08-06-2020, 09:23 AM
*RESTORATION TODAY*
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
*TOPIC: THE NAMES OF GOD (5)*
"In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.” Jeremiah 23:6
*MESSAGE*
*4. Jehovah-Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness*
This name was given by God through Jeremiah, announcing the coming of Jesus (verses 5-6). Before Jesus came, our righteousness lay in our own efforts. ‘And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.’ (Deuteronomy 6:25). But Jesus changed everything. He is our righteousness.
‘For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.’ (2 Corinthians 5:21). It’s only in Jesus that we ‘become the righteousness of God’. We don’t need to try harder to feel righteous, or do more good works, or obsessively obey all the commands. We should be aiming to live like Christ, but we don’t need to try and make ourselves righteous. We will always fall short because we are human. But Jesus ensures that in the eyes of God, we don’t fall short.
Our guilty hearts can draw forgiveness, our anxious hearts can draw peace, and our weary souls can draw strength from Jehovah-Tsidkenu. We receive salvation by faith alone. And we must draw righteousness, and everything else we need, by faith in what God has accomplished and stored up for our use in Jesus, our righteousness. This is why Paul said: ‘...not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith’ (Philippians 3:9). We need to stop striving to become righteous, and instead, devote ourselves to Jesus, our righteousness
*ACTION POINT*
?️ Take some moment to meditate on what it means for Jesus to be your righteousness
*SCRIPTURES*
2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9; Deuteronomy 6:25
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank you for the gift of Your righteousness which You have given us.
2. Lord, help me to continue to live like someone to whom You have given Your grace in the name of Jesus.
3. I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
1 Sam. 13, Isa. 52:1-12, 2 Cor. 12:14-14
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
*TOPIC: THE NAMES OF GOD (5)*
"In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord Our Righteousness.” Jeremiah 23:6
*MESSAGE*
*4. Jehovah-Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness*
This name was given by God through Jeremiah, announcing the coming of Jesus (verses 5-6). Before Jesus came, our righteousness lay in our own efforts. ‘And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.’ (Deuteronomy 6:25). But Jesus changed everything. He is our righteousness.
‘For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.’ (2 Corinthians 5:21). It’s only in Jesus that we ‘become the righteousness of God’. We don’t need to try harder to feel righteous, or do more good works, or obsessively obey all the commands. We should be aiming to live like Christ, but we don’t need to try and make ourselves righteous. We will always fall short because we are human. But Jesus ensures that in the eyes of God, we don’t fall short.
Our guilty hearts can draw forgiveness, our anxious hearts can draw peace, and our weary souls can draw strength from Jehovah-Tsidkenu. We receive salvation by faith alone. And we must draw righteousness, and everything else we need, by faith in what God has accomplished and stored up for our use in Jesus, our righteousness. This is why Paul said: ‘...not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith’ (Philippians 3:9). We need to stop striving to become righteous, and instead, devote ourselves to Jesus, our righteousness
*ACTION POINT*
?️ Take some moment to meditate on what it means for Jesus to be your righteousness
*SCRIPTURES*
2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 3:9; Deuteronomy 6:25
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank you for the gift of Your righteousness which You have given us.
2. Lord, help me to continue to live like someone to whom You have given Your grace in the name of Jesus.
3. I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
1 Sam. 13, Isa. 52:1-12, 2 Cor. 12:14-14