Proverbs chapter 8
Today we are walking in: The Power Of Righteousness
2 Samuel 22:21
The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness H6663: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Today we look to the word RIGHTEOUSNESS--H6663 tsadaq -- Justify, Righteous, Just, Justice, Cleansed, Clear Ourselves, Righteousness
The Torah testifies.........……
Deuteronomy 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness H6663, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
The prophets proclaim..................
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness H6663 is of me, saith the Lord.
The writings bear witness............
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness H6663 of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Correct alignment with truth principles guarantees success in life.
THE POWER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
One of humankind’s greatest struggles is determining what is most important in life. Each of us must at some point decide what we are living for if our lives are to have focus and a sense of purpose. Compounding the challenge is the fact that we live in a culture that regards truth as relative and life as meaningless. If life is an evolutionary accident, then there is no such thing as absolute truth or morality and no high and exalted purpose for human existence. Consequently, many people give up on life and, if they don’t commit suicide first, retreat into a mind-set of cynicism, hopelessness, and despair.
At the same time, there are many people who yearn for a simpler life free of the stress, struggles, and hectic pace of our high-speed, high-tech, multiple-option, anything-goes society. With so many choices, how do you choose the best, the most important? How do you make sure that you are spending your life on the things that really count?
Over the last few years or so my life has become very simple. That does not mean I am not busy. My life is quite full. I rarely have an empty schedule. Yet, in spite of my “busyness,” my life is simple because I have spent the last few years learning to live according Yah’s priorities. The world offers a “grab bag” of possibilities to choose from, but as mentioned previously, Yahusha reduces the issues of life to two things: the Kingdom of Yah and the righteousness of Yah. That’s it. Everything else in life is a byproduct.
When I first understood this, it changed my life. It is amazing how simple life becomes when you realize that you need to focus only on two things. Even a busy life can be simple when it has been stripped of everything distracting and counterproductive to the pursuit of Yah’s Kingdom and righteousness.
As we have already seen, the command to seek first the Kingdom and righteousness of Yah comes with a corollary promise that “all these things” the world strives for will be given, or added, to us. Think about this: anything you work for was not added. Added means you receive something you did not work for. Yah blesses most of us with the health and ability to work for the things we need to support ourselves and our families but, as I’ve said before, we should never live for those things. If our priority is focused on the Kingdom and righteousness of Yah, He will add all the rest to us. He wants to give us many things that we did not and even cannot work for. But the key to this life of favor and blessing is to seek, to pursue, to walk in the righteousness of Yah.
DEFINING RIGHTEOUSNESS
Yah’s Kingdom and Yah’s righteousness. Both are equally important and, as you heard earlier, both are inseparable. A kingdom always reflects the nature of its king. Righteousness begets righteousness and unrighteousness begets unrighteousness. Righteousness is the nature and defining characteristic of the Kingdom of Yah. As I mentioned briefly in the last teaching, the Hebrew word for kingdom, mamlakah, means “dominion and royal government.” We are to seek first the mamlakah of Yah. This takes in many things: Yah’s government, rulership, and dominion over the earth, His jurisdiction and executed will, the influence of Heaven on earth, Yah’s administration, and His impact on the earth. So the first thing we are supposed to do—the first issue of our lives—is to get under Yah’s government.
Let me put it another way: seek Yah’s citizenship. Joining a religion won’t solve your problems. Neither will joining a fraternity or a lodge. The only way to solve our greatest problems and satisfy our greatest needs is to place ourselves under the Kingdom on earth.
With the Kingdom of Yah comes His righteousness. We cannot inhabit His Kingdom without it. What does it mean to be righteous? I touched on it a little in the last teaching but now it is time to dig deeper. Righteousness, or the lack of it, affects our whole life. It is too important a principle to pass over lightly.
