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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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Our ministry is to reach out to the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ and to help believers be equipped with a solid knowledge of the Word of God, the Bible, and be encouraged to apply it in every aspect of their daily lives. There are simple truths for these complex times to help people live in a way that brings real spiritual victory to them and more importantly, through the Lord Jesus Christ, glory to God our Father.

Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
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The apostle Paul would later write that God's Word is profitable for training in righteousness {2Tim.3:16} and that is exactly what Jesus, the Word made flesh, {Jn.1:14} is doing here and now in today’s verse. The entire Sermon on the Mount was, and still is, all about Jesus teaching His disciples to be righteous rather than to be ‘religious’, to change the way we think! And that will truly result in satisfaction—something the world truly lacks!

We know where faith comes from {Heb.11:1} and we need to know where righteousness comes from. God meets that need telling us that it comes through the obedience of the One, the only One who could accomplish it: Jesus the Messiah, the sinless Son of God {Rom.5:19} as He went to the cross and paid the price for our sins! Our heavenly Father made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. {2Cor.5:21} All we have to do to receive it is to accept the gift.

But, if it is a free gift why do we now have to ‘hunger and thirst’ for it? What we need to desire now with such passion, so desperately, is righteous behavior coupled with a righteous attitude. Behavior + attitude brings us to the Beatitudes! So He took His disciples up the mount to train them just as He is doing with us now desiring that we would be satisfied.

In these troubled times, the Lord wants us to have the peace and pleasure that come with being filled and being satisfied. Meanwhile, the enemy, the devil is committed to working at getting you and I dissatisfied. Consider this: In the Garden Eve had everything a woman could need:
    - She had a perfect husband
    - She had a perfect home with no taxes or utility bills
    - She had everything that she could possibly need, just for the reaching out and taking there in the Garden.

Then the serpent came along and planted the seed of dissatisfaction, of discontent. That old devil got her to act on what she “wanted” rather than what she needed. He helped create a ‘felt need’ in Eve.

We know now that the Word says {1Tim.2:8} that if we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. Are you? If not, call upon the Lord (it’s a local call) and ask for help. A song written by Ralph Carmichael, “Reach Out To Jesus” includes the lyrics, “He is always there hearing every prayer, faithful and true.” It is a beautiful song, and more importantly, a glorious truth!

“Do not be anxious then, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'With what shall we clothe ourselves?' For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.” (Matthew 6:31-33)

BE FILLED WITH THE FULNESS OF GOD