Yahweh Our Righteousness December 16 What do you
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Yahweh Our Righteousness December 16
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What do you think? • What or who do you think sets the standards for right or wrong in our society? • What do you think gives God the right to set the real standards for right and wrong, for righteousness? • Today we study how God reveals His righteousness – How He makes us righteous also
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Listen for attributes of the King that God would raise up Jeremiah 23: 5 -6 (NIV) "The days are coming, " declares the Lord, "when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. [6] In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.
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God Promises Righteousness • What characteristics do you see listed of the King God promised to send? • Both Judah and Israel had suffered under poor leadership. How would these kinds of promises make people feel? • What do you think the phrase “Our Righteousness” communicates to people both then and now?
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God Promises Righteousness • What is our role in this coming to pass – our being righteous? • How does our celebration of Christmas fit with this promise?
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Listen for what this passage says about righteousness. Romans 3: 21 -26 (NIV) But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. [22] This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, [23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, [24] and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption
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Listen for what this passage says about righteousness. that came by Christ Jesus. [25] God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- [26] he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
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God Reveals Righteousness • What are some phrases in this passages that speak about righteousness? • What do you think are some ways that Paul (who wrote the letter to the Romans) would have recognized that “God’s righteousness has been revealed”? • How does the average person respond to the statement in verse 23, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”?
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God Reveals Righteousness • On the other side of the issue, why do some people object to the idea that God has offered forgiveness to every person, even the worst sinners? • What is justification? • According to this passage, how do we become justified?
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God Reveals Righteousness • What do you see in this passage as to why God offered forgiveness this way – free? • How should my boasting and bragging about my relationship to God be different when I realize it is by faith alone?
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Listen for how Paul wanted to see the zeal of the Jews be changed. Romans 10: 1 -4 (NIV) Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. [2] For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. [3] Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
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Listen for how Paul wanted to see the zeal of the Jews be changed. [4] Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. … [9] That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord, " and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
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We Receive Righteousness • What was good, what was bad about the zeal of the Israelites? • How can a person in today’s world have great Good Zeal Bad Aspects Zeal zeal for Aspects God or of religious activities andofyet be misguided?
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We Receive Righteousness • Agree or disagree? Confessing “Jesus is Lord” is more important than believing in Jesus’ resurrection • Why do you think both are necessary?
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Application • Both for the Israelites and for us … even in bleak times, the Lord works to fulfill His plan and purpose – God promised a “righteous Branch of David, ” a King of Righteousness – He has provided deliverance and safety for His people – This Christmas season, celebrate the coming of Jesus, the fulfillment of God’s promise
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Application • God’s righteousness has been fully revealed and demonstrated in Jesus Christ – Those who believe in Jesus are justified, redeemed, reconciled to God – This week, do a word study on what these terms mean – See if you can describe their meanings so that a 5 th grader could understand
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Application • All attempts to establish our own standards of righteousness will fail. They are inadequate and incomplete. – Know that you must submit to God’s righteousness … to His accomplishment of it in our lives – When you don’t feel righteous, know that God declares you so … when you put your faith in what He has done.
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Yahweh Our Righteousness December 16
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