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Experiencing God, Embracing People: Stay Hungry for Righteousness

Discover the importance of righteousness in a relationship with God and as a lifestyle, and understand how God makes us right with Him through salvation in Jesus. Learn how to stay spiritually hungry and seek God's love, truth, and Word daily.

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Experiencing God, Embracing People: Stay Hungry for Righteousness

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  1. Theme 2014: Experiencing God, Embracing People! Why You Need To Stay Hungry Matthew 5:6

  2. Matthew 5:6.... (NIV)

  3. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” "FILLED" simply means “to be fully satisfied.”

  4. MAIN POINTS 1. The Importance Of "RIGHTEOUSNESS"

  5. RIGHTEOUSNESS? What is … a big word in the Bible. WHY Because it’s a word that is used literally hundreds and hundreds of times in the Scripture.

  6. RIGHTEOUSNESS … in just 2 words! First, A RELATIONSHIP — it means “right with God, right relationship with God, or being right with God.”

  7. Romans 1:17…. “The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself.” (NCV) Good News GOSPEL

  8. Good News tells us … God makes us RIGHT with Himself.

  9. RIGHTEOUSNESS … in just 2 words! Second, A LIFESTYLE — it means “living right, living right as God intends, or living right in faith.”

  10. 1 John 2:29…. “… all who practice righteousness are God’s true children.” (The Message)

  11. RIGHTEOUSNESS is a … position practice Why should we care? Why should I hunger and thirst for it?

  12. In a nutshell –2 reasons…. It’s the ONLY WAY to live (i) It’s the ONLY WAY to heaven (ii) Proverbs 12:28.... Righteousness is the road to life and path to immortality . . .” [GNT]

  13. Take note of the phrases.... First, "ROAD TO LIFE" What does that mean? It means that when you were disconnected from God you’re not really living. You’re just existing only.

  14. Saint Augustine said this . . . “Thou has made us for thyself and our hearts are restless until we find our peace in Thee.”

  15. Life... is not just about the acquisition of things or the achievement of goals. is aboutknowing God and His purpose for us.

  16. Second, "PATH TO IMMORTALITY" What does that mean? It means “righteousness” is the way you get to heaven. God did not force us, but aCHOICE we made at salvation.

  17. 2. How God Makes Us Right With Him

  18. God plans to help us get in “right relationship” with Him…. The GOSPEL “Good News” It’s salvation from SIN and eternal separation from God.

  19. The “Good News”is God plans to make us RIGHT with Himself! 3 Facts....

  20. A) I Can't Make Myself Righteous

  21. Jeremiah 13:23…. “Can an Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.” [NIV]

  22. Ecclesiastes 7:20…. “There is not a single person in all the earth who is always good and never sins.” [NLT]

  23. Romans 3:20…. “For no one can ever be made right in God's sight by doing what his law commands. For the more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't obeying it.”[NLT]

  24. B) God Sent Jesus To Pay For My Sin So I Could Be Declared Righteous

  25. Romans 3:23-25…. “23 For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard. 24 Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. ….

  26. …. 25 For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.” [NLT]

  27. 2 Corinthians 5:21…. “For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” [NLT]

  28. C) I Accept By Faith What God Did For Me

  29. Romans 3:22…. “We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.’” [NLT]

  30. 3. How Do I Stay Spiritually Hungry?

  31. How do I maintain my “spiritual hunger” for the rest of my life with Jesus?

  32. A) I Remind Myself How Much God Loves Me

  33. Ephesians 3:18-19…. “18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is……

  34. …..19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. ” [NLT]

  35. B) I Must Stop Filling Myself Up With Junk Food

  36. Proverbs 15:14…. “14 A wise person is hungry for truth, while the fool feeds on trash.” [NLT]

  37. C) I Need To Make Knowing God My Number One Goal

  38. Psalm 63:1…. “1 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirst for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” [NIV]

  39. D) I Need To Get Into God's Word Everyday

  40. 1 Peter 2:2…. “2 You must crave pure spiritual milk (of God’s Word) so that you can grow into the fullness of your salvation. Cry out for this nourishment as a baby cries for milk.” [NLT]

  41. E) I Need To Understand That My Appetite Is Influenced By Association

  42. Proverbs 2:20…. “20 So join the company of good men and women, keep your feet on the tried and true path.” [MSG]

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