•What does Jesus mean when he
says these things?
•These are the basic needs for
physical life, let’s see how they
apply spiritually! 1 Cor. 2:13; 14:20
Jesus Teaches…
• Blessed = Happy
– We can experience happiness. John 13:17
– Don’t have to go through life miserable!
– Jesus wants our joy to be full! John 16:24
• Are they who = whoever
– This opens the door of opportunity for anyone
– God wants everyone to be saved. 2 Peter 3:9
– Jesus calls “whosoever desires” to come.
Revelation 22:17; 1 Jn. 2:25
Jesus Teaches… • Hunger
– One of mankind’s basic desires/needs
• And Thirst
– Another of man’s basic appetites/needs
– Just as sure and regular and intense as these
desires are, we should have like appetites for
righteousness.
• How is your hunger? Huge, small, none?
– What are you hungry for?
– Your life shows it!
What Is Righteousness? • Righteousness… in a broad sense: state of
him who is as he ought to be, righteousness,
the condition acceptable to God. Thayer
– Vine’s Lexicon pg.535: “whatever conforms to
the revealed will of God, whatever has been
appointed by God to be acknowledged and
obeyed by man, the sum total of the
requirements of God…”
• We today MUST hunger and thirst for whatever
God has commanded so that we may be right
with Him! Prov. 8:17; Jer. 29:13; John 14:21
If We Do As Jesus Says Here… • We shall be satisfied or filled.
– We shall receive what we desired!
• But know that we shall never be completely
satisfied! We will (ought to) develop an
insatiable appetite for God and His truth in
us always. Ps. 63:1,6; 42:1; Jn. 6:68
– How often do you eat or drink? Daily! Luke 9:23
• Without this spiritual desire and filling of
nourishment we will be either sick or dead
spiritually!
Develop This Hunger And Thirst!
• It is the greatest necessity needed for us to live
Matthew 4:10
• We all need it before we can grow! 2 Pet. 2:2
– Therefore our spiritual life depends on it.
• If we do not bear fruit we perish! Jn. 15:4-8
– This righteous fruit is dependant on our abiding in
Jesus. By keeping His commands Jn. 8:31; 14:15
– We bear the fruit of righteousness when we learn it
and do it (walking in the light)! Eph. 5:8-10
Jesus Has The Bread & Water of Life
• Come to Him and be filled! Jn. 6:35; 4:14
– He can fill your hunger and quench your thirst!
• Get right with God fallen Christian! Acts 8:22
• Sinner be saved by obeying Jesus! Rom. 3:23
– Hear: Rom. 10:17
– Believe: Mark 16:16
– Repent: Acts 2:38
– Confess: Acts 8:37
– Baptism: Romans 6:3-6