abide Church to participate in communion with us, but we do ask that you are trusting the righteousness of Christ before you take communion.
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