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THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUSNESSTHE LORD IS HOLINESS

GOD’S CHARACTERGOD’S DESIRE

BY NATURE GOD IS BOTH RIGHTEOUS AND HOLYHE DEMONSTRATES THESE CHARACTERISTICS IN HIS RELATING TO HIS PEOPLEHE DESIRES THAT HIS PEOPLE BE LIKE HIM IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS

THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUSJEREMIAH 23:5ISRAEL’S HISTORY, ONE OF FAILURE, UNRIGHTEOUSNESSRIGHTEOUSNESS = DOING THE RIGHT THING IN A RELATIONSHIPDAVID’S GREATER SON WILL BE CALLED “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”

CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

1 CORINTHIANS 1:30OF GOD YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BECAME TO US WISDOM FROM GOD, BOTH RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION AND REDEMPTIONWIDOM = SKILL IN LIVING

WE RIGHTEOUS?

WE CANNOT DO THE RIGHT THING ON OUR OWNJESUS CHRIST IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSTHE SOURCE OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

YAHWEH-TSIDKENU WE LIVE OUT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

DERIVED AND EXPRESSED

1 JOHN 2:29IF YOU KNOW THAT HE IS RIGHTEOUS, YOU KNOW THAT ANYONE DOING THE RIGHT THING HAS BEEN BORN OF HIM [DERIVED THEIR LIFE FROM HIM]

THE LORD IS HOLYLEVITICUS 20:7CONSECRATE YOURSELVES AND BE HOLY, BECAUSE I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD

LEITICUS 20:26YOU ARE TO BE HOLY TO ME BECAUSE I, THE LORD, AM HOLYBE FULLY AVAILABLE TO GODBE LIKE GOD

HOLINESS

MAKING DISTINCTIONS:IN WORLDVIEWIN REASON FOR LIVINGIN DESIRES, AMBITIONS, GOALSIN LIFESTYLE

DISTINCTIONS

WHAT IS OF ME AND WHAT IS OF GODSELF-CENTRED AND GOD-CENTREDON MY OWN I CAN ONLY BE SELF-CENTREDONLY JESUS CHRIST IS GOD-CENTRED

CHRIST OUR HOLINESS1 CORINTHIANS 1:30ONLY IN HIM CAN WE MAKE THE SWITCHONLY TOGETHER WITH HIM CAN WE BE GOD-CENTRED

DO I KNOW HIM AS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS?AS MY HOLINESS?

YAHWEH, THE GREAT “I AM”WHAT GOD IS, HE DEMANDS OF HIS PEOPLEWHAT GOD IS, HE DESIRES TO BE IN AND THROUGH HIS PEOPLE

YAHWEH = I AM WHAT I AMTHROUGH CHRIST “WHAT I AM I WILL BE IN AND THROUGH YOU”