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What is in your heart?

• (Matthew 51-12 NKJV) And seeing the
  multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He
  was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He
  opened His mouth and taught them, saying 3
  Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is
  the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who
  mourn, For they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed
  are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.

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What is in your heart?

• 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
  righteousness, For they shall be filled. 7
  Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain
  mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For
  they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the
  peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of
  God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted
  for righteousness sake, For theirs is the
  kingdom of heaven.

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What is in your heart?

• 11 Blessed are you when they revile and
  persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against
  you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be
  exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in
  heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who
  were before you.

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What is in your heart?

• When one has these conditions of heart he will be
  "blessed" or happy!

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What is in your heart?

• When one has these conditions of heart he will be
  "blessed" or happy!
• "True happiness is a continual state of mind, in
  contrast with the superficial happiness of the
  world which is enjoyment without joy and pleasure
  without peace." - Joe Corley

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What is in your heart?

• When one has these conditions of heart he will be
  "blessed" or happy!
• "True happiness is a continual state of mind, in
  contrast with the superficial happiness of the
  world which is enjoyment without joy and pleasure
  without peace." - Joe Corley
• You will never find this peace from the advice
  the world gives! (Jn 1427 1631-33)

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What is in your heart?

• (John 1427 NKJV) Peace I leave with you, My
  peace I give to you not as the world gives do I
  give to you. Let not your heart be troubled,
  neither let it be afraid.

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What is in your heart?

• (John 1631-33 NKJV) Jesus answered them, Do
  you now believe? 32 Indeed the hour is coming,
  yes, has now come, that you will be scattered,
  each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet
  I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

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What is in your heart?

• 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in
  Me you may have peace. In the world you will have
  tribulation but be of good cheer, I have
  overcome the world.

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What is in your heart?

• Are you able to make the hard decisions in the
  Christian life?

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What is in your heart?

• Are you able to make the hard decisions in the
  Christian life?
• Too often many choose the path of silence rather
  than be willing to step up and be counted out of
  a fear of consequences.

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What is in your heart?

• Remember the fruit of that kind of spirit! (Jn
  1242-43 Rev 218)

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What is in your heart?

• (John 1242-43 NKJV) Nevertheless even among
  the rulers many believed in Him, but because of
  the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they
  should be put out of the synagogue 43 for they
  loved the praise of men more than the praise of
  God.

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What is in your heart?

• (Revelation 218 NKJV) But the cowardly,
  unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
  immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars
  shall have their part in the lake which burns
  with fire and brimstone, which is the second
  death.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• What is meekness? (Mt 55)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Matthew 55 NKJV) Blessed are the meek, For
  they shall inherit the earth.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• The word used here "parus is seen in that it lies
  between excessive anger (Gr. origates) and
  exessive angerlessness (Gr. aorgisia). It is true
  composure, i.e., the ability to be angry at the
  right times and never angry at the wrong time.
  Rightly so, the Greeks used praus (meek) for a
  tamed beast (a horse once wild, but now obedient
  to bit and saddle).

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• It is strength under control - submissiveness.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• "There is logical order to the beatitudes up to
  this point awareness of dependence upon God
  ("poor in spirit") leads to a true view of what
  sin is in all its ugliness ("they that mourn").
  This leads to submissiveness to God ("blessed are
  the meek"). "Meekness" is therefore that
  disposition in man that makes him esteem himself
  as small before God and men, taking a low
  estimate of himself.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• "We like to think blessed are the strong, the
  shrewd, those who stand up for their rights,
  those who refuse to be taken advantage of, those
  who always look out for slights, those who strike
  it rich and make it a success. We have a tendency
  to put high value on self-assertion.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• The natural standpoint is that a strong person is
  one who not only does what he wills but also
  bends others to do his will. The Biblical concept
  of meekness, however, is different. Meekness in
  the Greek is used to describe an animal which has
  been trained by its master.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Wild and unruly animals are worthless but when
  trained they become meek, that is teachable and
  quiet. If we remember this background of the term
  we will see that meekness is strength under the
  control of God and that gentleness is true power.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Wild and unruly animals are worthless but when
  trained they become meek, that is teachable and
  quiet. If we remember this background of the term
  we will see that meekness is strength under the
  control of God and that gentleness is true
  power.
• Moses is a great example of meekness. (Num 123)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Numbers 123 KJV) (Now the man Moses was very
  meek, above all the men which were upon the face
  of the earth.)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• How do you respond to men who complain and
  murmur? (Prov 1632)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Proverbs 1632 NKJV) He who is slow to anger
  is better than the mighty, And he who rules his
  spirit than he who takes a city.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• A great test of meekness is your response to
  unfair and unreasonable people. Do you really
  trust God? (Rom 1221)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Romans 1221 NKJV) Do not be overcome by evil,
  but overcome evil with good.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Consider the fruits of meekness.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Consider the fruits of meekness.
• Related to humility (1 Pet. 56-7).

