After the initial stages of our salvation experience , humble obedience is the only path forward into any kind of spiritual growth . You know it is genuine when you humbly obey regardless of the consequences .
The meek are blessed to inherit the earth because acting in faith through obedience is to trust that the ultimate reward for obedience is the reward that Yeshua will bring with Him when He returns ( Isaiah 40:10 , Revelation 22:12 ). The alternative is to disobey God and to try to create shortcuts to the things we desire in this life . Again , this builds on the previous blessings because true obedience comes from the deep knowledge or our spiritual lack and mourning for the damage our sins have caused . I would also say that the first three blessings describe the process of repentance : recognizing our sins , lamenting over them , and obeying God instead of our own ways .
“ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness , for they shall be satisfied .” ( Matthew 5:6 )
Hopefully the progression here is starting to be more apparent with each blessing . Now the progression is showing us that righteousness before God is understood as the relational outcome of humble obedience . Certainly , we have the righteousness of Yeshua ( Romans 3:21-24 ), but this blessing shows that we should be actualizing the righteousness of Yeshua
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