Bible Question: In the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, for Jesus, what does it mean to be righteous? |
Bible Answer: Remember when the rich man approached Jesus, and He told the disciples that it easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The apostles were shocked at this - they asked, then who can be saved. Jesus spoke of the condition of all mankind when He said with man this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible. Remember, O man, you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Humility is the beginning of righteousness. Remembering that if we have white robes, it is because they are soaked in the atoning blood of the precious Lamb of God. The Apostle Paul writes that "all our righteousness is as filthy rags". What then, do we do? We are to love God and keep His Commandments. The 10 commandments are summed up in "To love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy mind, with all thy soul, and all thy strength" and "love thy neighbor as thyself". Then He said He gave us a new commandment, "to love one another, as I have loved you". How did He love us? After He washed our feet, He was physically tortured, humiliated, and died on a cross. All for us. This is righteousness. Truly, with man this is impossible, but with God, all things, even righteousness, are possible. Seek Him through fasting and prayer. Ask him for His Holy Spirit - you cannot hope to live out His love in this world without His Holy Spirit actively guiding you. You must walk intimately with Jesus to abide in Him, and as you abide in Him, He will glorify His Father through the good fruit you bear. The Son did not seek to glorify Himself, but rather the Father. So we should not seek to glorify ourselves, but rather, that in our loving abiding in Him, that He can glorify His Father in our abiding in Him. How does all this happen? Start with prayer - and let Him lead you in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake (not your own). |
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