Chortazo -15 times in the non-apocryphal Septuagint (LXX) (Job 38:27; Ps 17:14-15; 37:19; 59:15; 81:16; 104:13, 16; 107:9; 132:15; Jer 5:7; Lam 3:15, 30). It has stayed their cravings, but they have grown gradually weaker till they have lain down to die. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.—Matthew 5:6 I am confident that whenever this groundwork is laid, there will come to us this sense of the other-worldly Presence of God and it will become wonderfully, wonderfully real, Unsanctified desire will stop the growth of any Christian life and conversely, purified desires will tend towards righteousness by a kind of gentle moral gravitation. A commentary on Matthew 6:5-6, hypocritical prayer. It is the logical conclusion to which they come and it is something for which we should all be profoundly thankful and grateful to God. There's no reason to let our hunger for spiritual nourishment go unsatisfied. It has been the experience of countless seekers after God that when their desires became a pain they were suddenly and wonderfully filled. We are not “blessed” by our achievement of righteousness, because righteousness is not something that is accomplished in our own strength. The Theology of Work Bible Commentary is an in-depth Bible study tool put together by a group of biblical scholars, pastors, and workplace Christians to help you discover what the whole Bible--from Genesis to Revelation--says about work. Hopefully we will begin to see that the things the world tempts us with, cannot satisfy our deepest need. God’s Kingdom is always about righteousness. Notice how Jesus states this beatitude. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Doubtless this is a matter of lamentation to the best of men. Matthew 6:5, ESV: "“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. Matthew 21:5. b. But Jesus tells us that only those who have the spiritual appetite to hunger and thirst for righteousness will find satisfaction… There is deep soul-searching in this Beatitude. Blessed Are the Merciful. Matthew 6 – The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) A. The more we want, the more we get. 14:20; Mark 8:8; Luke 9:17). The remaining matters I will arrange when I come. Not as though I had already attained, but I press on. 2. (Play hymn), In another hymn Bernard of Clairvaux expressed the paradoxical filling and hungering this way…, An illustration of thirsting to the point of near dehydration - Driving up from Beersheba, a combined force of British, Australians and New Zealanders were pressing on the rear of the Turkish retreat over arid desert. And were baptized of him in Jordan — Namely, those that were awakened to repentance. What was the way and practice of the hypocrites. for they shall be filled: with that righteousness, and with all other good things, in consequence of it; and particularly with joy and peace, which are the certain effects of it: or, "they shall be satisfied", that they have an interest in it; and so satisfied with it, that they shall never seek for any other righteousness, as a justifying one, in the sight of God; this being full, perfect, sufficient, and entirely complete. 2 How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee; (How? It is the Holy Spirit who can pour new life into us; let us not cease crying to him. "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."--Matt. 10. That experience reminds me of temptation. For bread He will not give a stone or a serpent for fish. And let the one who hears say, "Come." His times shall be good, since he longs to be good and to do good at all times. on StudyLight.org We’re different from an Olympic athlete in another regard too: We don’t have to worry about whether we will achieve the goal. Hem. A.). We tried every lure in the tackle box—even the crawlers. Even though I live to a hundred, I shall keep on viewing. ), II. Through the passionate pursuit of God’s righteousness in our own lives—living in God’s will day in and day out. He who has given us to desire, will also grant us to obtain. We’ve all seen images of starving children in countries experiencing food and water shortages. Matthew 15:33 The disciples said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?". 37 And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full. In like manner this hunger in the soul, this thirst after the image of God, is the strongest of all our spiritual appetites, when it is once awakened in the heart: Yea, it swallows up all the rest in that one great desire,—to be renewed after the likeness of Him that created us.—from “Upon the Sermon on the Mount”. Chortazo - 15 times in the NT - Matt 5:6; 14:20; 15:33, 37; Mark 6:42; 7:27; 8:4, 8; Luke 6:21; 9:17; 15:16; 16:21; John 6:26; Phil 4:12; Jas 2:16; Rev 19:21 and is translated fed, 1; filled, 4; satisfied, 8; satisfy, 2. One cannot love righteousness and wickedness at the same time. We need to grow daily in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2 Pet. The psalmist sang of God, “For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness” (Ps. All the strong basal instincts of human nature must be traced back to the make of our moral being as it was planned by Almighty wisdom, and wrought by infinite power. 11 Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. This statement by Jesus is a key to partaking of the fullness of the righteous lifestyle (that surpasses that of the Scribes and Pharisees, Mt 5:20), a lifestyle that Jesus expounds on in the remainder of His sermon. (5-6) Examples of the wrong kind of prayer and the right kind of prayer. Matthew 3:6. With Him as foundation-stone, your building shall stand four-square to God and man. He offers the fruit of His Spirit, the consciousness of His love and presence, and the many expressions of His character. