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For it was God’s wisdom that prepared this perfect righteousness for us, this sanctification and redemption. And as we consider this righteousness and later the sanctification and redemption we will more fully appreciate that wisdom of God at which we looked last time. Now to be righteous means to b
Blessedness, righteousness, although the three points are gonna be the righteousness, the hungering, and the blessedness. Excuse me. In the Bible, righteousness has a very specific idea. Its basic idea is obedience to God's law. Obedience. But when the Bible speaks of that righteousness, someti
Look at you! You're guilty, aren't you? But, for the citizens of the kingdom, there is also, most blessed, the verdict But I find you righteous. I find you without sin. I find you perfect in my sight. And that is the key to all blessing. When God declares us righteous, then we have a right to lif
We've all heard the term righteous or righteousness, but what specifically are we dealing with here? The basic idea of righteousness in the scripture is obedience to the divine law of God. Obedience to God. Now, when the Bible speaks of righteousness, it can be viewed either legally or spiritua
And the verdict he has is, you are righteous before me in my judgment. You understand, God is not only the lawgiver, gives us the standard for perfect righteousness, he's also the judge. And he is a judge who has perfect and complete knowledge of everything you and I do. There is no hiding anyt
The Righteousness of God (cont.)
The word, "righteousness, righteous," means literally: to be right, straight, as a straight line, to be in harmony with a certain standard or norm. The word "righteousness or righteous" appears very often in Holy Writ. Although it has been said that we cannot speak of righteousness in God because th
Jesus says, “Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:20). Righteousness is then that we stand right with God according to His law in every dimension of our existence. Righteousness is to stand rig
This righteousness is the Christian’s way of lie, and is represented under the figure of plucking our right eyes and cutting off right hands (Matthew 5:29ff), if necessary to avoid the evil of the whole body being thrown into hell. The Christian way is then a very dedicated way of life. It is one in
Righteousness means the power of Christ’s justification as believers possess it by faith; we are righteous before God. Unrighteousness is literally lawlessness, which refers to opposition to and hatred of God’s law, and thus is the opposite of righteousness. What partnership do the two have? None! S