Righteousness

Righteousness

What is righteousness?

Righteousness with God is much more than being morally correct.
Righteousness is a growth process alone with sanctification that we as Christians endure throughout our life here on earth. 

We cannot grow with righteousness own our own. We must have Jesus in our heart and be guided by the Holy Spirit, enduring and following the will of God.
The ingredients of righteousness are love, humility, forgiveness, perseverance, obedience, mercy, gracefulness, etc.

We are never perfectly righteous, only God is perfectly righteous.

Righteousness is a positive key word in the Bible.

All that God does is righteous, Jesus is righteous. 

 We can't be perfectly righteous but as Christians we must strive and work towards it.

God is a righteous judge

Righteous is an essential perfection of God's character.

Noah was a servant, slave, disciple, and a righteous man.

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Dictionary = Righteous. acting in accord with divine or moral law, free from guilt or sin. Righteous is about ethical conduct.

It is the wonder of grace that as the righteous guardian of the law, he can acquit the unrighteous. "The righteousness of Christ" includes his spotless holiness, his perfect obedience the law demands; and "the righteousness of faith" is that imputed to the sinner who believes in Christ. With reference to personal character, righteousness is used both for uprightness between man and man, and for true religion.
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We must be very cautious as a Christian to not come across as self-righteous which is another tool of the enemy.

We must be careful not to point a finger at someone and state they are self-righteous.

Wikipedia

Self-righteousness also called sanctimoniousness, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes is a feeling or display of smug moral superiority derived from a sense that one's beliefs, actions, or affiliations are of greater virtue than those of the average person. Self-righteous individuals are often intolerant of the opinions and behaviors of others.

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Romans 4;17

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5;20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Genesis 6;9

These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 18;19

"For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”

Deuteronomy 4;8

Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

Psalm 4;5

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the Lord.

Psalm 5;8

O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes. Make Your way straight before me.

Psalm 7;17

I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalm 9;8

And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

Psalm 23;3

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

Psalm 33;5

He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.

Psalm 45;7
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of joy above Your fellows.

Matthew 5;6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."

Matthew 5;10

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of

righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5;45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 6;33

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Matthew 13;43

Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Matthew 13;49

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous.

Matthew 23;28

So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 25;46

"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Luke 1;6

They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

John 16;8

And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.

Psalm 45;7

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows.

Proverbs 11;5

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 11;6

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

Proverbs 12;28

In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death.

Proverbs 15;9

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But He loves one who pursues righteousness.

Proverbs 16;31

A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 21;3

To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21;21

He who pursues righteousness and loyalty finds life, righteousness and honor.

Romans 1;17

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith."

Romans 3;25

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed.

Romans 5;17

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5;21

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6;16

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

Romans 6;18

and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

Romans 6;19

I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.



Timothy Skon, Chaplain, Prayer Minister
serving others, guided by Jesus
2/7/17