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil. Are we enjoying the life of God in our souls? For that reason, our heart is often our worst counselor, for if it is filled with desire it may give us bad advice, pleading the purity of something that is in itself anything but pure! (Wonderful Words), A Culture of Hungers It is God's merciful provision, a divinely sent stimulus to propel us in the direction of food. The whole Bible teaches that we can have whatever we want badly enough if, it hardly need be said, our desire is according to the will of God! MEN naturally desire happiness (Ed: but not necessarily "holiness"! They are drawn off from the disappointing and perplexing pursuits of the things of this world; they are “filled”-satisfied-with righteousness, happiness, and finally with the likeness of God, etc. Then you are an idolater, for those things have become your god. Are you hungry? Are you hungering and thirsting for Christ Alone and the righteousness He gives? But real holiness pervades the whole man: it comprehends the whole circle of divine graces: it reaches to the thoughts and desires of the heart; and assimilates us to God in all his communicable perfections. It has been the experience of countless seekers after God that when their desires become a pain they were suddenly and wonderfully filled. --Sammis. Commentary on Matthew 5:43-48 (Read Matthew 5:43-48) The Jewish teachers by "neighbour" understood only those who were of their own country, nation, and religion, whom they were pleased to look upon as their friends. 2. The desire for righteousness is the only desire of man that can be truly and finally satisfied. He who, being puffed up with pride, thinks he has grace enough already will not hunger after more. The distinctive character of a Christian— It is a gross perversion of Scripture to interpret this passage as relating to the righteousness of Christ: for though it is true that every Christian desires to be clothed in that righteousness, and shall, in consequence of that desire, obtain his wishes, yet it is not the truth contained in the words before us: they certainly relate to that inward righteousness which every Christian must possess, and to that “holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.”. Constantly—While other desires remain in the heart, they will of course occasionally rise in opposition to the better principle: but the prevailing desire of the soul is after holiness. (See Jeremiah 23:6; Isaiah 45:24; Romans 4:6; 2 Corinthians 5:21). 2. (Psalm 119:20), Spurgeon - True godliness lies very much in desires. Desire is a condition and prophecy of religious attainments. (Luke 6:21). God shall satisfy them with the blessings of His goodness, with the felicity of His chosen. The thought is that of starvation. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Righteousness is not to be taken lightly, nor is it easily attained. Whence is this hunger? Jehovah our God is the only living and true God; he only is God, and he is but One God. (fully satisfied), The fourth Beatitude is a call to pursue conformity to God's will stated in the most extreme of terms. Matthew 5:6 "Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." It ebbs and changeth. So when one is filled with a windy opinion of his own righteousness, he will not hunger after Christ’s righteousness. God's Promises For The Hungry Heart, One. The picture Jesus presents is dramatic and is easy to understand. Jesus summed it up in Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (boldface added for emphasis). thing do I really need: to seek first Your kingdom and It has been questioned by many, whether John baptized these immense multitudes by dipping them in Jordan? God is righteous. He was a masterly describer of human nature, who thus portrayed the characters of an undissembled affection: Unstaid and fickle in all other things, What a glory He sheds on our way! The great difficulty lies in the fact that the hungry, thirsty world does not know that Christ is the supplement of its need; it does not know that in Him, and in Him alone, rest is to be found. Some one has said, "There is an aching void in the heart of man, the world can never fill." Introduction Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6).154 We begin our study of this great beatitude with a quote from Martyn Lloyd-Jones: This Beatitude again follows logically from the previous ones; it is a statement to which all the others lead. When the prodigal son was hungry he went to feed upon husks, but when he was starving he turned to his father.” So many evangelicals today are living on husks t spiritual junk food. 42:2). 1. Whatever you and I have longed for in our best and holiest moments, may have its consummation and bliss, because God has prepared for our perfect satisfaction. We must realize that we have cultivated a longing for lesser, sometimes-impure things. Theology of Work Bible Commentary - One Volume Edition. Then shall the soul be filled brimful. Yet we must distinguish wanting from wishing. Such a man or woman refuses to be content with the safe and conventional prayers of the frost-bound brethren called upon to “lead in prayer” week after week in the local assemblies. Hudson Taylor said the other day. He describes those who keep on acknowledging their spiritual poverty (Mt 5:3), keep on seeking to live out God's righteousness as a starving man longs for food or a man perishing from thirst longs for water. 