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Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness,
for they will be filled.
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February 6
Hunger For Righteousness
Jesus has many important things to say as part
of His Sermon on the Mount. As part of the
beatitudes, this teaching on righteousness is
just as important.
We should earnestly seek righteousness.
This means that people get what they deserve,
both good and bad. We should seek justice
for sin and mercy for the repentant.
Our problem is that we don't truly know who is
good and who is bad and should not seek to exact
justice on our own. We should be merciful
whenever in doubt.
There are times that God carries out justice on
earth however. Even though it seems
unloving, we should rejoice when God carries out
justice on wicked people. It is not our
place to carry out vengeance but when God does
so, we should be thankful for God's
righteousness as when a person repents.
As is discussed in Learning
Righteousness, we don't know the mind of
God. We shouldn't be quick to proclaim a
tragedy as an act of God's punishment. But
even so, we can praise God when the righteous
are spared and the wicked receive their due. |
