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The Beatitudes – Thirsty and Hungry for Righteousness

The Beatitudes – Part 2

Happy are the Ones Hungering and Thirsting for the Righteousness, Matthew 5:6
1. They are characterized as hungering and thirsting
  1. They do not possess righteousness
  2. Hunger and thirst come from lack
    1. After 40 days in the wilderness, Jesus was hungry, Matthew 4:2
    2. The disciples become hungry on the Sabbath, Matthew 12:1
    3. Primarily used of the lack of food and water, Revelation 7:16;
  3. Those who came to Christ during His earthly ministry would not hunger or thirst, John 6:35; Romans 12:20
2. A Christian already possesses a quality of the Righteousness of God in Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 1:30
3. They will be satisfied (used of eating and drinking until one is full)
Happy are the Merciful, Matthew 5:7
1. “Mercy” is relief from the affects of one’s own sin
2. An expression of God’s mercy results in salvation, Titus 3:5
  1. God’s show of mercy upon Paul, 1 Timothy 1:13, 16
  2. God’s show of mercy upon the Gentiles, 1 Peter 2:10
  3. God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all, Romans 11:30 – 32
  4. Mercy is not shown to a man on the basis of his desire to receive it, Romans 9:16-18
3. Mercy and the Christian
  1. Christians receive mercy on the basis of God’s mercy apart from works of righteousness, Titus 3:5
  2. Mercy is upon a Christian who walks by the rule of the New Creation (The Christ), Galatians 6:15, 16
  3. God showed us mercy while we were still dead in our trespasses, Ephesians 2:4, 5
    1. A trespass is within the mind
    2. Sin ultimately results from a trespass
  4. We can draw near to the Throne of Grace where we receive mercy, because Christ is our High Priest, […]

Who a Christian is in Christ makes Demon Possession Impossible

The saints who are apart of the Church (body of Christ) are the Holy of Holies. The Spirit of God indwells them, which no other group has had or will have this type of relationship with God, 1 Corinthians 3:16. The Holy of Holies of God has no agreement with idols – demons are behind the worship of sticks and stones, 2 Corinthians 6:16. Christ indwells those in the Church, Colossians 1:27. Therefore, no demon can enter this house (the flesh of a saint).

Satan (and his demons) is not permitted to touch a Christian. 1 John 5:18 We intuitively know that everyone born out from God does not habitually sin, and the malignantly evil one cannot touch him.

Satan can only ensnare a Christian to do his desirous will, 2 Timothy 2:24-26 …they should come to a right mind out from the snare of the Devil, having been captured alive by him for the purpose of that one’s desirous will; 1 Timothy 3:7.

This is not being demonized. One who is demonized is in fact possessed by a demon not just tormented. During the earthly ministry of Christ, He cast out the demons from those who were demonized, Matthew 8:16; 9:32, 33; Mark 1:32-34. We only see this type of activity during the time Jesus was walking the earth. After the Gospels, Scripture does not use this word; rather, it says they had a demon or spirit, Acts 16:16.

Although the Old Testament reveals the workings of demons among men, the concept of men being possessed is not used; rather, the evil spirits manipulate unsaved men, Judges 9:23; 1 Kings 22:23. Even within the Dispensation of Law, prior to the Son’s incarnation, we see […]