The basic New Testament Greek word for “righteous” is dikaios, a powerful word that means “those who are upright, just, righteous, conforming to Yah’s laws.” It also carries the quality of being without prejudice or partiality. A related word, dikaiosune, means “righteousness” or “uprightness.” In the Old Testament, two related Hebrew words, sedeq and sedaqah, carry the meaning, righteousness. They are relational words, just as righteousness has to do with man’s relationship to Yah. Sedeq and sedaqah are legal terms signifying justice in conformity with the legal corpus (the Law; see Deut. 16:20), the judicial process (see Jer. 22:3), the justice of the king as judge (see 1 Kings 10:9; Ps. 119:121; Prov. 8:15), and also the source of justice, Yah Himself. Legal corpus means the body of law that runs a country.
Heaven is a country; an invisible country, but a country nonetheless. The government of Heaven is under the authority of the King of Glory, the Most High of Hosts, the Yah of the universe who created the earth and put humankind here as His vice-regents. We were created to be local kings ruling under the jurisdiction of the universal King.
As I said before, righteousness is a legal word, not a religious word. It has to do with citizens’ relationship with their government, and that relationship is based on the citizens obeying the laws of the country so they do not come into conflict with government authority and jeopardize their citizenship privileges. Every country demands righteousness, whether it is a republic, a democracy, a communist state, or a kingdom, because righteousness simply means to be in conformity with the laws of the country.
In the Bible, the word righteousness almost always is linked in close proximity to the word justice, which means “rights.” Righteousness is always related to justice because righteousness is a prerequisite for justice. Every country operates under a written constitution of some kind. A constitution is a contract with the people that lays out the laws and rights that will govern the nation. It spells out what the government expects from the citizens and what the citizens can expect from the government. Furthermore, it specifies the penalties for violating the law as well as the legal recourses available for those whose rights have been violated to receive justice.
Like the nations of the earth, the Kingdom of Yah also has a constitution—the Bible. Unlike many earthly nations where the people write the constitution, in the Kingdom of Yah the King Himself wrote the constitution. In a kingdom, the king’s word is law. The citizens cannot debate it, challenge it, or change it. So in relation to the Kingdom of Yah, all of us stand either in alignment or out of alignment with Kingdom law, the Word of Yah. We are either righteous or unrighteous. It is a matter of positioning.
Righteousness means right positioning with the government. It is when a person takes up citizenship in a country and pledges to obey its laws. Those are simple requirements. When Yahusha said, “Seek first the Kingdom of Yah and His righteousness, He was saying, “Seek to become a citizen of the Kingdom of Yah and then stay in alignment with the government’s law. If you do those two things—citizenship and obedience to the laws—then everything you need will be added to you.” What could be simpler?
TWO PRIORITIES FOR MAN
So, there are two priorities for us: Kingdom and righteousness. Kingdom is the horizontal dimension that deals with power: rulership, dominion and control. It is kingship. Righteousness, on the other hand, is the vertical dimension that deals with position: relationship, right standing, disposition, and authority. It is priesthood. There is no dichotomy in the mind of Yah between priest and king.
Righteous citizens are law-abiding citizens. Citizen relates to kingship; it is the power part. Law-abiding relates to priesthood; it is the positioning part. As citizens of the Kingdom of Yah, we are both kings and priests: “And from Yahusha Ha'Mashiach, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And has made us kings and priests unto Elohiym and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amein. CHIZAYON (REVELATION) 1:5-6 את CEPHER; “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: KEPHA RI'SHON (1 PETER) 2:9 את CEPHER. There are no schizophrenics in the Kingdom of Yah. We are all kings and priests together.
Righteousness is our relationship with the government. Kingdom is our disposition with the government. It is our right to rule. So, Kingdom is rulership. Kingdom is dominion. Righteousness is our right standing within that dominion. The purpose of a priest is to keep people related to Yah. As Kingdom citizens we are each our own priest. We are supposed to “work out” our own salvation (Phil. 2:12). We are supposed to protect our own selves by not disobeying the law.
