1. Matthew 5:6
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

2. Isaiah 55:1-9
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,     and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.3 Incline your ear, and come to me;     hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

3. Isaiah 55:1-9
4 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. 5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. 6 “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

4. Isaiah 55:1-9
7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

5. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
Sermon Series on
The Beatitudes
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
Matt. 5:6, Isaiah 55:1-9

7. Introduction
Psalm 143:6 my soul thirsts for you like a parched land.

8. Main Idea
God desires in us an all-consuming craving and desire of the soul for God and His righteousness

9. Outline
I. Meaning of Hunger and Thirst II. Meaning of Righteousness III. Meaning of Filled

10. I. Meaning of Hunger and Thirst
Persons who “hunger and thirst” are in dire need. They will perish if they are not filled.
NIV STUDY COMMENTARY

11. I. Meaning of Hunger and Thirst

12. II. Meaning of Righteousness
Being right with God
Right conduct in living the way God requires

13. II. Meaning of Righteousness
Matthew 6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.”

14. II. Meaning of Righteousness
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

15. II. Meaning of Righteousness
Living in righteousness not living for man’s approval but looking for God’s approval.

16. II. Meaning of Righteousness

17. IF YOU’RE NOT HUNGRY FOR GOD, YOU’RE PROBABLY FULL OF YOURSELF
III. Meaning of Filled
IF YOU’RE NOT HUNGRY FOR GOD, YOU’RE PROBABLY FULL OF YOURSELF

18. III. Meaning of Filled
Filled or Satisfied