Salem Baptist Church

Blessed Are the Spiritually Hungry


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This sermon focuses on the fourth beatitude from Matthew 5:6: 'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.' The pastor explains that true spiritual satisfaction comes not from pursuing power, praise, or pleasure like Satan, Nebuchadnezzar, or the rich farmer, but from an insatiable desire for complete righteousness. Using Greek grammar, he emphasizes that this beatitude calls for hungering after ALL righteousness, not just partial goodness. The message distinguishes between positional righteousness (being declared righteous by God through faith) and practical righteousness (living out that righteousness in daily life). Just as adopted children in biblical times had an unbreakable bond with their adoptive parents, Christians should live righteously out of gratitude for being adopted into God's family, not to earn salvation but because they are already His children.
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