Today is the beginning of a new study that will hopefully help us better understand the righteousness of God. If the Lord wills, throughout this month we will dig into scriptures that will help us answer these two questions: What does “the righteousness of God” mean, and how should we respond to it?
To begin, let’s look at some verses that tell us about God's righteousness in a general way:
God is righteous and He loves righteousness (Psalm 11:7). His righteousness is like the great mountains (literally, the mountains of God, Psalm 36:6); it is very high (literally, to the height of heaven, Psalm 71:19). Righteousness and justice are the foundations of His throne (Psalm 72:9), His right hand is full of righteousness (Psalm 48:10), and like His throne and dominion, His righteousness endures forever (Psalm 11:3, 112:3, Psalm 119:142, 144, 2 Corinthians 9:9).
God’s righteousness is revealed to and known by all who have faith in Christ Jesus (Romans 3:21-22); when we call on Him He answers us by awesome deeds in righteousness (Psalm 65:5), and His righteousness can and will revive us (Psalm 119:40).
God’s righteousness is the only acceptable righteousness (Romans 10:2-3, Philippians 3:9). We cannot follow what seems right to us and think ourselves right and accepted in God’s sight, we must submit to His righteousness (consider Judges 17:6, 21:25, and Proverbs 14:12, 16:25, and compare to Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 1, Jeremiah 17:5-8).
The righteousness of God is the absolute standard; it is the high water mark for all people. He set the standard and has revealed it to us, and with each day we are blessed with we can learn of it and put it into practice so we can be righteous just as He is righteous (1 John 3:7).
Are you ready to better understand the righteousness of God?
You can do it! So can I!!
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