Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6
What is it to hunger and thirst after righteousness to be filled?
The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, by James Strong, LL.D., S.T.D. states that righteousness means justification. Dictionary.com states that justification is “the act of God whereby humankind is made or accounted just, or free from guilt or penalty of sin.”
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But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. Luke 8:15 KJV
In this scripture I will concentrate on the following: “bring forth fruit with patience.”
Fruit comes from the Greek word “karpophoreo” or “to be fertile.” One of the Google definitions of fertile is “capable of becoming a new individual.”
As being “on the good ground”
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