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The Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount. “We become forgetful that Jesus is the prophet of losers, not the victors’ camp, the one who proclaims that the first will be last, that the weak are the strong and the fools are the wise”. “Blessed Are They That Do Hunger And Thirst”. Matt.5:6.

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The Sermon on the Mount

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  1. The Sermon on the Mount “We become forgetful that Jesus is the prophet of losers, not the victors’ camp, the one who proclaims that the first will be last, that the weak are the strong and the fools are the wise”

  2. “Blessed Are They That Do Hunger And Thirst” Matt.5:6

  3. Define: Hunger and Thirst • From the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; “pine”); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered. Starving, that is, indigent: - poor. • Metaphorically to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire • To suffer thirst, suffer from thirst • Figuratively, those who are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened

  4. Hunger and Thirst • Ps.42:1-2 • Ps.63:1 • Jn.4:13-14 • Jn.6:35 • Jn.7:37 • 1 Pet.2:2 • Rev.22:17 • Illustration of this Intense Desire

  5. Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness • Getting Right With God • 2 Cor.5:17-21 • Phil.3:3-14 • Living Right Before God • Rom.6:8-18 • Rom.8:29 • 2 Pet.1:3-4

  6. The Promise • Be Filled- Complete Satisfaction • Jn.6:35 • Is.55:1-2 • Jer.2:1-3 • Never Fill or Satisfy • Things, stuff, money, pleasure, worldly wisdom, false religion, ½ heartedness.

  7. Why People Do Not Hunger or Thirst? • Not Poor In Spirit – Smug, Self Sufficient, Rationalize Sin, Minimize Sin • Do Not Mourn – Puffed Up, Pride, Make A Joke of Sin, Blame Others • Not Meek in Heart – Wild, Rebellious, Do Your Own Thing

  8. The Plan of Salvation • Hear the Gospel of Christ, Rom.10:17 • Believe in Jesus Christ, Jn.3:16 • Repent and Turn to God, Acts 2:38 • Confess Jesus Before Men, Rom.10:9-10 • Baptized Into Christ, Gal.3:26-27 ----------------------------- • Grow And Be Faithful, Matt.10:22 • If We Err As A Christian: Repent and Pray God Acts 8:22

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