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GOD’S WORD IS RIGHTEOUS
MONDAY, MARCH 11
Psalm 119:137-138
Daniel 9:4-19
“O Lord, righteousness
belongeth unto thee,
but unto us confusion of faces…”
GOD’S WORD IS RIGHTEOUS
The Lord is righteous. There is neither sin nor stain of iniquity in Him. This righteousness of God is displayed as a backdrop to man’s wickedness. His righteousness is magnified when compared to the sinfulness of man. Read what the prophet Daniel said in Daniel 9:7.
Upright: As the Author of Scriptures is righteous, surely His words are righteous and just. His words are upright. It befits the character of the source. Being upright means it is “straight.” In today’s world, to be straight is strangely abhorred. This reveals the kind of world we are in: it likes the crooked more than the straight. Many prefer “alternative” lifestyles, and not the straight and upright that the Word of God teaches. To be straight, as the righteousness of God, is hated by the world, but to go against righteousness by deceit is hailed by many.
Faithful: To be faithful is to be firm, to be fixed in one’s conviction and unmovable in one’s belief. However, this must be aligned with the Word of God for it is faithful, very faithful. It is the Word of the immutable God. He is unchanging and is the same yesterday, today, and forever. This faithfulness is in His promises which can neither be altered nor added to. God’s Word is final, no additional vision nor special revelation can be added to, or subtracted from it. It is forever true and amen! This Word is with us today, perfectly preserved in the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Textus Receptus. This is available for us in the English language through the King James Version (or The Authorised Version).
Dear reader, there is no other basis of righteousness throughout the ages except God, and this is revealed to man through His Word. “The Bible is none other than the Voice of Him that sitteth upon the Throne! Every book of it, every chapter of it, every verse of it, every word of it, every syllable of it, every letter of it, is the direct utterance of the most High! The Bible is none other than the Word of God: not some part of it more, not some part of it less, but all alike, the utterance of Him who sitteth upon the Throne; faultless, unerring, supreme” (Dean Burgon).
THOUGHT: Do I believe the Bible, God’s Word, is righteous?
PRAYER: Father, open my eyes to see the uprightness and faithfulness of Thy Word just as the Author of this Book is.