Benefits Of God's Righteousness For Us Based On Proverbs 11

I. EXORDIUM:

Are you established in the righteousness of GOD?

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To encourage desire to be established in GOD's righteousness.

IV. TEXT:

Proverbs 10:2 (Amplified Bible)

10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) delivers from death.

V. THESIS:

We are established in the righteousness of GOD.

Isaiah 54:14 (Amplified Bible)

54:14 You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God’s will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

VI. TITLE:

Benefits of GOD's Righteousness for us based on Proverbs 11

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Authorship: Generally attributed to King Solomon before his character decline

B. Date written: c. 931 B.C.

C. Purpose: To give moral instruction

D. To whom written: Young People

E. Main Theme: "The fear of the LORD"

F. Keywords: wisdom, understanding

G. Key verse:

Proverbs 1:4 (Amplified Bible)

1:4 That prudence may be given to the simple, and knowledge, discretion, and discernment to the youth—

VIII. MAIN BODY:

A. Righteousness means:

1. Rightness

2. Purity of heart and rectitude of life

3. Conformity of heart and life to the Divine Law

4. Equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law

5. Applied to God, the perfection or holiness of his nature; exact rectitude; faithfulness.

6. Active and passive obedience of Christ, by which the law of God is fulfilled

B. It's not based on ourselves, or our own human self-effort, but on JESUS CHRIST.

The LORD JESUS CHRIST is our Righteousness:

Jeremiah 23:6 (Amplified Bible)

23:6 In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name by which He shall be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.

Matthew 1:21-23 (Amplified Bible)

1:21 She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God].

1:22 All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet,

1:23 Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel—which, when translated, means, God with us.

Isaiah 7:14 (Amplified Bible)

7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].

Romans 3:22 (Amplified Bible)

3:22 Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

C. Benefits of GOD's Righteousness in us:

1. Righteousness delivers us from death

Proverbs 10:2 (Amplified Bible)

10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:4 (Amplified Bible)

11:4 Riches provide no security in any day of wrath and judgment, but righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) delivers from death.

2. Righteousness makes a straight way for us

Proverbs 11:5 (Amplified Bible)

11:5 The righteousness of the blameless shall rectify and make plain their way and keep it straight, but the wicked shall fall by their own wickedness.

3. Righteousness gives us deliverance

Proverbs 11:6 (Amplified Bible)

11:6 The righteousness of the upright [their rectitude in every area and relation] shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity and greedy desire.

a. via knowledge and superior discernment

Proverbs 11:9 (Amplified Bible)

11:9 With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge and superior discernment shall the righteous be delivered.

b. the righteous don't compromise

Proverbs 11:21 (Amplified Bible)

11:21 Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered.

4. Righteousness delivers us from trouble

Proverbs 11:8 (Amplified Bible)

11:8 The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.

5. Righteousness exalts a city

Proverbs 11:11 (Amplified Bible)

11:11 By the blessing of the influence of the upright and God’s favor [because of them] the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

6. Righteousness attains a life

Proverbs 11:19 (Amplified Bible)

11:19 He who is steadfast in righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) attains to life, but he who pursues evil does it to his own death.

7. The LORD's delight is on the righteous

Proverbs 11:20 (Amplified Bible)