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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 5:6

DISCOURSE: 1290HUNGERING AND THIRSTING AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESSMatthew 5:6. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.MEN naturally desire happiness: but they know not in what it is to be found. The philosophers of old wearied themselves in vain to find out what was man’s chief good. But our blessed Lord has informed us wherein it consists: it is found in holiness alone; which, when embodied, as it were, and exercised in all its branches, renders us... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Matthew 5:6

Two Sermons: The Hunger and Thirst Which are Blessed and The Hunger and Thirst Which are Blessed September 8th, 1889 by C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Matthew 5:6 Because man had perfect righteousness before the fall, he enjoyed perfect blessedness. If you and I shall, by divine, grace, attain to blessedness hereafter, it will be because God has restored us to righteousness. As it was in the first... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:1-48

Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five,And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, and he taught them, saying, ( Matthew 5:1-2 ).The first thing to notice is that this Sermon on the Mount is not for everybody. The Sermon on the Mount was not for the multitudes. Jesus is not here talking to the multitudes, he is talking to his disciples and unless a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 5:1-48

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon them, not for distinction of dress and rank, these being vain in the eyes of heaven: he looked for those whom the world overlook, he looked for his Father’s image in the crowd, the poor in spirit, the mourners, and the meek. Matthew 5:3 . Blessed are the poor in spirit. These characters are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 5:6

Matthew 5:6They which do hunger and thirst. Righteousness desiredI. A few features of the disposition here commended. The term righteousness is variously used.1. Sometimes it signifies rectitude.2. Sometimes imputed righteousness.3. Sometimes personal righteousness. But here it means-(1) A death unto sin;(2) A renunciation of the world;(3) A deliberate choice of God.II. Trace this disposition to its legitimate source.III. Attend to the gracious statement made respecting the possession of this... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:6

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Ver. 6. Blessed are those that hunger and thirst after righteousness ] The righteousness of Christ both imputed and imparted ( iustitia imputata, impertita ). This is in Christ for us, being wrought by his value and merit, and is called the righteousness of justification. This is in us from Christ, being wrought by his virtue and spirit, and is called the righteousness of sanctification. Both these... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 5:6

are: Psalms 42:1, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 63:2, Psalms 84:2, Psalms 107:9, Amos 8:11-1 Chronicles :, Luke 1:53, Luke 6:21, Luke 6:25, John 6:27 for: Psalms 4:6, Psalms 4:7, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 63:5, Psalms 65:4, Psalms 145:19, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 49:10, Isaiah 55:1-Leviticus :, Isaiah 65:13, Isaiah 66:11, John 4:14, John 6:48-Hebrews :, John 7:37, Revelation 7:16 Reciprocal: Psalms 36:8 - abundantly Psalms 132:15 - I will... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.They that hunger and thirst after righteousness — After the holiness here described. They shall be satisfied with it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:6

6. Hunger and thirst. Here is something more than mere vacuity, or penitence, or tranquil readiness. It is an ardent longing a holy appetite for all that is right and good. Filled The Gospel can fill the largest desire for the true good. Thus far has Jesus, in the act of propounding his Gospel, pronounced preparatory blessings on those who are variously ready to receive it. Four benedictions are thus conferred on a proper receptiveness of heart. He next pronounces two benedictions on ... read more