matthew 5:6 commentary

a. (Romans 11:36-note). Matthew 4:2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. So by feeding immoderately upon the sweet luscious delights of the world, we lose our appetite to Christ and grace. One of the most important questions a doctor can ask a patient in the course of an examination is ‘How is your appetite?’ because lack of appetite is always a cause for concern and may be symptomatic of a serious disorder. They are the kingdom citizens." The only thing that will satisfy us is being in right standing with God. But how, it may be asked, could such beautiful features of character provoke persecuti… The picture Jesus presents is dramatic and is easy to understand. God reveals his will, and our heart longs to be conformed thereto. Are we thus filled? I hear the thundering rap of passions on the door as they say, “Hush! There are few saints who could make that claim! ICB: Those who want to do right more than anything else are happy. (Psalm 119:131). The issue is do you desire to be like Christ? As we motored back to the cabin, we concluded, "The fish just aren't hungry" This righteousness is not something that we will one day achieve—it is given to us by the Father through Jesus’s death and resurrection. The nardoo plant of Australia closely resembles flour, but lacks the nutritive property, and those who feed on it, though insensible of hunger, after a few weeks die of starvation. Note that both hunger and thirst are in the present tense which calls for these pursuits to be our lifestyle (this reason alone indicating that Jesus refers not to justification but to sanctification). Having our deep thirst for God fully satisfied in Him should be the goal of our lives. After a while, our thoughts turn toward eating and drinking. A man cannot really have one virtue, and but one, genuine and complete. They who do not thirst for righteousness shall be in perpetual hunger and thirst. In Psalm 63:1 he writes, “O God, Thou art my God; I shall seek Thee earnestly; my soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” He communed with God and knew the blessings of His sufficiency: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Are you hungry? New International Dictionary of NT Theology. The drunkard, for example, never satisfies his thirst, but must die, at last, still unsatisfied! To hunger and thirst, is to be satisfied. What is it that leads persons thus to hunger and thirst? MEN naturally desire happiness (Ed: but not necessarily "holiness"! He who would have the blessing promised in the text, must want righteousness-as a hungry man wants food. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Spurgeon - So animated was his desire that he looked into the animal world to find a picture of it. --D C Egner (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. But Jesus tells us that only those who have the spiritual appetite to hunger and thirst for righteousness will find satisfaction. Is that not a sign of sickness? He says we will be filled. Is.55:1-3. David's words bring to mind the funny but sadly true "Television Psalm" that reads as follows…. Trace this disposition to its legitimate source. Every man is as close to God as he wants to be; he is as holy and as full of the Spirit as he wills to be. To her he said, ‘Give me to drink’, not only to commence the conversation, but because he thirsted to make that woman righteous. I answer: It is indeed an ill sign for a man to lose his stomach, but, though it be a sign of the decay of grace to lose the spiritual appetite, yet it is a sign of the truth of grace to bewail the loss. The answer of the experts.— οἱ δὲ εἶπον, etc.This is not a Christian opinion put into the mouth of the scribes. "What I aspired to be, and was not, comforts me," wrote Browning with true spiritual insight. Appetites of the flesh, all of them, can be satisfied only for the moment. They were allowed to eat until they were completely satisfied. The Beatitudes. So let me ask again… are you hungry and thirsty for God's righteousness? 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; (Paul knew Him but his passionate craving drove him to desire more of Jesus, a perfect parallel to this beatitude Mt 5:6). The good things in life come when you seek Him and know you shall be filled. Grace. Commentary on Job 5:6-16 (Read Job 5:6-16) Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. 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. - Chris Tiegreen. The psalmist sang of God, “For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness” (Ps. Being satisfied is the most wonderful place we can be as Christians. Application—Are there those who, instead of hungering and thirsting after righteousness, despise it? One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, And to meditate (a lost art in the modern church - see Primer on Biblical Meditation) in His temple (Today we are "His temple"! Are you meditating in it?). The same principle applies in spiritual terms. (Psalm 107:9), Commenting on Psalm 107:9 Spurgeon writes that…, He has satisfied the thirsty soul "is the summary of the lost traveler’s experience. (Wonderful Words), THIRST 2 How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee; (How? Hunger