Psalms
55:22 “Cast thy
burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved.”
“Umtwike BWANA mzigo wako naye atakutegemeza,
Hatamwacha mwenye haki aondoshwe milele.”
Introduction
WHO IS A RIGHTEOUS PERSON?
Adjective
- Moral and virtuous,
- Free from sin or guilt.
- Justified morally.
RIGHTEOUSNESS:
Is the quality or state of being righteous;
God’s
righteousness is absolute moral perfection and absence of all sin or contact
with anything less than perfect righteousness equal to His own. Divine
righteousness is the absolute standard by which God judges all of His created
beings according to Psalms 119:137. God is infinitely holy and perfectly righteous
in all of His ways as stated in Deuteronomy 32:4. His righteousness is evident
in all of His attributes. This is because God’s righteousness prevents any
compromise of His perfect justice. God’s perfect justice prevents any
compromise of His other attributes from any source.
Righteous are You, O Lord, and
upright are Your judgments. (Psalms 119:137)
“The Rock! His work is perfect, for
all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous
and upright is He.” (Deuteronomy 32:4)
To be
“righteous” means to be acting in accordance with all of God’s laws and
statutes and without sin or guilt. Because God is perfect in all of His
attributes, God’s righteousness is perfect, eternal, unchangeable, and
absolute.
- Can you measure righteousness? NO.
- Is there an ultimate righteousness? YES
- Who determines? GOD
Romans 3:10 “As
it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
“Kama ilivyoandikwa, yakwamba, Hakuna mwenye haki hata mmoja.”
ASPECTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
- Family
- Worship
- Justice & Responsibility
- THE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN FAMILY
Mark 10:20-21,24-30
From this script, we encounter a conversation between Jesus Christ and his
disciplines after a meeting with a multitude of people. The Pharisees as usual
had bombarded Jesus with a million dollar question which he settled. After
scolding at his disciples for blocking a child from seeing him, said,
“[25] It
is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.”
“Ni rahisi ngamia kupenya katika tundu la sindano kuliko tajiri kuingia katika ufalme wa Mungu."
He later challenges them by saying,
“Ni rahisi ngamia kupenya katika tundu la sindano kuliko tajiri kuingia katika ufalme wa Mungu."
He later challenges them by saying,
"[29]And
Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,"
"Yesu akasema, Amin, nawaambieni, Hakuna mtu aliyeacha nyumba, au ndugu waume, au ndugu wake, au mama, au baba, au watoto, au mashamba, kwa ajili yangu, na kwa ajili ya Injili,"
This means, when he said back in Verse 21,
"Yesu akasema, Amin, nawaambieni, Hakuna mtu aliyeacha nyumba, au ndugu waume, au ndugu wake, au mama, au baba, au watoto, au mashamba, kwa ajili yangu, na kwa ajili ya Injili,"
This means, when he said back in Verse 21,
"[21]
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest:
go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me."
"Yesu akamkazia macho, akampenda, akamwambia, Umepungukiwa na neon moja. Enenda, ukauze ulivyonavyo vyote, uwape maskini, nawe utakuwa na hazina mbinguni; kasha njoo unifuate."
"Yesu akamkazia macho, akampenda, akamwambia, Umepungukiwa na neon moja. Enenda, ukauze ulivyonavyo vyote, uwape maskini, nawe utakuwa na hazina mbinguni; kasha njoo unifuate."
We learn
that, there is no need for one to accumulate a lot of wealth when the families around
him lack basic needs. There is no need. There is no need for having all that is
humanly possible and yet someone out there is utterly deprived. Worse of it all
would be when one adores wealth more than family. It leads to neglect.Or the
feeling of the same depending on what side you look at it. This happens in most
families (whether they eventually get rich is based upon a number of factors
thus the varied family dynamics) where they spend their entire youth and
mid-age accumulating money and forgetting one basic principle: Family comes
first.
All that truly
matters to a human being is family. Whether yours or someone else’s. That is
what God expects of us for this is not man made but God made. It is a gift from
God. No wonder God doesn’t like divorce.
“Mark 10:9 “What therefore God hath
joined together, let not man put asunder.”
“Basi alichokiunganisha
Mungu, mwanadamu asikitenganishe.”
So no
matter how much you love God and love serving Him, if you do not value your
family, is a waste of time. Whatever you earn along the way, wouldamount to
nothing since,
“[25] It
is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God. “
“Ni rahisi ngamia kupenya katika tundu la sindano kuliko tajiri kuingia katika ufalme wa Mungu.”
“Ni rahisi ngamia kupenya katika tundu la sindano kuliko tajiri kuingia katika ufalme wa Mungu.”
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