5:6
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness ..” In the West today you are derided if you hunger and thirst for righteousness. You may well be accused of being a hater or a bigot. You will not be honoured by the world. In such circumstances it is easy to become discouraged. But we must not lose heart, for a day will come when we will be filled. It is God’s government of which there shall be no end to the increase.
5:7
We get told to get our own back, but Jesus tells us to be merciful. What is the motivation for this? It is that we will be shown mercy. The human response of seeking to get our own back puts us in a position of being right, but looked at as a whole we are all in the wrong. We are all sinners in need of mercy. So we are to live as kingdom people, showing mercy to others.
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