In our yesterday’s breakfast on the fourth beatitude, we mentioned that the Bible speaks of three kinds of righteousness. We meditated on two of them: Legal righteousness, sometimes called "justification and moral righteousness, which refers to that righteousness of character and conduct which pleases God. Today, we are considering the third aspect of righteousness.
SOCIAL RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The believers desire for righteousness goes beyond the desire for personal righteousness. He longs to see righteousness done in the community, in his nation, and in his world.
The Prophets of the Old Testament expressed God’s concern for the un-righteous life style of His people Israel. The prophets preached during a time of relative prosperity. They preached against the sins of the people. Sins such as Idolatry, moral decline, spiritual decay, oppression of the poor (the rich gained their riches at the expense of the poor). Drunkenness, violence, etc.
Micah wrote, "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: And what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (6:8)
Are we concerned with what is going on in our world? Do we hunger and thirst for righteousness in our world? There is a sense that this hunger, and this thirst will not be satisfied until Jesus comes, and we hunger and thirst no more.
Jesus has given us living water. He said to the Samaritan woman "Everyone who drinks this water, will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst (John 4:14). Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." So our spiritual thirst is satisfied in Jesus Christ. There is within the believer an artesian well producing living water so we will never have to be hungry or thirsty again.
Beloved, let us continue to hunger and thirst for righteousness as well as preach the Gospel. He who believes, out of him will flow rivers of living water quenching not only his own thirst but bringing refreshing to a thirsty world.
PRAYER POINT
O lord, fill me with your righteousness and empower me to reach out to the world with the message of salvation
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Great post. It is inspiring.
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Thanks for reaching out to me
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