Transformed and Satisfied! Matthew 5:1-6
The Road to Happiness!

• Confess Your Bankruptcy W/out Christ=Inherit the Kingdom! Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Dead: Ephesians 2:1-3 –Futile: Ephesians 4:17-19 –Ungodly: Jude 1

2. Mourn Over Your Bankrupt Soul and Receive Lasting Comfort!

Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Psalm 51 – A Psalm of Confession, Mourning and Freedom!

3. Be Gentle & Inherit the Earth! Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.

1 Peter 2:21-24 – The Gentleness of Christ!

Compassion Flows from Gentleness!
1 Peter 3:15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; NASU

• Hunger & Thirst For Righteousness! Temporal to Eternal Satisfaction!

Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

• It’s Identity In Christ : Righteous. God declares you Righteous at Faith in the Work of Christ:

• It is Something to Practice! Something You Grow into!
2 John 3:1-11

2 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.

To Hunger and Thirst For Righteousness

• Is to Hunger for God Himself! Psalm 61:1-5
• Is to Hunger for The weapons of righteousness! 2 Corinthians 6:7
• Is to Hunger for the world to be right! And the only way for the world to be right is through faith in Christ! Therefore, You tell!
• Is to Live on Every Word that Proceeds from the mouth of God!
• Is to Love righteousness and hate lawlessness! Hebrews 1:9
• Is to know that the Anger of Man will not achieve the Righteousness of God! James 1:20
• Is to Live to Righteousness! 1 Peter 2:24