{"id":4769,"date":"2024-10-08T08:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2024-12-25T17:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T17:27:02","slug":"righteousness-and-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/righteousness-and-the-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Righteousness And The Kingdom."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4769-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KINGDOM-RIGHTEOUSNESS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KINGDOM-RIGHTEOUSNESS.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KINGDOM-RIGHTEOUSNESS.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>The Father Is Righteous.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFather, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O <strong>Righteous Father!<\/strong> The world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.\u201d <strong>John 17:24-26.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jesus Ministered Through Righteousness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, \u201cI need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?\u201dBut Jesus answered and said to him, \u201cPermit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to <strong>fulfil all righteousness.<\/strong>\u201d Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly, a voice came from heaven, saying, \u201cThis is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.\u201d <strong>Matthew 3:13-17.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself and has given Him authority to execute judgment also because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth\u2014those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and <strong>My judgment is righteous<\/strong> because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. <strong>John 5:26-30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Righteousness And The Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? \u201cTherefore do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the <strong>Kingdom of God and His righteousness,<\/strong> and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. <strong>Matthew 6:28-34.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend and those who practice lawlessness and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the <strong>righteous will shine forth<\/strong> as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!<strong> Matthew 13:38-43.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Righteousness Will Involve Persecution.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blessed are those who<strong> hunger and thirst for righteousness,<\/strong> For they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, For\u00a0they shall see God.<br \/>\nBlessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. <strong>Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake,<\/strong> For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<strong> Matthew 5:6-10.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rewards Of Righteousness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, <strong>inherit the kingdom<\/strong> prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and you gave Me meat: I was thirsty. You gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and you took Me in: Naked, and you clothed Me: I was sick, and you visited Me: I was in prison, and you came unto Me. Then shall the <strong>righteous answer him,<\/strong> saying, Lord, when saw we You hungry and fed You? Or thirsty, and gave You drink? <strong>Matthew 25 v 34-37.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then He also said to him who invited Him, \u201cWhen you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for <strong>you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.\u201dLuke 14:12-14.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Father Is Righteous. \u201cFather, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O Righteous Father! 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