is from the sense of want. But that is not the issue. The possession of this object is happiness. This was a common trick on the trains. (Revelation 22:17-note). I. There are qualities in God that can never be explained to the intellect and can only be known by the heart, the innermost being. So why should you be searching everywhere or if ye were, would they ever render you truly blessed? Arriving at the temple, they would pour the water on the altar, symbolizing both the early and latter rains and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit promised in the Old Testament. what canst thou not influence the hearts of men to perpetrate?". Jesus is our model of One who sought God's righteousness first, and then the Father glorified Him. If we bring the vessels of our desires to this fountain, He is able to fill them. (3PFPI): THE DIVINE PROMISE This is God’s promise—and it is true. Manly sports; long, vigorous walks; muscular exertion of any kind, will supply the source of hunger which will make the roughest food palatable; and it is they whose hand is seldom off the plough, who sow beside all waters, and are instant in season and out of season, that are most glad when the bells call to rest and food. Satan has a whole "tacklebox" of alluring devices he uses to tempt us. Can a man be thoroughly and strictly honest, and at the same time be a selfish man? Is there an intensity of desire? That’s why Jesus blesses us if we hunger and thirst for righteousness —or “rightness,” justice, and truth for ourselves and for the world. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Ps. After a while, our thoughts turn toward eating and drinking. Jesus Himself spoke of our hungering and thirsting after righteousness. Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 5:6. The tragic reason why so many well-meaning churchgoers are still outside of the kingdom of heaven is that they are seeking God formally rather than fervently, vaguely rather than vehemently. His puzzled fellow Christians shake their heads and look knowingly at each other, but like the blind man who cried out after his sight and was rebuked by the disciples, he “cries the more a great deal.” And if he has not yet met the conditions or there is something hindering the answer to his prayer, he may pray on into the late hours. Christ is made unto us righteousness. It denies the reality of sin in our hearts as the source of all our woes and forgets that all lasting joy is rooted in separation—separation from evil and unto God. Matthew 11:5. His part is to satisfy. John Piper Feb 23, 1986 411 Shares Sermon. And that weak desires should not be discouraged, there is a promise made to them. “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matt. To seek, is to receive. Some feel this is one of the key Beatitudes for in a sense the practice of it is key to all the others. It is judging others by your standards rather than God's. “We fought that day,” writes Gilbert, “as men fight for their lives. Then be assured that you will be satisfied in this life and the one to soon come! They are an accurate description of who you are and the kingdom you’d rather live in. That is to say, outward activity grows from some sort of inward uneasiness or impulse. (John 7:37-39-note). Intellectual attainment cannot. Our desire for personal righteousness must be powerful, all-consuming, dominating everything we do. —D.J.D. 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. To persuade men to hunger after this righteousness, consider two things. Do but hunger and you shall have righteousness. The sun blazed pitilessly out of a sky where the vultures wheeled expectantly. God often gives us this sauce to sharpen our hunger after grace. One cannot love righteousness and wickedness at the same time. Like the absence of ordinary hunger, this spiritual lack of hunger is due to the awful cancer of sin gnawing out the heart of the victim. You can show him diamonds and jewels, houses and land, but if he is starving his only desire is for food. Men do not know that in His presence is fullness of joy, and at His right hand are pleasures for evermore.   KEY VERSE: Matthew 5:6    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,  For they shall be filled. Maybe after working outside or after a long jog, you have been desperate for a refreshing drink. Some one has said, "There is an aching void in the heart of man, the world can never fill." God will fully satisfy them. It's true that God can do anything, but let's not forget that He always retains His right to be God. Is it for money or sex or fame or popularity or revenge? Are you never going to sleep? There is no qualification at all, it is an absolute statement, it is an absolute promise — 'Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' (Matthew 13:11-12). The text implies the stability of the promise, that this satisfaction is sure. Monthly.). Blessed Are the Merciful. “BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR THEY WILL BE FILLED.”—Matthew 5:6 Find Top Church Sermons, Illustrations, and Preaching Slides on Matthew 5:6. (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. We hunger and thirst; He fills. I do not know of a better test that anyone can apply to himself or herself in this whole matter of the Christian profession than a verse like this. 