WHY YOU NEED TO STAY HUNGRY

The Keys to a Blessed Life (8 Beatitudes) – Part 4

Nate Strickland

May 26th 2019

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” (ESV)

“God blesses those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 (NIV)

RIGHTEOUSNESS IS. . .

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“Righteousness is the road to life and path to immortality.” Proverbs 12:28

WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS?

1 . It’s the

way to live a life of

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2 . It’s the only

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THE GOOD NEWS:
GOD’S PLAN TO MAKE ME RIGHT WITH HIMSELF

3 Realities you must face:

1 . I have to accept the fact that: I

make myself

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“For from within, out of people’s hearts, comes evil”… Mark 7:21-22 (CSB)

“Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.” Ecclesiastes 7:20 (ESV)

“No one can ever be made right in God’s sight by doing what his law commands, because the more we know God’s law, the clearer it becomes that we can’t keep it.” Romans 3:20 (NLT)

2 . I have to accept the fact that:

came and

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so that I can be called

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“For all have sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. 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. 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.” Romans 3:23-25 (NLT)

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

3 . I have to accept by

what God

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for me.

“So that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory. In him you also were sealed in him with the promised Holy Spirit.? When you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory” Ephesians 1:12-14 (CSB)

“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.” Romans 3:22 (NLT)

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for you believe with your heart, resulting in righteousness, and you confess with your mouth, resulting in salvation.” Romans 10:9-10

HOW DO I STAY SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY?

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