SM-Syllabus                                                         SM – 4

The Sermon on the Mount

 

Lesson 4

 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6

 Hunger and thirst are two of the strongest physiological desires humans can possess. Here they are used to represent spiritual appetites. Physically speaking, a person’s hunger and/or thirst can only be assuaged by food and water. While God provides for our earthly needs, earthly needs do not fulfill our deepest spiritual desires. Spiritually speaking, the fulfillment or the satiation of those desires comes by way of something else.  

  1. For what should a Christian hunger and thirst?

 

  1. How would you define righteousness?

 

  1. Where does righteousness originate? Consider Psalm 4:1

 

  1. How do we know what constitutes righteousness? Consider Psalm 119:172

 

  1. How does righteousness help us live life? Consider Proverbs 13:6 & Proverbs 11:4

 

  1. Do the Scriptures command righteous living to be pleasing to God? Consider Titus 2:11-12

 

  1. Other than Jesus, can you give me two biblical figures who were considered “righteous” and why?

 

  1. What does it mean to be “filled”?

 

  1. How might being “filled” equate with being “blessed”?

 

  1.  Do you feel satisfied spiritually? If not, why?