Matthew 5; Verse 6; Filled with Spiritual Food/Spiritual Hydration

Matthew 5:6. Thank you for taking a look †


Almost meal time. If Christ were standing out hungry would you invite Him in to sup with you?


Chow time my friend...

Let's first set the table...

(Matthew 5:6) "Blessed (happy) are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."


Filled (satisfied/contentment) to be filled with food. This will cover all food references Christ gives us in the Gospel, all throughout the Old Testament of course. As that is where from Christ is teaching.


Eating and drinking Holy Spiritually here. Hunger = Bread of life. Meat of the Word. Thirst = Living water that Christ gives. Therefore we must draw (dig) deep. John 4 (chapter 7 as well), verse 14 overall here. Milk = Doctrine that is salvation or directly pertains to the salvation message. What one will do as a result.


What else did Christ command us to drink spiritually? His blood of course, the wine. In the end, the blood of the cross you have to take it in, let it sit there, stomach it, digest it. Nothing better has ever did a body of Good. for God and then self. Your own body, outward to the body of Christ.


So, Christ giving us that simple relation between many things what we look over, taking for granted, because of the lusts of the flesh. Transferring it over from physical to Spiritual--the Holy Spiritual. You have heard it said, "slow down in life, get out of the world", "The Bible is simple", Christ teaches in simplicity", etc. etc. YES! This is why. The simple things in life, then being able to enjoy the simple things in life. Once again, not caught up in the "rat race." Hopping around like a bunny.
The Samaritan women near Jacob's well.

(John 14:4) "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."


Springing up, that is the foundation. From the very depth of the insides deeply rooted in the pit of stomach we can feel physically to the soul (one's self). From there radiating to the rest of the body, spiritual body to physical body. From the deepest depths. Everyone can relate to that. Christ knows it.


A competition where one has been to the place they dug extra special deep. Demanded more out of themselves. Likewise, and how much more with the LORD?


After accomplishing that we temporarily felt better ourselves. Likewise here, and how much more with the LORD? Feeling better comes from being right with the Father through Christ and doing right for the Father through and for Christ. Finding your worth in Him first, not in man.


How much more with the LORD? He answers it in the verse. Filled. Imagine eating your favorite meal, your favorite drink to go with, then laying back and relaxing/resting (how He wants our soul and spirit to feel everyday, through faith). Not overeating as well, where one is miserable.


Amen †

Matthew 7; Verses 24-29; Construction

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(Matthew 7:24-29) "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

First of all what sayings? Matthew 5 up until this point. The Sermon on the Mount. The foundational building blocks from the heart then mind, knowing and understanding Christ' Word(s).


Hear then do. Faith then works. What is the first thing people say? But, I heard you. But their not listening because they did not do it. We account that to not listening. So how much more with the Lord?


The LORD IS THE ROCK. satan is a false rock of course. satan (w/the fallen angels) coming as the accuser and the flood of lies we will see here those with no foundation have no chance to begin with. Those that overcome will have:


(Revelation 12:10-11) "And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.


11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

References:

(Matthew 24:38-39) 38"For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

(Genesis 6:2) "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."

(Revelation 12:9) "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

(Revelation 12:15) "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood."

OT.

(Daniel 11:22) "And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant."

Moving on,


(Christ is looking for construction workers, beginning with building one's own house, with Christ being THE boss. Here first laying that foundation. You cannot very well put anything into the ground until it's opened up, that is to say the heart--ready to receive, and the mind will follow. But Christ is one of those bosses that likes hands on too. He comes and gets His hands dirty right with you, showing the way. They've also removed real dirt, not always liking what they see, worms, nasty critters, etc. But they kept on digging. No trying to look pretty here).

Other Christians should of course be helping in this building process (edification), not tearing down.

25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.


Notice: Both houses are going to take a beating. This house withstood them lies from the storm(s). Rain and winds. = Flood of lies blowing a bunch of hot air--worry and lies that come against them, and the hits taken from it.

26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:


(The key is to dig deep from the onset of receiving Christ and the Gospel. Notice the fall was great. Why? They did not learn how to build correctly from the get-go. No foundation. Christians use real shovels, not some kiddie shovel and a little bucket at the beach. Also because of laziness, trying to take the easy way out. No this is likened to rebuilding a flimsy house with no substance no work in the first place. So you can imagine the will to rebuild won't be there again, as there was no foundation in the Lord in the first place. Essentially, they tried to build on their own self-serving foundation).


27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."

(Are we trying to skip the land surveying? Clearing out the garbage so it does not fall in the hole during excavating? Then able to lay the foundation correctly; Measuring, pouring, and framing it correctly. Trying to look pretty? All of this takes close inspection).


(When the supervisor/inspector (Christ) comes is He happy with skipping the process? No, that house is condemned after inspection. No foundation on that rock that is that Christ-the immovable force, they tried to build it by themselves).


Would you say the other construction workers would be happy? See someone is now really showing up to work claiming they did, then want paid for it.


(The awesome thing is Christ never lays off or even thinks to terminate sincere committed workers).


28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

(Because up until then and since no one ever existed could teach like this).


29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes."


(Well, they cannot. The power is the Word of God that changes lives. For that is the power of God--making things simple. Not as satan's and man's word causing nothing but babble/confusion. Scribes would like to try and take away that power of the Lord).

Amen †

Matthew 5; Verses 19-20; The Law

Now Christ the previous verses just said He DID NOT come to do away with the law. But to fulfill. That being the sinless sacrifice to our Father. That we may come to relationship with the Father through Christ. Serving the LORD, thus keeping God's law, and His will in the process.

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(Matthew 5:19-20) "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

(In other words, a nothing in the eyes of God for false teaching. False teachers who say you don't have to follow God's laws. False teachers who use grace as a license to sin at the end of their doctrine. In the eyes of God they get no respect now, and they won't be in Heaven in the end (next verse). To the contrary, God respects and is proud of those who teach His law, and His is law to be followed through serving Christ. The law written on stone/paper is there for correction as a Christian as we're following and serving Christ in heart and mind. Not serving the law in heart and mind).

20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."

(What did the Pharisees do? They did not even follow commandment one. Therefore, followed their own traditions which follow. Beginning with money in idolatry they veer/deviate so far away from God's laws they begin to make a whole other World. Making right wrong, and wrong right. People end up bowing and worshiping what they've made up. This is how people get put into bondage in the masses. If you are not following commandment one you are breaking the whole law. Putting the world and the things of the world first over one's creator. Grace is there, but if grace is a license to sin then that is not the right Christ to follow. Obviously so, otherwise would say that Christ did sin. Making the cross null and void in their mind. So let's get on the right track here).

Amen †