Theme 2014: Experiencing God, Embracing People!

Theme 2014: Experiencing God, Embracing People!

(NIV)

“Blessed are those who hunger

and thirst for righteousness,

for they will be filled.”

simply means

“to be fully satisfied.”

What is

… a big word in the Bible.

Because it’s a word that is used literally hundredsand hundreds of times

in the Scripture.

Because it’s a word that is used literally hundredsand hundreds of times

in the Scripture.

… in just 2 words!

— it means “right with God, right relationship with God,or being right with God.”

“The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself.”

(NCV)

Romans 1:17….

tells us … God makes us RIGHT with Himself.

… in just 2 words!

— it means “living right,living right as God intends,

or living right in faith.”

“… all who practice righteousness

are God’s true children.”(The Message)

1 John 2:29….

is a …

Why should we care?

Why should I hunger

and thirst for it?

In a nutshell – 2 reasons….

It’s the ONLY WAY to live

It’s the ONLY WAY to heaven

Righteousness is the road to life and path to

immortality . . .” [GNT]

What does that mean?

It means that when you were disconnected from Godyou’re not really living.

You’re just existing only.

“Thou has made us for

thyself and our hearts

are restless until we

find our peace in Thee.”

“Thou has made us for

thyself and our hearts

are restless until we

find our peace in Thee.”

Saint Augustine said

this . . . 

is not just about the acquisition of things orthe achievement of goals.

is about knowing God and His purpose for us.

What does that mean?

It means “righteousness”

is the way you get to heaven.  

 God did not force us, but

a CHOICE we made at

salvation.

God plans to help us get in

“right relationship” with Him….

It’s salvation from SIN and eternal separation from God.

It’s salvation from SIN and eternal separation from God.

“Good News”

The “Good News” is God plans

to make us RIGHT with Himself!

“Can an Ethiopian change his

skin or the leopard its spots?

Neither can you do good who

are accustomed to doing evil.” [NIV]

Jeremiah 13:23….

“There is not a single person

in all the earth who is always

good and never sins.”

[NLT]

Ecclesiastes 7:20….

“For no one can ever be made

right in God's sight by doing

what his law commands.

For the more we know God's

law, the clearer it becomes

that

we aren't obeying it.” [NLT]

Romans 3:20….

“23 For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious

standard. 24 Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our

sins. ….

Romans 3:23-25….

…. 25 For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against

us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair

and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former

times.” [NLT]

“For God made Christ, who

never sinned, to be the

offering for our sin, so that we

could be made right with God

through Christ.” [NLT]

2 Corinthians 5:21….

“We are made right in God's

sight when we trust in Jesus

Christ to take away our sins.

And we all can be saved in this

same way, no matter who we

are or what we have done.’” [NLT]

Romans 3:22….

How do I maintain my

“spiritual hunger”

for the rest of my life

with Jesus?

“18 And may you have the

power to understand, as all

God’s people should, how

wide, how long, how high, and

how deep his love really is……

Ephesians 3:18-19….

…..19 May you experience the

love of Christ, though it is so

great you will never fully

understand it. Then you will be

filled with the fullness of life

and power that comes from

God. ” [NLT]

“14 A wise person is hungry for

truth, while the fool feeds on

trash.” [NLT]

Proverbs 15:14….

“1 O God, you are my God,

earnestly I seek you; my soul

thirst for you, my body longs

for you, in a dry and weary

land where there is no water.”

[NIV]

Psalm 63:1….

“2 You must crave pure

spiritual milk (of God’s Word)

so that you can grow into the

fullness of your salvation. Cry

out for this nourishment as a

baby cries for milk.” [NLT]

1 Peter 2:2….

“20 So join the company of

good men and women, keep

your feet on the tried and true

path.” [MSG]

Proverbs 2:20….