justice,honesty,honour,innocence,purity,nobility and pious.But since man's fall in Eden,causing banishment from God's presence,sin incurs God's wrath and living a righteous life takes the strength from God as well.
In Isaiah 64:6 the Bible says,"all our righteousness are as filthy as rags" but God tells us in Psalms 23:3 that "He will lead us in the path of righteousness for His name sake". This is because God is the Jehovah Tsidekenu (Jeremiah 23:6).
Righteousness can be define as the standard needed for people to be acceptable to God.Righteousness comes from God so only He can define true righteousness.Scripture pronounces a special blessing on the people who are serious about the name "The Lord our Righteousness". We can find some in the Beatitude where Jesus said "Blessed are the righteous,for they shall be satisfied" (Mathew 5:6) and in some other verses like Habakkuk 2:4,"see,the enemy is puffed up his desires and not upright but the righteous person will live by His faithfulness". 1 Peter 3:12,"for the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and His ears are attentive to their prayer but the face of the Lord is against the evil".
Malachi 4:2,"for you who revere my name,the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in it's rays.And you will go out and frolic like the fed calves". 2 Corinthians 9:10,"Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge your harvest of righteousness". Proverbs 10:6,"Blessings crown the head of the righteous but violent overwhelm the mouth of the wicked".
We are not righteous in and out of ourselves.It is through Jesus Christ's work on the cross that we are made righteous with God.By grace,Christ takes our sins,by faith we received His righteousness.Because of His righteousness,we become right with God.This doesn't mean we still don't make mistakes but despite our failures,God sees us as righteous in Jesus.
Our hearts long to do right things.We vow to use our time wisely.We determine to put the Lord first in our life.But busyness of living gets in our way.Our hearts are in the right place but it's hard for us to pull it together.
Brethren,lets remember the circumstances of life can harden the most well-intention heart .Doubt can stirred our confidence.The influence of others can have for-reaching effects on our own personal relationships.These are moments we must hold fast on our faith,calling to the Lord to lead us in His way of righteousness (Mathew 6:33,:But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,and all other things shall be added onto you").
Friends we can try as much to stay from intentional sin to make Christ happy for coming to die for our sins.We are credited with righteousness when we believe in His name. 2Corinthians 5:21 says "for He hath made him to be sin for us,He who knew no sin,that we might be made righteousness of God in Him". Isn't that terrific for Jesus to impute His righteousness into us so we see God.God never asked you to live the Christian life apart from Him.He wants to be your strength,He wants to live the Christian life through you and do for you what you could never do for yourself.
THEREFORE,REPENT OF YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SEEK THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Prayer : Proverbs 10:2,"Ill-gotten treasures has no lasting value but righteousness delivers from death".
Meditation : Psalms 37:5-6,"Commit your ways to the Lord,trust in Him and He will do this.He will make your righteous reward shine like a dawn,your vindication like the Monday sun"....AMEN
Further Readings : Isaiah 55:7,Job 37:22,Zachariah 9:9,Hebrews 1:8-9,Proverbs 21:21,1 Timothy 6:11,Psalm 112:6,Psalms 34:15,Hebrews 12:11,Romans 1:17,Mathew 9:13,Mathew 5:10,2Corinthians 6:14,Proverbs 14:34,Romans 3:21-22,Psalm 37:16-17,Romans 6:1-14 and Proverbs 16:8
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