Dr Tom Hover
February 9, 2025
Matthew 5:5 / Matthew 5:6
“BLESSED ARE THE MEEK” / "BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS”
“BLESSED ARE THE MEEK.”
Text: Matthew 5:5
Introduction BE MEEK AND BE BLESSED - WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGHTY MEEK - MEEK, NOT WEAK
Galatians 5:22-23, Psalm 25:9, Matthew 11:28-30
I. THE MEANING OF MEEKNESS
A. Meekness is Not Cowardice Matthew 11:29, John 10:18
B. Meekness is Not Weakness Numbers 12:3
C. Meekness is Strength Under Control.
D. What You Can Do with Your Abilities, Drives, and Ambitions.
1. Self-Assertion
2. Self-Restraint Romans 6:19
3. Self-Control or Self-Surrender Under Jesus
Ephesians 4:26, Matthew 12:12-13, Jesus didn't lose His temper. He used it. Now, his temper is not out of control. His temper is in control. Philippians 3:12-14 We are to be under Jesus’ control!
II. THE METHOD OF MEEKNESS James1:21-25
A. A Repentant Spirit James 1:21 "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness"
B. A Receptive Spirit
James 1:21 "with meekness the engrafted word"
C. A Responsive Spirit James 1:22 "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves"
III. THE MOTIVE FOR MEEKNESS
A. The Wealth Matthew 5:5, I Corinthians 3:21, II Corinthians 6:10, Psalm 24:1, II Corinthians 6:10, Revelation 20:6
B. The Wisdom Psalm 25:9
C. The Worship Matthew 11:28-30, Zephaniah 2:3
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"BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS:”
The Quest for Righteousness Text: Matthew 5:6
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Introduction: The Beatitudes go beyond even that. The Ten Commandments deal with outward action. The Beatitudes deal with the heart— “the attitudes that ought to be.” Matthew 5:1-6 That’s the first Beatitude. “Blessed are those who see themselves as spiritually, morally bankrupt.” They see their condition. Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. After they see their condition comes this contrition. And then, look in verse 4— “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted”— for after they see their condition comes this contrition. They’re broken about their sin, broken over their sin, and broken from their sin. There’s genuine repentance. And then Verse 5 — “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth”—that is, they’re compliant. Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. They are ready now and willing to do God’s will. To be meek means to be submitted, yielded to the will of God. Do you see how these Beatitudes follow the one after the other? And then, we come to the one that is for today:
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. I want to talk to you today on “The Quest for Righteousness—that is, to have your deepest hunger met. I Corinthians 1:30
I. IT IS A QUEST THAT DESIRES JESUS PREEMINENTLY Matthew 5:6, 6:32-33, 6:33
God will not take second place to anybody or anything. Luke 4:4, Colossians 2:9-10, Revelation 1:8, 1:11, 21:6, 22:13, II Timothy 1:12
II. IT IS A QUEST THAT SEEKS JESUS PASSIONATELY Matthew 5:6
A. It Is a Quest That Is Deliberate
B. It Is a Quest That Is Determined Matthew 7:7-8
C. It Is a Quest That Is Desperate Proverbs 27:7
III. IT IS A QUEST THAT ENJOYS JESUS PERPETUALLY Matthew 5:6, I Timothy 6:17, Psalm 107:9,
I Peter 2:3, Psalm 34:8
