RIGHTEOUSNESS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
What do you
understand by righteousness?
Proverbs
14:34 Righteousness
exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Man has not
been able to attain to God standard of righteousness Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an
unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;
and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us
away.
Difference
between righteousness and holiness to
know the full meaning the first time it was use was in exodus Exodus 3:5 And
he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the
place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Who can explain this?
Man thing or
object can be holy because any thing set apart for the use of God is declared
holy. 1 Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation;
Man can
attain holiness but not righteousness. Righteousness is without sin and
standing blameless before the most high God. This is not obtainable so what
happens?
Matthew
22:8-13 Then saith
he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not
worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to
the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together
all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished
with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man
which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest
thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said
the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him
into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Righteousness
is a a gift Romans 5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by
one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
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