Righteousness

    Is there anything more valuable than the person who treasures you, than a true friend whose love is sincere, reliable and without hidden agenda?   One with whom you can be yourself, without pretense or having to perform, someone who would never deceive you or betray your confidence.  Such love is rare indeed and more valuable than power, wealth or fame.  Righteousness is treasure!  

 

Gal 5:14 ~  Rom 13:10

All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this;

 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ~

Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law!

 

    Through all time and in everyplace, without exception this timeless truth endures as God’s standard of judgment; we must not think, speak or act outside of love.  Love is our law; it is the boundary we must not traverse!   Righteousness is love applied within the context of  society and  relationships,  having everything to do with healthy interaction between two or more persons for their mutual benefit.      

 

Prov 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

  

     If righteousness exalts a nation, it shall also exalt a state, a community, even an individual.  As a matter of fact, it must begin with individuals who comprise the nation.   It starts with you!   One of the Lord's top priorities is to establish righteousness in our midst.  Most Christians understand vertical righteousness; the righteousness imputed to us by God through our faith in Christ Jesus; His atoning blood and broken body sacrificed on our behalf.  Our problem is that we do not know how to rightly function together on a horizontal basis, person-to-person.  If Christ’s imputed righteousness has hold on your heart, ought not that same righteousness work its way outward and be imparted to others?

John 13:35

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, 

if ye have love one to another.

 

Comments

[Nikki]

Your post was very informative thank you for that

[Pat]

very well said....I think in the midst of chaos we want to blame, but first we must
do what Gods word says and love one another....even those who hate and persecute...

good reminder....now we just need to follow thru...