2 And after fasting u forty days and forty nights , he v was hungry . A sense of insufficiency and dissatisfaction in all created things; a sense of guilt; a perception of the utter inefficacy of all human prescriptions to remove sin or supply righteousness; a discovery of that righteousness which is “ unto all and upon all that believe.”, III. The vastness and intensty of the religious life. II. What is Jesus implying? II. 2. 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If any man is thirsty, let him come (command to keep on coming = present imperative) to Me and drink (command to keep on drinking = present imperative). The Lord will be sure to fill us if we long after the besl things. Chapter 6. (cf Col 3:5, Eph 5:5, 1Cor 6:10). By analogy, Jesus uses the metaphor of "hunger and thirst" to teach that just as man cannot live physically without bread and water (Mt 4:4, Lk 4:4, Dt 8:3), so too one cannot live spiritually without God's blessed gift of His divine righteousness. Romans 12:20 "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.". For example read about the passion of the psalmist (think about the arid land in which this was written and the preciousness of water to man and beast) who cried out…. 1, Page 3-38). They motivate us, determine our focus, and keep us going when we’re tempted to lose heart. Send me!" We must be honest with ourselves. This is God’s promise—and it is true. Is it all a vain effort? When you have that kind of desperation, only God can satisfy it. 3. But with mental discipline and the help of the Holy Spirit, we can keep our hearts full of goodness. (Psalm 119:131). Solid Joys. Matthew 5:6. It cannot be satisfied in itself. The wise God sees it good sometimes to give us the sharp sauce of affliction, to make us feed more hungrily upon the bread of life. Bodily hunger cannot make a man so miserable as spiritual hunger makes him blessed. in Ps 86:11-note) dear child of the living God. The groundwork is repentance and obedience and separation and holy living! This goal is not beyond our reach because it’s up to Him, and everything is within His reach. ICB: Those who want to do right more than anything else are happy. While we do His good will, He abides with us still, 3. I am that Bread of Life, he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; he that believeth in Me shall never thirst. (Wonderful Words), THIRST —D. Suppose a man, for instance, pursuing a course of virtue, a course of temperance, or of rectitude, has the promise that he shall be wealthy, and that he shall have long life-shall make a fortune, and shall be respected. Peter echoed a similar thought writing that after choosing to put aside a number of "negative" attitudes (1Pe 2:1-note)…, like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation (see note 1 Peter 2:2), Job whose soul was being severely tested found his strength and sustenance in the proper nutrition…, I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. I found this out firsthand when I taught at a Bible college in Magadan, Siberia. But Jesus tells us that only those who have the spiritual appetite to hunger and thirst for righteousness will find satisfaction. Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:9. Now the character of every Christian is, that he desires holiness, 1. II. The Lord is never guilty of false advertising. on StudyLight.org While Israel fed with delight upon garlic and onions, they never hungered after manna. [4] John Newton, Hymn, "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" (Chicago: Great Songs Press, 1960), Hymn No. Pining - a feeling of deep longing; to have a desire for something or someone who isn't present (this is not apropos for God is omnipresent. We have before us a blessed result — satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Do you believe this? This problem can also be found in the "shopping place" of spiritual values. THE CONTEXT Chapters 5-7 of Matthew's Gospel are known as the Sermon on the Mount, and constitute a large body of Jesus' teachings. Forget for the moment that you attend church regularly and that you have Christian friends. We must acknowledge that we cannot be spiritually satisfied on our own, and thus the beatitudes begin with the one who is "poor in spirit" (Mt 5:3-note). 1, p. 81). Do we know that we have received the life of God? By seeking His Word). Many seem to have a restless search for ‘power’, exotic spiritual gifts, happiness, peace, emotional ‘highs’, or some other undefined ‘blessing’, but comparatively few seem to have a deep desire to master God’s Word and to be mastered by it. Try David's prescription for relief)…, (A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.). We gravitate toward our inward longings, provided of course that those longings are strong enough to move us. Matthew 4:6 - and *said to Him, 'If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, ‘ He will command His angels concerning You '; and ‘ On their hands they will bear You up , So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone .'' Pining for more holiness, they press forward towards it, and reach it, while the self-satisfied miss it by self-conceit. What is righteousness? We must look for what is clearly offered by the Word of God. (Beecher. You may as soon find a living man that does not breathe, as a living Christian that does not pray. THOUGHT - Beloved, I must ask you - Are you truly, diligently, passionately pursuing after His righteousness as if your