Winning Attitudes – Part 2 Blessedness and Righteousness
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This document discusses three attitudes that lead to blessedness according to Jesus: hungering and thirsting for righteousness, being merciful, and having a pure heart. It examines each attitude in detail, exploring the original meanings and what Jesus intended to convey. For righteousness, it means having a deep longing for right relationship with God above all else. For mercy, it refers to compassion for both physical and spiritual needs of others. And for purity of heart, it involves having singleness of purpose toward God and keeping the heart clean through God's sanctifying work.
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Winning Attitudes – Part 2 Blessedness and Righteousness
- 1. WINNING ATTITUDES – PART 2 Bella, Roohi
- 2. GRACIOUS JESUS 2. TRUE BLESSEDNESS Winning Attitudes – Part 1 Winning Attitudes – Part 2 Winning Attitudes – Part 3
- 3. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW Matt 5:6-8; Lk 6:21a Objectives Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness pre-requisite for spiritual craving Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. comparison of mercy of soul to body Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. attaining and sustaining purity Recap Discussion
- 4. OBJECTIVES To understand: • The deeper concepts of “blessedness” given by Christ • The requirements for blessedness, specifically righteousness, mercy and purity. • The original meanings of associated terms and contexts and what Christ intended to convey.
- 5. KEY VERSES 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matt 5
- 6. WINNING ATTITUDES MATTHEW 5 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness For they shall be satisfied
- 7. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST... As hunger and thirst are the keenest of our appetites, this refer to "those whose deepest cravings are after spiritual blessings." [4] We see this longing expressed by David (Ps 119:20), Jacob (Gen 49:18), etc.
- 8. AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS In ancient Judaism, righteousness meant “to acquit, vindicate, restore to a right relationship.”[1] It does not refer to the external piety as Jews demonstrated but the sanctifying righteousness that comes from Christ alone through faith.
- 9. …. FOR THEY SHALL BE SATISFIED • In overflowing measure God fills to saturation. • 'They were very full, because they were very empty’ – St Austin says of the apostles • Have we emptied ourselves of materialism so that we can be filled with Christ’s righteousness?
- 10. WINNING ATTITUDES MATTHEW 5 : 7 Blessed are the merciful For they shall obtain mercy
- 11. BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL Mercy refers to: • Mercy to the body – ie. treating poor and miserable with affection and generosity • Mercy to the soul - ie. via counsel, reproof, prayer, forgiveness, comfort, etc. • God’s mercy through Christ – free, sovereign, abundant and eternal. [1]
- 12. FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Heb 4:16
- 13. WINNING ATTITUDES MATTHEW 5 : 8 Blessed are the pure in heart For they shall see God.
- 14. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART Pure in heart. Greek Katharos – Clean, blameless, unstained from guilt
- 15. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART We are declared pure because of: • work of JESUS to sanctify us through His blood. • by giving our hearts to Jesus
- 16. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART We remain pure by internal attitude: • Singleness of heart toward God • No hypocrisy, nor any hidden motives. • Transparency and uncomplaining desire to please God in all things.
- 17. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART We remain pure by external compulsion: • Pruning • Fire
- 18. What Satan throws to inflict damage God grows to reflect Christ’s image
- 19. FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
- 20. WINNING ATTITUDES – PART 2: RECAP 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. • Do we crave for right living with God above everything else? • Have we truly emptied ourselves of the world to fill ourselves with God? 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. • Are we passionate and compassionate about the lost or starving condition of souls and bodies? 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. • Do we keep our hearts constantly cleansed by His blood? • Are we intolerant to the slightest stain on our heart?
- 21. DISCUSSION 1. What are the things that can replace our thirst for God? How can we handle them? 2. How can we show mercy to the body and soul? When does mercy to the body “steal” from mercy to the soul? 3. What are aspects of pure heart from Ps. 51:10 and John 3:1-3? 4. How has our tolerance increased? How can we maintain purity?
- 22. REFERENCES 1. Gill’s exposition, bible hub 2. https://www.theologyofwork.org/new- testament/matthew/the-kingdom-of-heaven-at-work-in-us- matthew-5-7/the-beatitudes-matthew-51-12/blessed-are- those-who-hunger-and-thirst-for-righteousness-for-they- will-be-filled-matthew-56/ 3. Pulpit commentary, bible hub 4. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary, bible hub
Editor's Notes
- ." And in the Old Testament we find this craving variously expressed: "Hearken unto Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord" (Isa 51:1); "I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord," exclaimed dying Jacob (Ge 49:18); "My soul," says the sweet Psalmist, "breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thy judgments at all times" (Ps 119:20): and in similar breathings does he give vent to his deepest longings in that and other Psalms. [3]
- Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst,.... Not after the riches, honours, and pleasures of this world, but after righteousness; by which is meant, not justice and equity, as persons oppressed and injured; nor a moral, legal righteousness, which the generality of the Jewish nation were eagerly pursuing; but the justifying righteousness of Christ, which is imputed by God the Father, and received by faith. [1]
- "St. Austin, wondering at the overflowing measure of God's Spirit in the Apostles' hearts, observes that the reason why they were so full of God was because they were so empty of his creatures. “Do you love me more than these”..Peter had to give up his profession and other earthly desires before filling himself with Christ and His love?
- Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Blessed are the merciful,.... Who show mercy to the bodies of men, to those that are poor, indigent, and miserable, in their outward circumstances; by both sympathizing with them, and distributing unto them; not only making use of expressions of pity and concern; but communicating with readiness and cheerfulness, with affection and tenderness, and with a view to the glory of God: who also show mercy to the souls of men, by instructing such as are ignorant, giving them good counsel and advice: reproving them for sin, praying for them, forgiving injuries done by them, and by comforting those that are cast down. To show mercy is very delightful to, and desirable by God; it is what he requires, and is one of the weightier matters of the law; it is very ornamental to a child of God, and what makes him more like to his heavenly Father. The happiness of such persons is this, that they shall obtain mercy; from man, whenever they are attended with any uncomfortable circumstances of life; , "whoever is merciful", men show mercy to him (d): and from God, through Christ; which is free, sovereign, abundant, and eternal. Men are said to obtain this, when they are regenerated, and called by grace; and when they have a discovery, and an application, of the forgiveness of their sins: but here, it seems to design those supplies of grace and mercy, which merciful persons may expect to find and obtain, at the throne of grace, to help them in time of need; and who shall not only obtain mercy of God in this life, but in the world to come, in the great day of the Lord; for which the Apostle prayed for Onesiphorus, 2 Timothy 1:18. (d) Maimon. Hilch. Mattanot Anayim. c. 10. sect. 2.
- We need..God’s mercy as much as others need our mercy. More we give, more we get, esp in crisis
- Pure in heart.Greek meaning Katharos. Clean blameless, unstained from guilt.Different ways to b pure FIRE/ PRUNNING.We r declared pure bcause work of JESUS.Being pure involves having a singleness of heart toward God A pure heart no hypocrisy, nor any hidden motives. The pure heart is marked by tranparency. n uncomplaining dsire to please God in all things.More than external purity ______ Internal purify of Soul. By giving our hearts to Jesus. Psalm 51/101 John 31/3
- More than external purity ______ Internal purify of Soul.
- More than external purity ______ Internal purify of Soul.
- Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right[b] spirit within me Psalm 51:10 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[a] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. John 3:1-3