• Matthew 5:6 CSB – Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
1. Hunger and thirst to be declared righteous
Romans 3:9-12 CSB – “What then? Are we any better off? Not at all! For we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin, as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.” 
Romans 3:19-20 CSB – “Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment. For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.”
Romans 3:21-24 CSB – “But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets. The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since there is no distinction. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Jewish couple
Put your faith in Jesus 
2. Hunger and thirst to live a righteous life
Ephesians 4:17-19 CSB – “Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts. They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts. They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more.”
Ephesians 4:20-24 CSB – “But that is not how you came to know Christ, assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires, to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.”
Hannah Brown
Take off your old self. Put on your new self. 
3. Hunger and thirst for a world of righteousness
2 Peter 3:10 CSB – But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.”
2 Peter 3:11-12 CSB – “Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming. Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat.”
2 Peter 3:13 CSB – “But based on his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.”
Bart Ehrman
Wait expectantly for the return of Jesus
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