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)
11:20 They who are willfully contrary in heart are extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in the eyes of the Lord, but such as are blameless and wholehearted in their ways are His delight!
a. It's a response for us in this relationship we have with GOD. We are the LORD's delight and we delight ourselves unto the LORD.
Psalms 37:4 (Amplified Bible)
37:4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
8. Righteous desires brings only good to us
Proverbs 11:23 (Amplified Bible)
11:23 The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath.
Proverbs 10:22 (Amplified Bible)
10:22 The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].
9. The hope of the righteous is gladness
Proverbs 10:28 (Amplified Bible)
10:28 The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing.
10. The righteous shall never be removed
Proverbs 10:30 (Amplified Bible)
10:30 The [consistently] righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth [eventually].
Psalms 37:22 (Amplified Bible)
37:22 For such as are blessed of God shall [in the end] inherit the earth, but they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.
Isaiah 57:13 (Amplified Bible)
57:13 When you cry out, let your [rabble] collection of idols deliver you! But the wind shall take them all, a breath shall carry them away. But he who takes refuge in Me shall possess the land [Judea] and shall inherit My holy mountain [Zion, also the heavenly inheritance and the spiritual Zion].
IX. CONCLUSION:
Whoever trusts the LORD is righteous, because our righteousness is not from our doing or good works but it came from the application to our hearts the finished work of CHRIST on the Cross of Calvary.
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,
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