The overview of Matthew 5:2-12 can be found here, while an important word study on the term blessed can be found here. The verse overviews of Matthew 5:2, 5:3, 5:4 and 5:5 can be found here, here, here. and here.
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Matthew 5:6
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."
(Matthew 5:6)
Grammatical Considerations
Cause and effect: Effect is that those who yearn for righteousness will be blessed! The cause is that "they shall be satisfied."
ARE and FOR:
As in all the Beatitudes Jesus makes it clear that what He is saying
are not probabilities. They are true and will occur given the
circumstances He sets forth.
Important Terms
All definitions were culled from the Complete Word Study Dictionary from AMG Publisher, Vine's Expository Dictionary and/or
Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary.
Blessed:
- see word study at this link.
Righteousness:
satisfied:
A few other cross-references--- Psa 24:3-5 Psa 119:9-12
Basically Jesus is stating quite clearly that those who truly desire (long for, hunger!) righteousness will be filled. Completed. The thing is that we must know what righteousness means! Jesus is saying that we who hunger to be right with God (and there is only one way to be right with God---thru faith and belief in His Son, Jesus Christ) will be filled. If we accept the righteousness of Jesus as the gift from God that it is, our hunger for righteousness will be filled. We will become right with God, through God! NOT through anything we have done or earned! (very important)
- ESword Concordance Search--- Mat 3:15 Mat 5:6 Mat 5:10 Mat 5:20 Mat 6:1 Mat 6:33 Mat 21:32 Luk 1:75 Joh 16:8-10 Rom 1:17 Rom 3:5 Rom 3:21-26 Rom 4:3 Rom 4:5-9 Rom 4:11-13 Rom 4:22 Rom 5:17-18 Rom 6:13 Rom 6:16-20 Rom 8:10 Rom 9:30-31 Rom 10:10 Rom 14:17 Gal 5:5 Eph 4:24 Eph 6:14
- Definition--- Righteousness (in both the OT and NT) is the state commanded by God and standing the test of His judgment. God is the standard of righteousness.
- In Vine's: of whatever is right or just in itself, whatever conforms to the revealed will of God We are expected to conform to this.
- Paul often refers to righteousness as something that comes from or is given by God. We can not make ourselves righteous. Jesus also seems to be saying this, especially in Mat 6:32-33 We can only live up to this righteousness by receiving and accepting the GIFT of righteousness as given to us when we repent our sins and receive Christ as our Savior and Lord!!
- In other words, righteousness is not achieved or earned! We can not earn it on any merit of our own. We only obtain righteousness (right relationship with God) through faith in Jesus Christ! IT is given to us by God when we accept His standards and His will which we can only do when we accept His Son Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord! We must acknowledge Jesus' sacrifice for our sins and His resurrection that defeated sin.
- Mounce clarifies this even more by explaining (summarizing Paul) it this way: The law is God's standard of righteousness and we can not ever live up to that. But Jesus did live it up to that standard and died for our sins! And then rose again defeating sin forever. When we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord we are accepting the gift of HIS righteousness so that we may be counted as righteous.
- Definition--- to long for
- Definition--- desire ardently
satisfied:
- Definition--- to be filled!
A few other cross-references--- Psa 24:3-5 Psa 119:9-12
Summation
Basically Jesus is stating quite clearly that those who truly desire (long for, hunger!) righteousness will be filled. Completed. The thing is that we must know what righteousness means! Jesus is saying that we who hunger to be right with God (and there is only one way to be right with God---thru faith and belief in His Son, Jesus Christ) will be filled. If we accept the righteousness of Jesus as the gift from God that it is, our hunger for righteousness will be filled. We will become right with God, through God! NOT through anything we have done or earned! (very important)
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