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. Desires which can be put off and on like our garments are at best but mere wishes, and possibly they are hardly true enough to be called by that name, -- they are temporary emotions born of excitement, and doomed to die when the heat which created them has cooled down. (1) Jesus prepares to teach His disciples. But that in turn spawns a greater discontent. There have been men who could play delightful music on one string of the violin, but there never was a man who could produce the harmonies of heaven in his soul by one-stringed virtue. The others were added by the evangelist and are probably his own composition. Finally, after much effort, the man was able to break loose and emerge from the water. Do we know that our sins are forgiven? Verses 5–8. David was a hunter in his younger days, and in Psalm 42 he visualizes the scene of a panting hart or deer trapped by hunters. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. Matthew 6:6 “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Whence is this hunger? . The promise is, the treasures of heaven do.…  Vance Havner - To hunger and thirst after righteousness is a lost experience with most professing Christians—who are too shallow and superficial, or else too fed-up with the lollipops of earth, really to crave deeper blessing. This is the thirst of covetous men. Behold, I long for Thy precepts. John 6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. The Lord Jesus said, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matt. D. Martyn Lloyd Jones states, “The world is seeking for happiness. How frequently do we find, inexplebilis honorum Fames-Sitiens virtutis-famae Situs, the insatiable hunger after honor, a thirst for virtue, thirst after fame, and such like! 3. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Explanation and Commentary of Matthew 6:6. We need the attitude of the psalmist Asaph in Psalm 73 (Spurgeon's note) who cried…, And besides Thee, I desire nothing on earth. Do we know that we have received the life of God? Is it feeling good about ourselves or having our friends, family, and co-workers think we are good persons? Time was when I did hunger after a Sabbath because then the manna fell. The Pharisees of old abounded in outward duties; but “except your righteousness exceed theirs, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” That which you must desire, that which you must attain, is an universal change both of heart and life: you must become new creatures: old things must pass away, and all things become new.”, Are there any discouraged because of the small proficiency they have made in holiness? Righteousness a supreme object of desire. (Ps 42:2) You misjudged him. However, there is a deeper sense of thirst which all do not possess. One master passion, like Aaron’s rod, swallows up all the rest. The soul cannot be carried to two extremes at once. It is only “when we awake up after the perfect likeness of our God, that we shall be satisfied with it.” (Ps 17:15-note) (Matthew 5:6 Hungering and Thirsting for Righteousness), Blessed - Spurgeon makes an excellent point explaining that this man is…, blessed because in the presence of this hunger many meaner hungers die out. The hunger and thirst which characterize him in this world, will then cease for ever: there will remain to him no heights unattained, no wishes unaccomplished: his soul will be “filled” with the desired good, yea, filled to the utmost extent of its capacity. God will ere long “fill the hungry with good things;” “he will satisfy the longing soul, and replenish every sorrowful soul.” The very idea of hunger is a painful sensation of want; and if holiness be the object of that appetite, all shall be well, yea, and all is well: “that soul is blessed, and shall be filled." The same is true with Jesus Christ. A terrible tragedy is being enacted in our churches today. They that hunger and thirst after righteousness (οι πεινωντες και διπσωντες την δικαιοσυνην — hoi peinōntes kai dipsōntes tēn dikaiosunēn). It implies a plenitude of satisfaction. 1 * When he saw the crowds, * he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. The word for “filled” (χορταστησονται — chortasthēsontai) means to feed or to fatten cattle from the word for fodder or grass like Mark 6:39 “green grass” (χορτος χλωρος — chortos chlōros). It implies that their desires shall be satisfied. 2. He that tastes gall and vinegar in sin hungers after the body and blood of the Lord. Our sins are His, His righteousness is burs. ‘He loveth him that followeth after righteousness’ (Proverbs 15:9). The ravages of disease, perversion, and starvation are thus able to destroy that eagerness of the soul that men should have with reference to the things of God. Even though I live to a hundred, I shall keep on viewing. What is meant by hunger? Hence Wycliffe's rendering, fulfilled, is strictly true to the original. Where God works such an insatiable desire, we may be quite sure that He will satisfy it; yea, fill it to the brim. Daily devotional with John Piper. Frequently the story of the exercises of a man's soul before God has started others on a more passionate quest for the Holy Grail. It's a process of tacking on extra laws, requirements, and expectations, and then saying that if you are really going to be righteous, you must keep all these rules. Nor does it mean that mere humanity and kindliness which are native to some spirits, and which find a pleasure in seeing all around them happy. 