STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

1/6/2019 ~ Rigtheousness

⛑   RighteousnessAM.mp3 (34m 41s)   Righteousness.pptx Darkness has no song to be heard. A call goes forth for the rise of all to see His truths. ... I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. ~ Isaiah 45:18-19 The LORD has made His plain truth known   Thus says the LORD:        ● Created the Heavens        ● Formed the Earth and made it        ● Did not create it in vain        ● Formed it to be inhabited        ● I am the LORD, and there is no other           ● I have not spoken in secret        ● I, the LORD, speak righteousness        ● I declare things that are right Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, ... ~ Isaiah 56:1 ... dwell with everlasting burnings?" He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, ... ~ Isaiah 33:14-15 Repeatedly He declares what He expects    Who shall dwell with God:        → Who walks righteously        → Speaks uprightly        → Despises the gain of oppressions        → Gestures with his hands, refusing bribes        → Stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed           → Shuts his eyes from seeing evil The LORD looks for the virtuous with honest hearts of integrity without murderous thoughts hinged with self-control. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. ... ~ Proverbs 11:4-8 A righteous man hates lying, ... ~ Proverbs 13:5-6 ... a throne is established by righteousness. Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And they love him who speaks what is right. ~ Proverbs 16:12-13 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. ~ Proverbs 29:2 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. ~ Proverbs 14:34 ... For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, ... ~ Hosea 14:9 Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, ... ~ Hosea 10:12 ... To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. ... ~ Proverbs 21:2-4 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. ... ~ Romans 3:10-14 "... Destruction and misery are in their ways; And the way of peace they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes." ~ Romans 3:15-19 ... But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, ... ~ Romans 3:20-22 To Believe or not to   FAITH = BELIEVE   ... Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, ... ~ Romans 3:23-25 Our retrieval is the cost of His sacrifice ✓ Justified freely by His Grace           ⮡  Through redemption in Christ Jesus   ✓ Propitiation by His blood, through faith           ⮡  To demonstrate His righteousness ... to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. ~ Romans 3:26 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. ~ 2nd Corinthians 5:21 ... gospel of Christ ... For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; ... ~ Romans 1:16-17 ... that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ~ Romans 8:3-4 ... For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ~ Romans 8:5-6 ... for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ... ~ Romans 14:17-19 ... "Evil company corrupts good habits." Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. ... ~ 1st Corinthians 15:33-34 Righteousness is God’s warning to all ● The Lord openly speaks righteous truth ● The righteous speak uprightly refusing bribes ● The righteous wish no harm exercising self-control ● Righteousness delivers from death ● A throne is established by righteousness ● The righteous walk in the ways of the Lord ● The Lord desires us to be righteousness and just ● Righteousness of God is revealed in Jesus Christ ● Righteousness of God for us is in Christ ● The gospel is the power of God to salvation ● Christ fulfilled the righteous requirement of the law ● Spiritually minded is life and peace ● Awake to righteousness in the knowledge of God Dedication to His Word draws out the brilliance of a soul.   Righteousness2AM.mp3 (42m 36s) ... be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. ~ Romans 4:13 "... being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. And therefore "it was accounted to him for righteousness." ~ Romans 4:20-22 ... just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." ~ Galatians 3:6 Belief is an action of faith weathered in time   BELIEVED GOD = RIGHTEOUSNESS   ... being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. ... ~ Romans 10:2-4 Manmade piousness rebels against God ● God zeal not according to knowledge ● Ignorant of God's righteousness ● Seeking their own righteousness ● Not submitted to God's righteousness ● Christ ends the law for righteousness         ⮡  To everyone who believes ... the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" ~ Romans 10:5-6 ... But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" ~ Romans 10:7-9 ... For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus ... ~ Galatians 5:4-6 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ~ Romans 10:10 Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times! ~ Psalms 106:3 ... who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, ... ~ Psalms 15:1-3 ... Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. ~ Psalms 15:4-5 To be with God conditions have been given       Who may abide in Your tabernacle?                  ● Who walks uprightly            ● Works righteousness            ● Speaks the truth in his heart            ● Does not backbite with his tongue            ● Nor does evil to his neighbor            ● Nor reproaches his friend            ● Despises a vile person                  ⮡   But honors who fear the LORD            ● He who swears to his own hurt                  ⮡   Steadfast to the ways of God            ● Does not put out his money at usury            ● Nor takes a bribe against the innocent   ... God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God ... ~ Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ... And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? ~ Micah 6:8 Truths of God overrule decrees of man   What does God require of us?      ● To do Justly      ● To Love Mercy      ● To Walk Humbly with God   For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright. ~ Psalms 11:7 ... The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. ~ Psalms 34:13-15 ... Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. ~ James 3:16-18 ... the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. ~ James 1:19-20 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." ~ Matthew 6:33 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled." ~ Matthew 5:6 ... unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom ... ~ Matthew 5:20-21 "... says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire." ~ Matthew 5:22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ~ 2nd Timothy 2:22 ... but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; ~ Philippians 3:8-9 ... the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. ~ Philippians 3:10-11 In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death. ~ Proverbs 12:28 ... He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. ~ Proverbs 2:4-8 ... When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, To deliver you from the way of evil, ... ~ Proverbs 2:9-14 The divide between Good and Bad Walk in the ways of Goodness Keep to the paths of  righteousness  Devious in their paths     Forgets the     covenant of God ... So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness. ~ Proverbs 2:15-20 Righteousness lives by the ways of God ● The promise is through the righteousness of faith ● Belief is an integral part of righteousness ● Christ is the end for righteous law for believers ● Righteousness of faith is in the here and now ● Righteousness by faith has hope working in love ● Righteousness dwells in a believing heart ● The Lord is watching the righteous ● The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace ● Seeking God’s righteousness adds to one’s own ● Righteousness does not include murderous anger ● Righteousness comes from God by faith in Christ ● The way of righteousness is life with no death ● To understand righteousness wisdom is required Righteous works are a soul’s greatest light.   Righteousness3AM.mp3 (37m 15s) ... He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. ... ~ Acts 17:30-31 ... whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? ... ~ Romans 6:16-17 ... set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. ... ~ Romans 6:18-20 ... become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. ... ~ Romans 6:21-23 ... If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. ~ 1st John 2:28-29 ... Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. ... ~ 1st John 3:10-12 ... By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ~ 1st John 3:13-16 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: ... ~ 1st Peter 2:21-23 ... who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness ... ~ 1st Peter 2:24-25 ... be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil ... ~ 1st Peter 3:8-9 ... of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil." ~ 1st Peter 3:10-12 ... if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled." ... ~ 1st Peter 3:14-16 ... not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing ... ~ Titus 3:4-7 ... because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ ... ~ Ephesians 2:4-7 ... we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. ~ Ephesians 2:8-10 ... Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? ~ James 2:20-22 ... "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." And he was called the friend of God. ... ~ James 2:23-24 ... Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed ... ~ Colossians 3:8-10 ... Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; ~ Colossians 3:11-12 ... But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, ... ~ Colossians 3:13-15 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns ... ~ Colossians 3:16 ... you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God -- and righteousness and sanctification and redemption ... ~ 1st Corinthians 1:30-31 God's wisdom is with us Glory in the LORD     ⮡  In Christ Jesus         ⮡  For us wisdom from God                ● Righteousness                ● Sanctification                ● Redemption ... we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. ... ~ 2nd Peter 3:13-14 Time ends for all revealing character in Him ● He will judge the world in righteousness ● Obedience leads to righteousness ● Called to be slaves of righteousness for holiness ● The fruit of holiness’ end is everlasting life ● Who practices righteousness is born of Him ● Hate excludes one from eternal life ● Christ is our example of righteousness ● If suffering for righteousness one is blessed ● Grace saves us through faith ● Belief, faith in God, is accounted for righteousness ● Put off the old man, renewed in His knowledge ● Put on love which is the bond of perfection ● Wisdom from God is righteousness to His glory The riches of truth are held in His Word The song of His love is for our return Darkness shoots into the emptiness of nothing.