Post by watchman on Jan 2, 2009 21:55:11 GMT -5
(This is about Righteousness, I assume that is close enough to Holiness for it to fit in this forum)
Jehovah Tsidkenu = The Lord is our Righteousness
Jeremiah 23:6. "In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is the name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
This name of the Lord is one of the most powerful and comforting ones He has given us and an understanding it will create a heart bursting with gratitude. Righteousness means morally right or justifiable, but some of its synonyms might help us more. Righteous means blameless, guiltless, holy, innocent, just, sinless. When God revealed Himself as "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" in the Old Testament ''Jeremiah 23:6'' the people were anything but sinless and guiltless. In fact, they were in the process of being hauled off into exile and captivity for their constant and longstanding sin, idolatry, and unfaithfulness to the Lord. They had been warned over and over through the prophets God had sent to them, but their hearts were hard. Finally the judgment fell, though God did it with the greatest reluctance. In the midst of that devastation, the Lord comforted them by revealing Himself to them in a new way that would carry them through the tough times ahead. God never gloats over our sin; He always grieves. And if we are suffering the consequences of our own sin, He always has a plan to bring us back to where His blessings can again flow in our lives. The promise of the Lord for the people of Israel was that He was going to send a Messiah, one who would sit on the throne of David again and provide a permanent sin solution. King David's reign and the glory years of the Jews were now a distant memory; the Messiah's rule and reign would be forever. Some 600 years later this prophecy, it was fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ.
Since every one of us except Jesus has sinned, the promise of Messiah extends to us as well. We have no right to stand before God and say; "Here I am Lord, right, just, sinless and blameless. I'm innocent God." But Jesus can stand before the Father and say all those things. So by carrying our sins on the cross, He took the punishment for our sin, blotting out the ordinances that were against us, nailing them to the cross, and in doing so He has enabled us ride on His righteousness. The Father accepts Jesus' righteousness as if it were ours. Now you can start to see how exciting it is to be able to call the Lord, JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU?
To some this concept seems too good to be true, what's the catch? they ask. The catch is that you have to accept it. It is not forced on anyone. We all continue to have a free will and God desires that our relationship with him is given freely from our heart with love, and then you must allow the Holy Spirit to begin to reproduce the righteousness of Christ in our own lives, by yielding to His gentile push in the right direction. We must be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit walking in Him and no longer in our own lusts, letting Him renew us from the inside out.
Jehovah Tsidkenu = The Lord is our Righteousness
Jeremiah 23:6. "In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is the name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
This name of the Lord is one of the most powerful and comforting ones He has given us and an understanding it will create a heart bursting with gratitude. Righteousness means morally right or justifiable, but some of its synonyms might help us more. Righteous means blameless, guiltless, holy, innocent, just, sinless. When God revealed Himself as "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" in the Old Testament ''Jeremiah 23:6'' the people were anything but sinless and guiltless. In fact, they were in the process of being hauled off into exile and captivity for their constant and longstanding sin, idolatry, and unfaithfulness to the Lord. They had been warned over and over through the prophets God had sent to them, but their hearts were hard. Finally the judgment fell, though God did it with the greatest reluctance. In the midst of that devastation, the Lord comforted them by revealing Himself to them in a new way that would carry them through the tough times ahead. God never gloats over our sin; He always grieves. And if we are suffering the consequences of our own sin, He always has a plan to bring us back to where His blessings can again flow in our lives. The promise of the Lord for the people of Israel was that He was going to send a Messiah, one who would sit on the throne of David again and provide a permanent sin solution. King David's reign and the glory years of the Jews were now a distant memory; the Messiah's rule and reign would be forever. Some 600 years later this prophecy, it was fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ.
Since every one of us except Jesus has sinned, the promise of Messiah extends to us as well. We have no right to stand before God and say; "Here I am Lord, right, just, sinless and blameless. I'm innocent God." But Jesus can stand before the Father and say all those things. So by carrying our sins on the cross, He took the punishment for our sin, blotting out the ordinances that were against us, nailing them to the cross, and in doing so He has enabled us ride on His righteousness. The Father accepts Jesus' righteousness as if it were ours. Now you can start to see how exciting it is to be able to call the Lord, JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU?
To some this concept seems too good to be true, what's the catch? they ask. The catch is that you have to accept it. It is not forced on anyone. We all continue to have a free will and God desires that our relationship with him is given freely from our heart with love, and then you must allow the Holy Spirit to begin to reproduce the righteousness of Christ in our own lives, by yielding to His gentile push in the right direction. We must be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit walking in Him and no longer in our own lusts, letting Him renew us from the inside out.
