Shabbat service 7/23/11
Righteousness - What does it mean?
Mat 5:6 "How blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness! for they will be filled.
Mat 5:10 "How blessed are those who are persecuted because they pursue righteousness! for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Mat 6:33 But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
G1343 Righteousness δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosunē; from G1342; righteousness, justice: - right (1), righteousness (90).
G1342 δίκαιος
dikaios; from G1349; correct, righteous, by impl. innocent: - innocent (1), just (6), justice (1), right (7), righteous (48), righteous man (8), righteous man's (1), righteous men (1), righteous one (4), righteous person (1), righteous persons (1).
Let us realize that the "New Testament" was not yet written at the time that the Messiah and his disciples walked; therefore, the Law/Torah was all that they had to live by.
Mat 5:20 'For I tell you, if your uprightness does not surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven.
(Mat 21:28) "But give me your opinion: a man had two sons. He went to the first and said, `Son, go and work today in the vineyard.'
(Mat 21:29) He answered, `I don't want to'; but later he changed his mind and went.
(Mat 21:30) The father went to his other son and said the same thing. This one answered, `I will, sir'; but he didn't go.
(Mat 21:31) Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they replied. "That's right!" Yashiyeh said to them. "I tell you that the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of the ETERNAL ahead of you!
(Mat 21:32) For Yochanan came to you showing the path to righteousness, and you wouldn't trust him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes trusted him; but you, even after you saw this, didn't change your minds later and trust him.
What is the path to Righteousness? What path did Yochanan/John show?
Repent, for the kingdom of The ETERNAL is at hand!
Repent from What? SIN! What is SIN? Transgression of the Law/Torah!
