OUR FATHER WHO LOVES RIGHTEOUSNESS

Psalm chapter 99 verses 4 - 5 says this;

The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.

Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.

The psalmist, in this passage, speaks of the power of the Lord and states that the Lord loves justice. As such, as King, the Lord establishes equity, fairness and righteousness in His kingdom.

Indeed the foundation of the kingdom of God is righteousness and justice as explained in Psalm 89 verse 14;

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;   love and faithfulness go before you.

The great gift of righteousness that the Lord has made available to us through the Lord Jesus Christ when He took our sins on the cross, makes us eligible to be part of the righteous kingdom of God.

The book of 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 24 says it this way;

 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness;

And as the book of  Mathew chapter 5 verse 20 then says in the words of Jesus;

 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

The righteousness that we gain from believing in Christ's finished work on the cross, exceeds that of the religious leaders and teachers of the law (who were themselves assidous in following the letter of law) and thus we  are made eligible to be citizens of the kingdom of heaven.

Amen.

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