Posts Tagged ‘ Righteousness ’
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:6, CSB
We find hope and strengthened faith when we seek the righteousness of God, knowing He gives us Christ’s righteousness in place of our sinfulness.
He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21, CSB
Jesus is our life and power, sharing His righteousness and power to overcome sin and death with us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.”
Jeremiah 23:5, ESV
We find joy in Christ, the promised wise King from David who saves us from sin and reigns forever in righteousness.
“For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17, ESV
We are saved in Christ alone, not by blind faith but by knowing He lived, died, and arose again, the Son of God made flesh.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
Matthew 5:6, ESV
God is changing this world for His glory, and He is starting with those who seek His righteousness and glory above all else.
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16, ESV
God calls us to walk in wisdom, Nad that means we should be seeking His righteousness, which the Holy Spirit guides us through and imparts to us as we seek.
Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
Psalm 105:3, ESV
God deserves all our worship, because our righteous Creator became like us to clothe us in righteousness. Let us praise and share His name throughout the world!
Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:12-14, NASB
To overcome the problems and difficulties of this life, we should focus on God and His Word, seeking His wisdom and helping each other to grow in Christlikeness and the peace of Christ.
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Hebrews 12:11, NASB
Many of the difficulties we face in this life come from our own bad decisions, but God uses those difficulties to overcome them and to grow us in Christlikeness. It does not feel pleasant, but like Christ conquering death through His death and resurrection, we see the hope of peace on the other side, the righteousness of Christ that is made ours.
but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever.’” This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
Hebrews 7:21-22, ESV
God called us to perfect obedience, but only God is able to make us perfect after our sin. The Old Covenant was based on obeying God’s Law, but the New Covenant is based on Christ’s obedience and love.
Believe in our High Priest who sacrificed Himself for us.
a simple man of God 