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RIGHTEOUSNESS
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What is it, What does it mean?
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you". Matthew 6:32
This is a pretty important question since the Bible has so much to say about it.
When I was a teenager (I am dating myself now) One of my favorite Groups
was the Righteous Brothers" I thought it was a very cool name but did
not have a clue what the word really meant.
Then there is the slang term that used to be popular like "that's righteous"
or "you are righteous man"
***************
But what is Bible Righteousness?
Here are some bible definitions of
righteousness that might be helpful
in our understanding of this subject
First of all "the righteous", in Scripture,
denote the servants of God, the saints
1. Righteousness is purity of heart and
life. It makes you want to do right.
2. Righteousness, as used in Scripture
and theology, is nearly equivalent to HOLINESS,
3. Understanding holy principles
4. It includes all we call justice and honesty, in short, it is true religion.
5. Applied to God, it is the
perfection of his nature in us.
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Let's sum that up a bit by saying
Righteousness is being Holy,
and perfect before God and being in
"right standing" with Him
But that's impossible, isn't it?
Yes it is in our self. There is no way we could be in right standing
and holy before God.
Yet God has made us perfectly righteousness right now because of
what Jesus did on the cross and by shedding His blood for us
*************
The Bible says we are the
righteousness of God NOW!
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him".
2 Cor 5:21
"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto
us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption". 1 Corinthians 1:29-31
"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; (Adam) much more
they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
shall reign in life by one", (Jesus) Romans 5:17
Please note Righteousness is a GIFT. Not something
we earn by our good works
****************
This is worth repeating.
We are the righteousness of God NOW.
We have been made righteous because of Jesus's obedience,
blood, and sacrifice.
We do not have to struggle to be righteous,
We are righteous.
If you grasp this fact and see yourself as righteous and confess out
loud daily that God has made you righteous and thank Him for this
and meditate on this. it can and will change your life.
How you see yourself is so important,
and you should see your self holy, righteousness, and in right
standing now, today, in God's sight
*****************"
We do this by faith.
"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
which is by faith." Hebrews 11:7
"Even Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Galatians 3:5-7
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth
the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Romans 4:4-6
When you believe you are the righteousness of God now and see yourself
that way you are practicing righteousness consciousness instead of sin consciousness
The big difference here is that "the way we see ourselves" is
how we become what we want to be.
So see yourself from now on as being righteous,
Holy, in right standing with God,
Picture yourself in this beautiful robe
"I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed
me in a robe of his righteousnes's" Isa 61:9-11
Think about it!
Meditate on it!
Thank God for it !
*******************
and remember
You can Improve and change your life by
Reading and Studying the Bible Daily
RIGHTEOUSNESS
*****************
What is it, What does it mean?
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you". Matthew 6:32
This is a pretty important question since the Bible has so much to say about it.
When I was a teenager (I am dating myself now) One of my favorite Groups
was the Righteous Brothers" I thought it was a very cool name but did
not have a clue what the word really meant.
Then there is the slang term that used to be popular like "that's righteous"
or "you are righteous man"
***************
But what is Bible Righteousness?
Here are some bible definitions of
righteousness that might be helpful
in our understanding of this subject
First of all "the righteous", in Scripture,
denote the servants of God, the saints
1. Righteousness is purity of heart and
life. It makes you want to do right.
2. Righteousness, as used in Scripture
and theology, is nearly equivalent to HOLINESS,
3. Understanding holy principles
4. It includes all we call justice and honesty, in short, it is true religion.
5. Applied to God, it is the
perfection of his nature in us.
********************
Let's sum that up a bit by saying
Righteousness is being Holy,
and perfect before God and being in
"right standing" with Him
But that's impossible, isn't it?
Yes it is in our self. There is no way we could be in right standing
and holy before God.
Yet God has made us perfectly righteousness right now because of
what Jesus did on the cross and by shedding His blood for us
*************
The Bible says we are the
righteousness of God NOW!
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we
might be made the righteousness of God in him".
2 Cor 5:21
"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto
us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption". 1 Corinthians 1:29-31
"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; (Adam) much more
they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
shall reign in life by one", (Jesus) Romans 5:17
Please note Righteousness is a GIFT. Not something
we earn by our good works
****************
This is worth repeating.
We are the righteousness of God NOW.
We have been made righteous because of Jesus's obedience,
blood, and sacrifice.
We do not have to struggle to be righteous,
We are righteous.
If you grasp this fact and see yourself as righteous and confess out
loud daily that God has made you righteous and thank Him for this
and meditate on this. it can and will change your life.
How you see yourself is so important,
and you should see your self holy, righteousness, and in right
standing now, today, in God's sight
*****************"
We do this by faith.
"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness
which is by faith." Hebrews 11:7
"Even Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Galatians 3:5-7
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth
the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Romans 4:4-6
When you believe you are the righteousness of God now and see yourself
that way you are practicing righteousness consciousness instead of sin consciousness
The big difference here is that "the way we see ourselves" is
how we become what we want to be.
So see yourself from now on as being righteous,
Holy, in right standing with God,
Picture yourself in this beautiful robe
"I delight greatly in the LORD;
my soul rejoices in my God
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed
me in a robe of his righteousnes's" Isa 61:9-11
Think about it!
Meditate on it!
Thank God for it !
*******************
and remember
You can Improve and change your life by
Reading and Studying the Bible Daily
Until next time:
Remember Jesus loves you and is
your Lord, new best friend, helper
and companion forever
Remember Jesus loves you and is
your Lord, new best friend, helper
and companion forever
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