Happiness is Humbling Yourself Before God and Pleading for Righteousness – John 21:25; Matthew 5:3-4

Beatitude #3 - Happiness Comes to Those Who Humble Themselves Before God – Matthew 5:5

√ The Explanation
● What It Is:
    ○	An Easy, Mild, Poor and Gentle Spirit
Ephesians 4:1-2; Isaiah 29:19
●	What it is not
    ○	Cowardice
    ○	Complacency – Psalm 25:9
    ○	Compromise – Matthew 11:29; John 2:15

√ The Examination
●	It’s the Challenge of Believers – Colossians 3:12
    ○	It is the Character of Christ – Matthew 21:5

√ The Exhortation
●	The Result of Meekness
    ○	You’ll Inherit Blessedness – Matthew 5:5
    ○	You’ll Inherit Earthliness – Matthew 5:5; 1 Corinthians 3:21
●	The Requisite of Meekness
    ○	Salvation – Psalm 149:4
    ○	Sanctification – James 1:21

Beatitude #4 - Happiness Comes to Those that Plead for Righteousness
Matthew 5:6

√ The Explanation
●	It’s a Hunger for the Things of God – Luke 16; Psalm 42:1-2, 73:25
●	Two important Truths about a hunger for righteousness
    ○	Hunger is a sign of life
    ○	Hunger is a sign of health
●	It is not a Perverted Desire – Isaiah 14:13-14
●	It is not a Physical Desire – 2 Peter 2:22; John 6:35

√ The Examination
Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:21; Philippians 3:10

√ The Exhortation
●	They Shall be Filled
Matthew 5:5; Psalm 107:9

Three Facts to Consider
1.	If we don’t hunger after righteousness, we’ll never attain it.
2.	If we don’t thirst here, we’ll thirst when it’s too late
Luke 16:24
3.	If we eat too much junk food, we’ll spoil our appetite

The Sermon on the Mount Part 3

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