Feeling Your Need

Verses

• Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.  Matt 5:6
• Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry.  Luke 6:25
• “Neither of them had the money to pay him back,” Jesus said, “so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"  Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled. “You have judged correctly," Jesus said.  Luke 7:42-43

Theme

• The above verses cover several themes which Jesus taught. First of all, if we feel spiritual hunger for the things of God, Jesus promises that we will be filled and satisfied by what God spiritually provides us. 
• Conversely, those who do not have God in their lives, and feel nothing missing, are in serious danger. After death, they will fell their need then. But it will be too late to do anything to fix it. They will be hungry for all of eternity. 
• The third theme is about the degree of satisfaction those who have felt their need are going to experience. Those who have had the greatest load of sin forgiven, will be the most grateful, and will love God the most. 

Comment

To stay alive here on the Earth, we naturally feel our need to consume food. Sometimes our appetites will guide us to the nutrient we need.  “What are you hungry for? What sounds good?” are words we often hear. In a similar way we should have an appetite for spiritual food. The things of God sound good to our hungry hearts. We will desire to hear more, learn more, and consume more.  The promise Jesus makes with us is, if we do feel our need, God will fill us.

What Is God Like?

Verses

• “The Father and I are one.” John 10:30
• “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father too.” John 14:9
• “Only the Father knows the Son. And only the Son knows the Father.  Mathew 11:27
• Jesus can reveal fully and accurately God the Father to ...anyone to whom the Son deliberately wills to make Him known. Mathew 11:27

 Theme

God and Jesus have the same divine nature. They have the same message, attitudes, judgments, and goals. To be familiar with Jesus is to know what God is like.

Comment

There have been millions of people throughout history, who have passionately sought to understand and serve the gods or God. There have been hundreds, maybe thousands, of religions teaching people a confusion of ideas. When Jesus came, the fog cleared and the mystery was solved. We can know for certain what God is like. He is just like Jesus. As God’s messenger, Jesus presented to us what God wants us to know and to do. As a result, we can study the words Jesus spoke, and measure how aligned we are with them.