05/18/14 Sermon Pastor Seth Gatchell Pacific Church of Irvine www.pacificchurch.com 4th message in a series on the beatitudes.

1. Hunger for Rightness: Two Roads
Signpost #4

2. Two Roads
Matthew 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate.
For wideis the gate and broad is the road that
leads to destruction, and many enter through
it."

3. Two Roads
14 "But small is the gate and narrow the road
that leads to life,and only afewfind it."

4. Two Roads
Sign #4:
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness forthey shall be
satisfied.

5. What is "blessing"?
What torpedoes blessing?

6. What is "blessing"?
WRONG BELIEF #1:
Happiness is priority ___.
WRONG BELIEF #2:
Happiness is foundby _______ seeking it.
#1
directly

7. Righteousness
Matthew 5:6 Blessedare those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, forthey shall be
satisfied.

8. Righteousness
Matthew 5:20 For I tell you that unless your
righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees
and the teachers of thelaw, you will certainly
not enter the kingdom of heaven.

9. Hunger and thirst
Matthew 5:6 Blessedare those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, forthey shall be
satisfied.

10. Hunger and thirst
Romans 7:23 but I see another law at work in
the members ofmy body, waging war against
the law ofmy mindand making me aprisoner of
the law ofsin at workwithin my members.

11. Hunger and thirst
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue
me fromthis body ofdeath?

12. Hunger and thirst
25 Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our
Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to
God's law, but in the sinfulnature a slave to the
law of sin.

13. Hunger and thirst
Philippians 2:12 Therefore, mybeloved, as you
have always obeyed, so now,not only as in my
presence but muchmorein my absence, work
out your ownsalvation with fear and trembling;

14. Hunger and thirst
13 for God is at workin you, both to will and to
workfor his good pleasure.

15. Hungering for righteousness
2 Timothy 2:22 Fleethe evil desires ofyouth,
and pursue righteousness, faith, love andpeace,
along withthose who call onthe Lord out of a
pure heart.

16. Hungering for righteousness
Isaiah 51:1 Listen to me, you who pursue
righteousness and who seek the Lord: Look to
the rockfromwhich you werecut and to the
quarry fromwhich you werehewn;

17. Hungering for righteousness
Deuteronomy8:3 He humbled you, causing you
to hunger and then feeding you with manna,
whichneither you nor your fathers had known,

18. Hungering for righteousness
to teach you that man does notlive on bread
alone but on every wordthat comesfromthe
mouthof theLord.

19. Hungering for righteousness
Isaiah 55:1 "Come,all you whoare thirsty, come
to the waters; and you who have no money,
come,buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk
without money andwithout cost.

20. Hungering for righteousness
2 Why spend money onwhat is not bread, and
your labor onwhat does not satisfy? Listen,
listen to me,and eat what is good,and your soul
will delight in the richest offare."

21. "Shall be satisfied"
Isaiah 59:17 He put onrighteousness as his
breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his
head; he put on the garments of vengeance and
wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.

22. Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness, and all these things willbegiven
to you as well.
"Shall be satisfied"

23. Isaiah 32:17 The fruitof righteousness will be
peace; the effectof righteousness will be
quietness and confidenceforever.
"Shall be satisfied"

24. Luke 6:25 Woe to you who are well fednow,for
you will go hungry. Woe to you wholaugh now,
for you willmournand weep.
"Shall be satisfied"