Peace to all brothers and sisters!
Today we continue to examine fellowship and sharing. Christians must put on the spiritual armor given by God every day:
Lecture 3: Use righteousness as a breastplate to cover your breasts
Let’s open our Bible to Ephesians 6:14 and read it together: Stand firm therefore, girding your waist with the belt of truth, and covering your breast with the breastplate of righteousness;
1. Justice
Question: What is justice?Answer: "Gong" means justice, fairness and integrity;
Bible interpretation! “Righteousness” refers to God’s righteousness!
2. Human righteousness
Question: Do people have "righteousness"?Answer: No.
【There is no righteous person】
As it is written:There is none righteous, not even one.
There is no understanding;
There is no one who seeks God;
They are all straying from the right path,
become useless together.
There is no one who does good, not even one.
(Romans 3:10-12)
【Everything humans do is evil】
Their throats are open graves;They use their tongues to deceive,
The poisonous breath of adder is in his lips,
His mouth was full of curses and bitterness.
Killing and bleeding,
Their feet fly,
There will be cruelty and cruelty along the way.
The way of peace they have not known;
There is no fear of God in their eyes.
(Romans 3:13-18)
【Justified by faith】
(1)
Question: Noah was a righteous man!Answer: Noah (believed in) the Lord, he did everything God commanded, so God called Noah a righteous man.
But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.The descendants of Noah are recorded below. Noah was a righteous man and a perfect man in his generation. Noah walked with God. …That’s what Noah did. Whatever God commanded him, he did so.
(Genesis 6:8-9,22)
(2)
Question: Abraham was a righteous man!Answer: Abraham (believed) in Jehovah, God justified him!
So he took him outside and said, "Look up to heaven and count the stars. Can you count them?" And he said to him, "So will your descendants be." Abram believed in the LORD, and the LORD followed this for his righteousness.
(Genesis 15:5-6)
(3)
Question: Was Job a righteous man?Answer: Detailed explanation below
"Job"
1 Complete integrity:
There was a man named Job in the land of Uz. He was a perfect and upright man, a man who feared God and shunned evil. (Job 1:1)
2 The greatest among the Orientals:
His property consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pairs of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and many servants and maids. This man is the greatest among the people of the East. (Job 1:3)
3 Job calls himself righteous
I clothe myself with righteousness,Wear justice as your robe and crown.
I am the eyes of the blind,
Lame feet.
I am a father to the poor;
I find out the case of someone I have never met.
…My glory increases in me;
My bow grows stronger in my hand. …I choose their paths, and I sit in the first place….
(Job 29:14-16,20,25)
Job once said: I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice; (Job 34:5)
Note: (Job’s repentance) Job 38 to 42, Jehovah answered Job’s argument. After Job listened to Jehovah’s words//Then the LORD said to Job: Shall a arguer argue with the Almighty? Those who argue with God can answer these! …(Job) I am vile! What shall I answer you with? I had to cover my mouth with my hands. I said it once and I didn’t answer; I said it twice and I didn’t say it again. (Job 40:1-2,4-5)
Please listen to me, I want to speak; I ask you, please show me. I heard about you before,See you now with my own eyes. Therefore I hate myself (or translation: my words) and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:4-6)
Later, the Lord favored Job, and the Lord later blessed him even more than before.
Therefore, Job’s righteousness was human righteousness (self-righteousness), and he was the greatest among the people of the East. "He said, "I went out to the city gate and set up a seat in the street. The young people saw me and avoided me, and the old people stood up. The princes stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands. The leaders were silent and stuck their tongues to the roof of their mouths. He who hears me with his ears calls me blessed; he who sees me with his eyes praises me;
…my glory increases in my body; my bow grows stronger in my hand. When people hear me, they look up and wait silently for my guidance.…I chose their ways, and I sat in the first place…(Job 29:7-11,20-21,25)
---And what did the Lord Jesus say? ---
“Woe to you when everyone says good things about you!…” (Luke 6:26).
Job claimed to be righteous and “righteous”, but disaster befell him and his family. Later, Job repented before the Lord! I heard about you before, but now I see you with my own eyes. Therefore I hate myself (or translation: my words), and repent in dust and ashes! Finally God blessed Job with more blessings than before.
3. God’s righteousness
Question: What is the righteousness of God?Answer: Detailed explanation below
【God's righteousness】
Includes: love, kindness, holiness, loving mercy, slow to anger, not taking into account a wrong, kindness, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, humility, self-control, uprightness, righteousness, light, righteousness The way is truth, life, light, healing, and salvation. He died for sinners, was buried, was resurrected on the third day, and ascended to heaven! Let people believe this gospel and be saved, resurrected, reborn, have life, and have eternal life. Amen!My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. (1 John 2:1)
4. Justice
Question: Who is righteous?Answer: God is righteous! Amen.
He will judge the world with righteousness, and judge the peoples with uprightness. (Psalm 9:8)Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and truth go before you. (Psalm 89:14)
For the Lord is righteous and loves righteousness; the upright shall see his face. (Psalm 11:7)
The Lord has invented his salvation, and has shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations; (Psalm 98:2)
for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with justice. (Psalm 98:9)
The Lord executes justice and avenges all who are wronged. (Psalm 103:6)
The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is merciful. (Psalm 116:5)
You are righteous, O Lord, and your judgments are upright! (Psalm 119:137)
The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and merciful in all his ways. (Psalm 145:17)
But the Lord Almighty is exalted for his justice; God the Holy One is sanctified for his righteousness. (Isaiah 5:16)
Since God is just, he will repay trouble to those who give you trouble (2 Thessalonians 1:6)
I looked and saw that the heavens were opened. There was a white horse, and his rider was called Faithful and True, who judges and makes war in righteousness. (Revelation 19:11)
5. Use righteousness as a breastplate to cover your breasts
Question: How to protect your heart with righteousness?Answer: Detailed explanation below
It means putting off the old self, putting on the new self, and putting on Christ! Equip yourself daily with the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, and preach the love of Jesus: God is love, kindness, holiness, loving mercy, slow to anger, not taking into account a wrong, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, Faithfulness, gentleness, humility, self-control, integrity, righteousness, light, the way, the truth, the life, the light of men, healing, and salvation. He died for sinners, was buried, was resurrected on the third day, and ascended to heaven for our justification! Sit at the right hand of the Almighty. Let people believe this gospel and be saved, resurrected, reborn, have life, and have eternal life. Amen!
6. Keep the Tao, keep the truth, and protect the heart
Question: How to uphold the true way and protect your heart?Answer: Rely on the Holy Spirit and firmly adhere to the truth and good ways! This is to protect the heart, just like a mirror.
1 Guard your heart
You must guard your heart above all else.Because the effects of life come from the heart.
(Proverbs 4:23 and)
2 Rely on the Holy Spirit to keep the good way
Keep the sound words which you have heard from me, with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. You must guard the good ways entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who lives in us.(2 Timothy 1:13-14)
3 Anyone who hears the message but does not understand it
Whoever hears the word of the kingdom of heaven does not understand it, then the evil one comes and takes away what is sown in his heart; it is sown by the wayside. (Matthew 13:19)
So, do you understand?
7. Walk with God
The Lord has shown you, O man, what is good.What does he want from you?
As long as you do justice and love mercy,
Walk humbly with your God.
(Micah 6:8)
8. 144,000 people followed Jesus
And I looked, and behold the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. … These people have not been tainted with women; they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men as firstfruits for God and for the Lamb. (Revelation 14:1,4)
Gospel transcript from:
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2023.08.30