2 And q he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 r “Blessed are s the poor in spirit, for u theirs is the kingdom of heaven. But nothing happened. What a contrast when we listen to Job crying, ‘I have treasured the words of his (God’s) mouth more than my daily bread’ (Job 23:12), and to David, who valued the Word of God as being ‘more precious than gold, than much pure gold … sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb’ (Psalm 19:10). John the Baptist Prepares the Way. 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. “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Remember there is the world's way (it is passing away) and the King's way (endures forever). And see if there be any hurtful way in me, 23:1–4). Nobody has to teach a baby to be hungry. Matthew 5:5-6 5 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. What is it that means more to you than anything else? Exercise: a man by walking and stirring gets a stomach to his meat. (Psalm 27:4), Finally, look at the repeated emphasis in Psalm 119 (where virtually every verse deals in some way with God's Word!)…. To discharge our duty in every point to the best of our skill and power. But with mental discipline and the help of the Holy Spirit, we can keep our hearts full of goodness. It cannot be whipped up. The spiritual sense is, however, the more rich in instruction. He is made unto us righteousness. 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. All want to go to heaven. This is a blessed hunger. When his disciples came back, though he had not touched a morsel of bread, or a drop of water, he said, ‘I have meat to eat that ye know not of … My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.’ Our Lord, on the cross, said, ‘I thirst’, and that thirst of his lip and of his mouth was but the index of the deeper thirst of his heart and soul that righteousness might reign by his death. We are not only to seek the kingdom of God, but we are also to pursue His righteousness (Matt. Matthew. The desire for righteousness is met by the actual presence of sin. What are you hungering and thirsting for? (E. H. Are we aware of the Holy Spirit and all His mighty working within, forming Christ in us more and more? Philippians 4:12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. But the paradox is that the more we experience the outworking or the "fruit" of His righteousness in our lives (cf Phil 1:11-note), the more will be our hunger and thirst. This want of appetite for righteousness is the curse of mankind. As a grown boy, I tried selling peanuts, popcorn, chewing gum, candy and books on the old Vicksburg and Pacific railroad. The reward is fulfillment, and it’s inevitable. Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. For - Always pause and ponder this instructive term of explanation, asking at least what is the writer explaining? "O cursed hunger after gold! Jesus elevated feeding the hungry to high level in His teaching in Mt 25:35, 37, 42, 44. The Lord sets us longing and then completely satisfies us. Be obedient to the revealed will of God, not just with an external obedience, but from the heart. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? 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. Has also said He'll satisfy your thirst; 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. Our bodies can’t survive without food, and our souls can’t live without righteousness. For whoever has (believers, subjects of the King, true citizens in the Kingdom), to him shall more be given, and he shall have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him." Even in the Old Testament this was well understood. 2. See the well-known words of Virgil, Aeneid iii. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee. God’s fulness is overflowing and everflowing. (2) RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOUND IN CHRIST. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his classic treatise in fact feels that "this Beatitude is of exceptional value because it provides us with a perfect test which we can apply to ourselves, a test not only of our condition at any given time, but also of our whole position… we must surely ask ourselves questions such as these: Are we filled? When God at first made man, Having a glass of. Prayer ( Matthew 6:5 Matthew 6:6). Reduce all the activities of man to their ultimate reason, and it will be discovered to be as Jesus said--What shall we eat? Perhaps Matthew 5:6 gives us a glimpse into our dilemma. not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the that they may be seen of men. Is it feeling good about ourselves or having our friends, family, and co-workers think we are good persons? While Israel fed with delight upon garlic and onions, they never hungered after manna. 