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (1 Peter 56-7 NKJV) Therefore humble
  yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He
  may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your
  care upon Him, for He cares for you.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• One of the meekest men in history was John the
  Baptist. He was such a powerful figure that
  Josephus, the great Jewish historian, reports
  many years later when John's name was mentioned
  people still trembled at the thought of him.
  Jesus' eulogy of John was that he was "greater
  than any man born of woman."

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Yet when he saw the Christ, instead of giving a
  speech about his own great accomplishments, he
  sent his disciples to Jesus telling them, "He
  must increase but I must decrease." When asked
  who he was, he simply said, "I am nobody. I am to
  be heard, not to be seen. I am just a voice."

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Did you ever notice that David never describes
  his victory of Goliath in all of the psalms? We
  live in a time of superlatives -- the greatest
  evangelist, the greatest preacher, the greatest
  theologian, the greatest actor -- we desire
  dignity, position. We want some title and to be
  addressed properly.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• No wonder Christ cannot be seen. Paul called
  himself "the least of all the apostles." Where is
  our pride? Where is our meekness?

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• No wonder Christ cannot be seen. Paul called
  himself "the least of all the apostles." Where is
  our pride? Where is our meekness?
• An ornament in God's sight (1 Pet. 34).

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (1 Peter 34 NKJV) rather let it be the hidden
  person of the heart, with the incorruptible
  beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is
  very precious in the sight of God.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Makes one safe in the day of anger (Zeph 23).

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Zephaniah 23 NKJV) Seek the LORD, all you
  meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice.
  Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that
  you will be hidden In the day of the Lords
  anger.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• It is soothing to all (1 Thess. 27).

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (1 Thessalonians 27 NKJV) But we were gentle
  among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her
  own children.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• "Meekness means to submit to God's will in a mild
  and gentle spirit, even in circumstances of
  great difficulty." - Joe Corley

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• "Meekness means to submit to God's will in a mild
  and gentle spirit, even in circumstances of
  great difficulty." - Joe Corley
• Submit even when adversity comes. (Job 121)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Job 121 NKJV) And he said Naked I came from
  my mothers womb, And naked shall I return there.
  The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away
  Blessed be the name of the LORD.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Submit even when we must make great sacrifice to
  serve God as did Abraham!

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• Submit even when we must make great sacrifice to
  serve God as did Abraham!
• Submit when we are chastened of the Lord. (Heb
  125-10)

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• (Hebrews 125-10 NKJV) And you have forgotten
  the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons
  My son, do not despise the chastening of the
  LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by
  Him 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And
  scourges every son whom He receives.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you
  as with sons for what son is there whom a father
  does not chasten? 8 But if you are without
  chastening, of which all have become partakers,
  then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9
  Furthermore, we have had human fathers who
  corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we
  not much more readily be in subjection to the
  Father of spirits and live?

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us
  as seemed best to them, but He for our profit,
  that we may be partakers of His holiness.

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The sign of true Christian Character --- Meekness

• How do you react when it is hard to do right?

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• The words here express strong craving Gr.
  peinontes (peinao), "to be hungry, suffer
  hunger, to be famished, to crave after"
  (Liddell-Scott).

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• The words here express strong craving Gr.
  peinontes (peinao), "to be hungry, suffer
  hunger, to be famished, to crave after"
  (Liddell-Scott).
• The same is true for "thirst," Gr. dipsontes
  (dipsao), "to thirst after, to desire strongly"
  (Thayer).