spiritual livelihood and health depended upon it? If they do not, you always will. They that hunger and thirst after righteousness â After the holiness here described. It is allowing God to fill us with His holiness (Rom. He hungered and thirsted for more and more things! III. That’s the promise of this Beatitude. Specifically you will have a growing hatred for sin and its deceptive, destructive effect in your life and the lives of those around you. Time and time again I see that [saying he's wrong] . Afflictions may be compared to these mandrakes, which sharpen men’s desires after that spiritual food which in time of prosperity they began to loathe and nauseate. … Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me” (Ps. ), In some of the last words of Scripture we read God's great invitation repeated…, And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come." 1. They said it would be another month before the stores would have any in stock. This is an intense focus on hungering and thirsting to be in right standing with God. It was the soil's receptivity to the seed that made the difference. (The Blessing of Hungering & Thirsting), But we need to be practical. Scholars have debated which of the two accounts is primary. Then be assured that you will be satisfied in this life and the one to soon come! only creates suffering and separation between us. In Jesus’s name, Amen. 1 Unless we hunger after righteousness we cannot obtain it. (1) RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A PRIMAL NEED. No one of us is self-contained, or independent of the great world of which we form a part. Now, as God never inspires a prayer but with a design to answer it, he who hungers and thirsts after the full salvation of God, may depend on being speedily and effectually blessed or satisfied, well-fed, as the word χορτασθησονται implies. Think for a moment - if you eat only one meal, does it satisfy you for the rest of the week? It is the desire to have Christ above all that the world offers. As for thirst He gives satisfaction, so for hunger He supplies filling. The world is thirsty for fun, and happiness, and this can be found only in its enduring quality, in Christ. Some have interpreted the righteousness in this verse as that righteousness which God reckons to the believer's account when he or she is justified by faith, so called imputed righteousness which represents the believer's position or state which is the result of placing one's faith in Christ. May God create in us hunger and thirst like that which Jesus knew, even though it should introduce a new and constant pain into our lives, that we may be led by it to know the blessedness that the knowledge and love of God can bring. Jesus is far from recommending a genteel desire for spiritual nourishment, but rather a starvation for righteousness, a desperate hungering to be conformed to God's will." That men are unsatisfied and thirsty, no one can doubt. We all know that a starving, thirsting person has a single minded, all-consuming passion for food and water. Think of the prophet Isaiah, probably the "best man (the most righteous) in the land of Israel" in his day. Others favor the righteousness Jesus is referring to as an inner righteousness that works itself out in one's living in conformity to God's will (sanctification instead of justification). The average Christian is so cold and so contented with his wretched condition that there is no vacuum of desire into which the blessed Spirit can rush in satisfying fullness. (Isaiah 6:8) We will never reach the breadth and length and height and depth of God's perfect righteousness in this life and so as aliens and strangers (1Peter 2:11-note) our goal and our quest is continual pursuit of His righteousness manifest in and through us as we live our lives in the power of His Spirit for His glory (Mt 5:16-note). The person who hungers and thirsts after righteousness, shall be made, 1. 5:7; Lam. Unless we hunger and thirst after God's righteousness, we shall never know the fullness of all He has promised to bless us with. Hunger and thirst are the strongest of all our bodily appetites. Deep within us, He has put necessities and desires, that crave for satisfaction from the Unseen, Eternal, and Divine. Our one regret should be that our desires after God and His righteousness are so fickle and faint. Is there an intensity of desire? We hunger and thirst, because our physical nature has been so created that it must needs go out of itself for its supplies of nutriment. ‘They pant after the dust of the earth’ (Amos 2:7). Hence Wycliffe's rendering, fulfilled, is strictly true to the original. Those are good things, but they are not righteousness. Let us take it to heart that we know so little of those passionate yearnings for God which have dwelt in all holy hearts, and the lack of which is one of the most serious signs of declension in the inner life. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. BY MATTHEW (shaded area), Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Of the synagogues see note on Matthew 4:23. Sensational novels, frivolous talk, indulgence in appetite and sense, quickly incapacitate us for enjoying God. 5:22–23). Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Wiersbe - If we come to Jesus with a prepared heart, we can learn from him; if we go away and obey what we heard, the blessing will be even greater. If we make holiness our goal, we'll attain happiness; if we make happiness our goal, we'll search a lifetime and never find it. “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need” (Phil. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets. A reed is a weak thing, but especially when it is bruised, yet this ‘bruised reed’ shall not be broken, but like Aaron’s dry rod, ‘bud and blossom’. Olga was expecting a baby and she craved peanut butter. In short we are He is referring to righteous living. I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for Thy commandments. When we are hungry or thirsty during the day, we usually stop and get something to eat or drink. 3. 5:6). C. Egner. The desires of gracious men after holiness are intense, -- they cause a wear of heart, a straining of the mind, till it feels ready to snap with the heavenly pull. One day we will see Him and we shall be like Him in glory (1John 3:2-note) but until that day we are all "works in progress" (Phil 1:6-note). KEY VERSE: Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. 1 Avoid those things which will hinder your appetite: As ‘windy things’. Luke 6:21 "Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. (Revelation 22:17-note). 4. For if we do hunger and thirst we shall be filled. or if ye were, would they ever render you truly blessed? III. In sickness people hunger more after righteousness than in health. The progressiveness of the religious life. Listen, and you will find life. Hunger and thirst are physical sensations which, in their acute stages, may become real pain. Oh hunger after that righteousness which ‘delivereth from death’ (Proverbs 10:12). This hunger for being right with God and His continual filling of our lives will keep us on track in living out the call of God. If you lack this hunger and thirst then you must stop and ask yourself whether you are quenching or grieving the Holy Spirit or the even more solemn question "Are you truly born again?" - Most of us have had the disappointment of going to a store to buy an advertised special, only to find that it was not available. 2. He alone can fill our lives with hope and meaning. —Matthew 5:6 We cannot stand before God in our own rags of righteousness. 10-12). There is pain in hunger; nothing is more terrible than to suffer thirst bred by the heat and sand of the desert. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The soul cannot be carried to two extremes at once. What a terrible trap it becomes! The promise is, the treasures of heaven do.… One of the types of righteousness for which we are to hunger and thirst is the one that occupies the greater portion of our life after conversion. PREVIOUS NEXT. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. They shall be satisfied with it. Novarinus says, ‘It is too small a thing merely to wish for righteousness; but we must hunger for it on account of a vast longing making itself felt.’ Hunger less after the world and more after righteousness. “What ails you?” is the response; and a bone is thrown in for it to gnaw on. 2103). Insatiably—Every other desire may be satiated; but the more of spiritual nourishment we receive, the more will our hunger and thirst after it be increased (Ed: cp how in a meal "appetizers" are given to whet our appetite for more). Why pay for food that does you no good? I. The feeling is intense, isn’t it? Ps. Revelation 19:21 And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh. Verses 5–8. Sinners, the time is shortly coming when the drawbridge of mercy will be quite pulled up. A terrible tragedy is being enacted in our churches today. Jesus’ instructions revealed that the rich young ruler's life was wrapped up in things. 3. This is the righteousness which God himself is in love with. Such is their longing for goodness, that it would seem as if both the appetites of "hunger and thirst" were concentrated in their one passion for righteousness. In this sense “Christ is all” (Col 3:11-Note) to him: and he can say, “Whom have I in heaven but thee? What Matthew 5:6 is saying is, “Blessed are those who earnestly desire righteousness and justice because they will have what they desire.” This is one of the clear verses in the Beatitudes that shows that Jesus was speaking about the future Hope—his future Millennial Kingdom and … A desire for the blessings of pardon and peace; a deep sense of sin, and want, and wretchedness, is also represented by thirsting, Isaiah 55:1-2. The Christian life is one of knowing something of immediate satisfaction in the forgiveness of sins and assurance of salvation (in justification), but it is also an ongoing process in which you continue to hunger and thirst, and you continue to find deeper satisfaction (in sanctification), until one day you will stand completed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ with no more sin, no more temptation, no more desire for sin, but only the perfections of Christ clothing you (in glorification). It implies the essence of the thing, a state of mind and heart; a soil out of which all single virtues grow. It is nature's last drastic effort to rouse the imperiled life to seek to renew itself. 7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. John 4:14. but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. That is why the Lord Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, told us where ultimate happiness lies: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). It is passionate hunger and thirst for goodness, for holiness. How tenderly the love of God deals with His children when He forces them by pain to take measures for their own preservation! it was being used in poetry for food in general (Hipponax, Euripides). 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