We've been talking about learning from our Savior the sweet message of salvation, and the last message we were expounding on was …
Mat 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Then yesterday we talked about in part the final judgment and the fact the end of the world as we know it is fast approaching and when Christ comes our ultimate fate for eternal life or eternal death will have been decided.
Let's look at a few more verses on righteousness, we are supposed to be HUNGERING and THIRSTING for righteousness so the more we know about it the better, right? Right.
Psa 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The people of the world are judge in righteousness. Our Savior- our righteousness. Unlike our earthly judges our Savior will not be subject to any sort of flights of fancy. A bad mood won't affect His judging. No preconceived ideas will color His rulings. The only way we are judged is in righteousness and uprightly. NO ONE will be able to accuse our Savior of favoritism, or unjust judging. We can be assured of an HONEST and FAIR judging more so than at any other moment in our lives. We may get the raw end of the deal here and now when we go into courts and our cases are judged but we won't when it really, really matters.
Psa 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me
Judged according to God's righteousness- not man's. How wondrous it is to know that our Creator who loves us more than we can ever imagine will be the One judging us. None of those who are devoid of God's love will be able to rejoice over those who are judged by God's righteousness. Those who depend fully upon their Savior will be judged righteous and those who would be enemies of the Savior will be judged as being unrighteous. We need God to judge us, we should want God to judge us but only ACCORDING to HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Judged on our own merits, on our own righteousness we will forever come up very, very short.
Psa 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
So amazing! So true!
Psa 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Yes, Lord! Please Lord! Deliver us in YOUR righteousness. Cause us to escape! Incline Your ear to us and save us!
Psa 96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
This is truth. No matter any single person's life on earth- no matter if they don't believe- no matter if they are against the LORD- no matter if they worship other gods- no matter if they are rich, poor, smart, stupid, pretty, ugly, think or fat- NO MATTER ANYTHING that seems to matter most to us in our temporal world- we WILL ALL BE JUDGED! You can't escape judgment- the WORLD will be judged with righteousness - the people with HIS TRUTH. You might think if you don't believe in God you will escape His notice but that's not true at all. You're precious to Him and He desires your love. There isn't a single person born that our Lord doesn't not long to be His.
Let's read some more verses on righteousness--
Psa 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psa 118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Praise God! Please God! Open that gate of righteousness to us!
Psa 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Quicken us in YOUR righteousness!
Psa 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Glory to God!
Psa 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Give us understanding so we may live! Please Lord!
Psa 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Praise God, Your truth! Your commandments ARE righteousness!
Pro 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Dear Lord, there is no mystery in Your words of truth You would have us learn from you- no mystery at all!
The hunger and thirst for righteousness we must have to be filled please, please we pray that You give us this hunger and thirst daily! As we hunger and thirst in the flesh let us forever remember our need to hunger and thirst for Your righteousness. We have NO righteousness of our own, we need Your righteousness as our spiritual sustenance!
There are 289 verse in my Bible search results for the word righteousness. There is so much to learn of Your righteousness. Feed us Lord! Feed us!
We will be judged in righteousness, Your righteousness!
By Your Grace!
In Your Love!
Amen!
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