JESUS IS OUR Righteousness! - August 16, 2020

The Lord is our righteousness!

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MATTHEW 6:33

SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU

HALLELU, HALLELUJAH!

I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

I am the righteousness of God in Christ,

A brand new creation in Him!

I can now approach the presence of God,

With no condemnation of sin!

I am the righteousness of God in Christ,

I am now complete in Him!

I’m a partaker of His divine nature,

On me He will not impute sin!

JESUS IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

I Corinthians 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus… who of God is made unto us wisdom, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and sanctification, and redemption:
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God and our Savior Jesus Christ:

THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS

Psalm 145:17 The Lord is RIGHTEOUS in all His ways, gracious in all His works.
Psalm 116:5 – Gracious is the Lord, and RIGHTEOUS; Yes, our God is merciful.

OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our RIGHTEOUSNESSES are as filthy rags…

JESUS RIGHTEOUSNESS & MERCY

Titus 3:5 NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit…

THE DIVINE EXCHANGE

Our unrighteousness exchanged for His RIGHTEOUSNESS
2 Corinthians 5:17,21 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Him.

THE CROSS

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto RIGHTEOUSNESS: by whose stripes you were healed.

THE LORD IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

One of the name’s of God – “Jehovah-Tsidkenu”
Jeremiah 23:6 – …and this is his name whereby he shall be called, ”The Lord Our Righteousness”.

EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS

Psalm 119:142 Your RIGHTEOUSNESS is an everlasting RIGHTEOUSNESS.

NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE LORD

Psalm 92:15 To declare that the Lord is upright;
He is my rock, and there is NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS in Him.

THE LORD DELIGHTS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS

Jeremiah 9:24 …I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and RIGHTEOUSNESS in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord.
PROVERBS 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He LOVES HIM who follows RIGHTEOUSNESS.

INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS

2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in RIGHTEOUSNESS:

RIGHTEOUSNESS

Right attitudes,
right heart,
right actions,
right way of living…

GODLINESS

God is holy and RIGHTEOUS
It is not a worldly standard – it is a godly standard
We were created in God’s image to be RIGHTEOUS

2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and GODLINESS, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue…
2 PETER 1:6-7 (adding)… to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance GODLINESS, ⁷to GODLINESS brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
2 PETER 3:11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner ofpersons ought you to be in holy conduct and GODLINESS…
Psalm 4:3 But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is GODLY; The Lord will hear when I call to Him.

SEEK RIGHTEOUSNESS

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for RIGHTEOUSNESS,
For they shall be filled.

UNGODLY WILL PERISH

Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the RIGHTEOUS, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

GODLY LIFESTYLE

1 John 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that DOES RIGHTEOUSNESS is RIGHTEOUS, even as he is RIGHTEOUS.
1 John 2:29 – If you know that he is RIGHTEOUS, you know that every one that does RIGHTEOUSNESS is born of him.

DO RIGHTEOUSNESS AT ALL TIMES

Psalm 106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that does RIGHTEOUSNESS at all times.

ISAIAH’S VISION OF THE LORD

Isaiah 6:1-3 …I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up… ³And one cried to another and said: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!”
ISAIAH 6:5 So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of UNCLEAN LIPS, and I dwell in the midst of a people of UNCLEAN LIPS; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
ISAIAH 6:6-7 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. ⁷And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.”

MERCIES

Lamentations 3:22-24 Through the Lord’s MERCIES we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”

PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Psalm 23:6 …he leads me in the paths of RIGHTEOUSNESS for his name’s sake.
PROVERBS 12:17 He who speaks TRUTH declares RIGHTEOUSNESS, But a false witness, deceit.

TRUTH vs. LIES

I Timothy 3:15 I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH.

GOD OF TRUTH

Psalm 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of TRUTH and without injustice; RIGHTEOUS and UPRIGHT is He.

TRUTH

John 8:31,32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you free.”
JOHN 4:23,24 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and TRUTH; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and TRUTH.”

LIES

John 8:44 the devil… is a liar and the father of it.
Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds…
JEREMIAH 5:1-3 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; see now and know;
…if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the TRUTH, and I will pardon her. ²Though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
Jeremiah 5:1-3 (Cont.) Lord, are not Your eyes on the TRUTH?
You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.

TRUTH & HONESTY

The Lord is searching for honest, truthful people
Christians should not still be telling lies
Lying and dishonesty is the opposite of truth
Don’t think you can get by with things God is not pleased with
The church is to be people of truth
There needs to be repentance in the church for sinful & dishonest ways

STORY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH

Matthew 11:23,24 (JESUS) you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades;(Cont.)- for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

EVIL – RIGHTEOUS

Isaiah 3:8-10 (Jerusalem/Judah)… they declare their sin as Sodom; the do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
Isaiah 3:8-10 (cont.) Say to the RIGHTEOUS that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS EXALTATION

It exalts the Lord our Savior
It pleases and honors Him
It fulfills purpose and destiny
Jesus is worthy

RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION

Proverbs 14:34 RIGHTEOUSNESS exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people

SIN IS SHAMEFUL

Sin brings reproach
Sin is destructive
It brings hatred and strife
It is ugly and disgraceful

RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL PREVAIL

Ultimately it triumphs
It overcomes evil
It brings joy, not sorrow
It brings promotion and honor
It is good
It overcomes evil with good – it is powerful
The Lord is with/for the righteous
It causes nations to be successful, fruitful, and prosperous

PROVERBS 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but RIGHTEOUSNESS delivers from death

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Romans 14:17-19 The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but RIGHTEOUSNESS and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17-19 (Cont.) For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.¹⁹Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

JESUS IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS