We welcome you now to a true church perspective with Pastor G. Craig Lewis.

Y'all got that?

Okay, and as we go, we'll tweak it and we'll see, you know, we're growing in it.

We're going to see.

But I really believe it's going to be very very beneficial to our young people amen amen

amen all right well adamantbeliever.com forward slash beatitudes 4.pd pdf field with rightness what does it mean the hunger and thirst for righteousness well in order to

understand that we have to first understand what righteousness means amen

it's not wearing white it's not wearing dresses only amen no lipstick and makeup it's not

righteousness some of us grew up that was righteousness we thought that was

amen clergy collars and robes and all even wearing suits all that's not righteousness

righteousness comes from the Hebrew word Zadaka and the Greek word, decoasalum.

These terms essentially mean justice, rightness, generosity, and being in good standing with God and people.

Righteousness means God likes you.

And he likes what you do.

You are in right standing with him and you are in right standing with people look at that see somebody like wait a minute

wait a minute oh we gonna get there look at somebody said we gonna get there man was originally

created righteous but fell from it in the garden so righteousness was a part of man's creation

when god made us and put us in the garden we were

righteous fully 100% righteous in right alignment in good relationship we're in good

relationship with him because he walked with us man and woman was in good relation

together but then we fail from it our hunger and thirst should be

for God's original intent for us so to hunger and thirst after righteousness is to hunger

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