Christ’s Righteousness in and
through you sows and reaps a crop of righteousness. Righteous deeds done according to faith in
God’s grace (finished
work) have the power of God in them.
I Jn 3 21 Dear
friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask,
because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
Heb 5:7-10 7 During the
days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud
cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard
because of his reverent submission. 8 Although he was a son, he learned
obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect, he became the
source of eternal salvation for all who obey him 10 and was designated by God
to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek. (NIV)
Heb 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
1Pe
James 5 The Prayer of Faith
13Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let
him sing songs of praise. 14Is any one of you sick? He should call
the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of
the Lord. 15And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick
person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other
so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and
effective.
17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would
not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18Again
he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. 19My
brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring
him back, 20remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of
his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
1 Sam 26:23 The LORD rewards every man for his righteousness
and faithfulness. The LORD delivered you into my hands today, but I would not
lay a hand on the LORD's anointed. (NIV)
2 Sam 22:21-27 21
"The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to
the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. 22 For I have kept the ways of
the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God. 23 All his laws are before me; I have not
turned away from his decrees. 24 I have
been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. 25 The LORD has rewarded me according to my
righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. 26 "To the faithful you show yourself
faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, 27 to the pure you show
yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd. (NIV)
Ps 36:10 Continue your love to those who know you, your
righteousness to the upright in heart.(NIV)
Ps
Ps 18:20-21 The LORD has dealt with me according to my
righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have
not done evil by turning from my God. (NIV)
Ps 85:7-13 7 Show us
your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. 8 I will listen to what God the LORD will
say; he promises peace to his people, his saints-- but let them not return to
folly. 9 Surely his salvation is near
those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. 10 Love and faithfulness meet together;
righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks
down from heaven. 12 The LORD will
indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. 13 Righteousness goes before him and prepares
the way for his steps. (NIV)
Prov 11:6 6 The
righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by
evil desires. (NIV)
Prov 15:8-11 8 The
LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases
him. 9 The LORD detests the way of the
wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. 10 Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the
path; he who hates correction will die.
11 Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD-- how much more the
hearts of men! (NIV)
Isa 45:24 24 They will say of me, 'In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.'" All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame. (NIV)
Isa 46:12-13
12 Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are far from righteousness.
13 I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away;
and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to
Isa 51:4-6
4 "Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: The law will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations.
5 My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail. (NIV)
Isa 58:1-59:21
1 "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.
3 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.
4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD?
6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry
for help, and he will say: Here am
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken.
CHAPTER 59
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and destruction mark their ways.
8 The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks in them will know peace.
9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way
like men without eyes. At
11 We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
13 rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.
19 From the west, men will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along.
20 "The Redeemer will come to
21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the LORD. (NIV)
Mal 3:1-4
1 "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty.
2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.
3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,
4 and the offerings of
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