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• We do not know what this kind of hunger and
  thirst is like! This is the same word to describe
  Jesus' 40 day fast in the wilderness. (Mt 42)

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• (Matthew 42 NKJV) And when He had fasted forty
  days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• Here it describes a hunger that does not come
  naturally but rather one that is learned. God
  wants it to become overpowering in our lives.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• Hunger and thirst is a sign of life! What if one
  ceases being hungry?

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• Hunger and thirst is a sign of life! What if one
  ceases being hungry?
• Fruits of this craving in our lives.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• Hunger and thirst is a sign of life! What if one
  ceases being hungry?
• Fruits of this craving in our lives.
• We want to know more about God and draw as close
  as we can to Him. (Psa 631 Psa 841-5)

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• (Psalms 631 NKJV) O God, You are my God Early
  will I seek You My soul thirsts for You My
  flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land
  Where there is no water.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• (Psalms 841-5 NKJV) How lovely is Your
  tabernacle, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs,
  yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD My
  heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  3 Even the sparrow has found a home, And the
  swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her
  young Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King
  and my God.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• 4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house
  They will still be praising You. Selah 5
  Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
  Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• Hunger and thirst is a sign of life! What if one
  ceases being hungry?
• Fruits of this craving in our lives.
• We want to know more about God and draw as close
  as we can to Him. (Psa 631 Psa 841-5)
• When we know God, we will hunger and thirst! (1
  Pt 21-3)

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• (1 Peter 21-3 NKJV) Therefore, laying aside
  all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all
  evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the
  pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
  3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is
  gracious.

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• Hunger and thirst is a sign of life! What if one
  ceases being hungry?
• Fruits of this craving in our lives.
• We want to know more about God and draw as close
  as we can to Him. (Psa 631 Psa 841-5)
• When we know God, we will hunger and thirst! (1
  Pt 21-3)
• These will not run from Bible study and isolate
  themselves from God's people. (Mal 316-17)

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Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
(Mt 56)

• (Malachi 316-17 NKJV) Then those who feared
  the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD
  listened and heard them So a book of remembrance
  was written before Him For those who fear the
  LORD And who meditate on His name. 17 They
  shall be Mine, says the LORD of hosts, On the
  day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare
  them As a man spares his own son who serves him.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• The blessings of these beatitudes

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• The blessings of these beatitudes
• The meek shall inherit the earth. (Mt 55)

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• The blessings of these beatitudes
• The meek shall inherit the earth. (Mt 55)
• This is in addition to the new heavens and earth.
  (Rev 211)

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• The blessings of these beatitudes
• The meek shall inherit the earth. (Mt 55)
• This is in addition to the new heavens and earth.
  (Rev 211)
• We as Christian enjoy the true riches of this
  life! Do you realize what you have?
  (1 Cor 321-23)

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• (1 Corinthians 321-23 NKJV) Therefore let no
  one boast in men. For all things are yours 22
  whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world
  or life or death, or things present or things to
  come all are yours. 23 And you are Christs,
  and Christ is Gods.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.
• "These words are very strong and graphic,
  originally applied to the feeding and
  fattening of animals in a stall.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.
• "These words are very strong and graphic,
  originally applied to the feeding and
  fattening of animals in a stall.
• What do we feed upon? (Isa 552)

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• (Isaiah 552 NKJV) Why do you spend money for
  what is not bread, And your wages for what does
  not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what
  is good, And let your soul delight itself in
  abundance.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.
• "These words are very strong and graphic,
  originally applied to the feeding and
  fattening of animals in a stall.
• What do we feed upon? (Isa 552)
• This is not the false righteousness of the
  Pharisees! (Mt 520 Mt 2328 Lk 189)

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• (Matthew 520 NKJV) For I say to you, that
  unless your righteousness exceeds the
  righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you
  will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• (Matthew 2328 NKJV) Even so you also outwardly
  appear righteous to men, but inside you are full
  of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• (Luke 189 NKJV) Also He spoke this parable to
  some who trusted in themselves that they were
  righteous, and despised others

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.
• We must cease the struggle of putting ourselves
  forward before we can ever find God's
  righteousness!

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The Blessings of these Beatitudes

• Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
  shall be filled.
• We must cease the struggle of putting ourselves
  forward before we can ever find God's
  righteousness!
• What are those who find this righteousness like?
  (Mt 633)