Blessed are the Spiritually Hungry

Northwest Bible Church – Oct. 19, 2025 – Matthew – Alan Conner

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are the Spiritually Hungry 

Intro

A. WHAT KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS?

1. Not man-made righteousness.    Mt. 5:20; Jer. 2:13.  

2. God’s righteousness.   

a. Imputed righteousness.    Phil. 3:9

b. Practical righteousness.   2 Tim. 2:22; Rom. 6:13

c. Civil righteousness.  Isa. 61:1-2

B. HUNGERING AND THIRSTING

1. Speaks to an intense longing, metaphor.    Ps. 42:1-2

2. Tests of this hunger and thirst.

C. THE BLESSING OF BEING SATISFIED.

1. Divine passive.

2. To make full, to fill up to the brim.  

3. For the lost –

4. For the believer –  

Conclusion