4. To ask, is to have. Can ye say of your pleasures, your riches, or your honours, what our Lord says of righteousness? Take it bitterly to heart if it has not gnawed at your complacency, and destroyed your peace. If not, and you truly desire these experiences, God will supply all your need out of His riches in glory. 3 h In those days i John the Baptist came preaching in j the wilderness of Judea, 2 k “Repent, for l the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 1 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,. Finally we gave up. To be filled with good and nutritious food is the utmost that the bodily appetite can desire. We entered Sheria station on the heels of the retreating Turks. Take exercise.--The more we do, the more food we require, and the more we enjoy it. 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. Lazarus hungering for crumbs - Lk 16:19-31) or to an intense desire for spiritual nourishment which is also necessary for the continuance of life. Robert Neighbour - A Thirsty Soul If not, you see the point, because if the Holy Spirit is in you, He will stimulate in ou an appetite for Jesus. Prayer for a Hurting World. Then shall the soul be filled brimful. And here observe, 1. 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. But, in so comprehensive a saying as this, it is clearly to be taken - as in Matthew 5:10 also - in a much wider sense, as denoting that spiritual and entire conformity to the law of God, under the want of which the saints groan, and the possession of which constitutes the only true saintship. Lk 1:53. Luke 4:2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. Verses 5–8. His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected by … (The Blessing of Hungering & Thirsting), Martin Luther expressed this beatitude declaring that "What is required is a hunger and thirst for righteousness that can never be curbed or stopped or sated, one that looks for nothing and cares for nothing except the accomplishment and maintenance of the right, despising everything that hinders this end.". Matthew 6:5 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. If your cravings lead you to God, you will never go hungry. "The Sermon on the Mount" in Matthew 5-7 is possibly the same as "the Sermon on the Plain" in Luke 6. (cf 1Cor 2:14). This implies the same sense of spiritual needs as verses 3 and 4. “They shall be saturated,” He says; they shall not only have what they so highly value and long to possess, but they shall have their fill of it. You will enjoy the finest food. Eliminating rules and regulations, they reason, would remove the frustration of having to decide between right and wrong, thereby avoiding separation in human relationships. 1. Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount - Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. ‘Reuben found mandrakes in the field’ (Genesis 30:14). He offers the fruit of His Spirit, the consciousness of His love and presence, and the many expressions of His character. Note well that our desire after the mind of God should be constant; we should feel holy longings "at all times." 2. The giving of satisfaction is God’s work, as the passive voice of chortazo indicates (so called "divine passive). The fulness of the creature is mutable. A dead body feels no hunger and the dead soul knows not the pangs of holy desire. May it not be that before we can have an eager taste for God's Word, we shall have to put away some of the reading in which we now indulge, and which is little better than garbage? He can at least claim sincerity. The world is thirsty for fun, and happiness, and this can be found only in its enduring quality, in Christ. Do you remember the rich young ruler? Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 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). 5:6). Luke renders this as “ blessed are the poor ” (Luke 6:20). It took four hours before the last man had his drink of water, and in all that time they had been standing twenty feet from a low stone wall on the other side of which were thousands of gallons of water. 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. 1 Unless we hunger after righteousness we cannot obtain it. Verily I say unto you, They have, &c.-- So you have a standing invitation (so to speak) from the King Himself to come and drink of Jesus and His righteousness (1Cor 1:30), not just the first time (salvation 2Cor 5:21-note) but continually, for the rest of your life (pun intended regarding "rest" cf Mt 11:29-note). 63:1). Jesus said, “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst” (John 6:35b). In the world to come the satisfaction of the "man of desires" will be complete. To Him be the glory forever. This kind of desperation is what Jesus was talking about when He told us to hunger and thirst for righteousness. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come. This man is blessed, for in his hunger and thirst he is in accord with the Lord Jesus Christ. Living Christian that does not give a stone or a serpent for fish my eyes fail with longing ; painfully. 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