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"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6 This beatitude follows naturally from the ones before it: the one who is spiritually poor, who mourns over his sin, and who is meek and humble before God--that one will hunger and thirst for the righteousness he lacks. He knows himself to be sinful, impure, and vile before God--and he longs to be clothed in the perfect holiness of Christ. Hunger and thirst are not mere desires--they are desperate cravings. Jesus speaks here of one who longs, not for worldly gain or fleeting pleasures, but for perfect righteousness--a righteousness he knows that he does not possess in himself. This is not the cry of the self-righteous Pharisee who boasts in his own morality and goodness--but the cry of a person who has learned that he has not one good thing in himself, and now yearns for that perfect righteousness which Jesus wrought out by His perfect life, and credits to the believing sinner. What is this righteousness? It is first, the "imputed" righteousness of Christ--that perfect obedience and sinless life credited to the believing sinner by God. We hunger to be justified before God, not by good works, for we have none--but by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. But it is also the "imparted" righteousness of a holy life--a deep longing to be made practically righteous, to be holy, to walk in obedience, to hate what God hates--and to love what He loves. This hunger is not a passing feeling or emotion, but an abiding and powerful longing. This continuous hungering and thirsting for righteousness, is an indelible mark of every true believer. The world hungers for we

Theme: God Promises Comfort and Extension of His Kingdom through the Justice of Christ's Righteousness. I. The Spirit Proclaims Comfort in the Coming of the Lord – vv. 1-3 A. Christ, Proclaiming Good Tidings – v. 1 B. Proclaiming the Year of the Lord – vv. 2-3a C. Planted in the Lord for His Glory – v. 3b II. Christ Gathers the Nations - vv. 4-7 III. God's People are Blessed in Christ's Righteousness – vv. 8-11

For more info about Paul Washer go to: www.heartcrymissionary.com This sermon was posted by Grace Community Church in San Antonio, TX: www.gccsatx.com For high quality MP3's of Paul's messages, as well as other faithful preachers, check out the Uncommonly Powerful Preaching podcast website: http://upp.mypodcast.com If you use iTunes you can subscribe to this podcast here: http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=253804331

For more info about Paul Washer go to: www.heartcrymissionary.com This sermon was posted by Grace Community Church in San Antonio, TX: www.gccsatx.com For high quality MP3's of Paul's messages, as well as other faithful preachers, check out the Uncommonly Powerful Preaching podcast website: http://upp.mypodcast.com If you use iTunes you can subscribe to this podcast here: http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=253804331

This audio is narrated by Charles Koelsch of Koelsch Broadcast Productions, Greenville, SC and is copyright. Used by permission. 'I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.' Song of Solomon 5:8 Such is the language of the believer panting after present fellowship with Jesus, he is sick for his Lord. Gracious souls are never perfectly at ease except they are in a state of nearness to Christ; for when they are away from Him they lose their peace. The nearer to Him, the nearer to the perfect calm of heaven; the nearer to Him, the fuller the heart is, not only of peace, but of life, and vigour, and joy, for these all depend on constant intercourse with Jesus. What the sun is to the day, what the moon is to the night, what the dew is to the flower, such is Jesus Christ to us. What bread is to the hungry, clothing to the naked, the shadow of a great rock to the traveller in a weary land, such is Jesus Christ to us; and, therefore, if we are not consciously one with Him, little marvel if our spirit cries in the words of the Song, 'I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, tell Him that I am sick of love.' This earnest longing after Jesus has a blessing attending it: 'Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness'; and therefore, supremely blessed are they who thirst after the Righteous One. Blessed is that hunger, since it comes from God: if I may not have the full-blown blessedness of being filled, I would seek the same blessedness in its sweet bud-pining in emptiness and eagerness till I am filled with Christ. If I may not feed on Jesus, it shall be next door to heaven to hunger and thirst after Him. There is a hallowedness about that hunger, since it sparkles among the beatitudes of our Lord. But the blessing involves a promise. Such hungry ones 'shall be filled' with what they are desiring. If Christ thus causes us to long after Himself, He will certainly satisfy those longings; and when He does come to us, as come He will, oh, how sweet it will be!