Let me put it another way. Returning to our driving analogy from the last teaching, every time you stop at a red light you are a priest. As long as you stop at the red light, you have the right for no police officer to arrest you. By choosing to obey the law, you are acting as your own priest, maintaining your right alignment with the government.
Priesthood is the vertical dimension and kingship is the horizontal dimension. If you keep the vertical clear, the horizontal will be clear. As long as you are an effective priest, you will be an effective king. Righteousness, therefore, is the key. For this reason, righteousness is more important than kingship. Kingdom makes you a citizen, but righteousness gives you access to all the rights, resources and privileges of citizenship. Get yourself out of alignment with the government and those rights and privileges can be suspended, just as they are for citizens of a nation who are in prison for crimes they committed. They are still citizens but they no longer enjoy the full rights and freedoms of citizens who are not incarcerated.
This explains why many born-again Kingdom citizens struggle with basic needs from day to day and do not experience the fullness of Kingdom living. They are not taking proper care to stay in right standing with their government. By violating the laws and principles of the Kingdom, they cut themselves off from access to its resources. Righteousness, then, is the key to abundant Kingdom living.
The key to success in a kingdom is for the citizens to maintain right relationship with the government. This is righteousness. At the same time, the government is responsible for the rights and well-being of the citizens. Citizens benefit from their righteous relationship by qualifying to make demands on the government. Righteousness gives you power. If you are keeping the law, then all the rights of the constitution are yours. Citizens have rights. Righteous citizens can demand what is rightfully theirs. That is why it is a legal term.
Our two priorities are to seek Kingdom citizenship and the relationship that puts us in a position to demand things from the Kingdom. And the Kingdom government is responsible and obligated to the citizen. Righteousness gives us rights and rights activate the government to act on our behalf.
To clarify further, let’s summarize the relationship between Kingdom and righteousness this way:
The kingdom places us in citizenship; righteousness places in us relationship.
Kingdom gives us rights to government benefits; righteousness gives us access to government benefits.
Kingdom makes us legal; righteousness maintains our legal status.
Righteousness is manifested in holiness.
Holiness is not a doctrine; it is a result. Yahusha never taught on holiness. He taught on the Kingdom and righteousness. Living holy simply means you are obeying all the Kingdom laws. If you are righteous, you don’t have to “do” holiness; it is a by-product of right standing. Holiness is a manifestation of righteousness. Food, clothing, and rituals don’t make you holy. Holiness is based on relationship, and relationship comes from righteousness.
POWER KEYS TO KINGDOM LIFE
Where does the power in righteousness come from? It comes from the King, who passes it down to us. The New Testament Book of Hebrews attests to this:
But unto the Son he says, Your throne, O Elohiym, is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of your Kingdom. You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore Elohiym, even your Elohiym, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. IVRIYM (HEBREWS) 1:8-9 את CEPHER.
A scepter is the symbol of a king’s royal authority. If the king extends the scepter to you, it means you may enter his presence for an audience. If he does not, you must remain outside. In ancient times this was a matter of life or death. The Book of Esther describes how the king of Persia would extend his scepter for those he granted permission to enter. Anyone who entered the king’s presence without the extended scepter was killed on the spot. Even Queen Esther risked death if she entered the king’s presence without his scepter extended to her.
The scepter was a visible symbol of the king’s power. When the King extends His scepter to us, we may enter and everything in the Kingdom becomes ours. The passage says, “righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.” This means that our authority in the Kingdom of Yah is righteousness. As long as we stay lined up with the government’s laws, we have power with the government. Yah gives us power to ask for anything we need. He hands it to us.
Righteousness is also the standard by which the King dispenses judgment:
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 9:8 את CEPHER.
Yah will judge the world as to whether the governments of the earth are lined up with Heaven.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for Elohiym is judge himself. Celah. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 50:6 את CEPHER
If we remain lined up, Yah gives us our rights.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 89:14 את CEPHER.
The foundation for our exercising the authority of Yah is our relationship with Yah. Once we are lined up with Yah, He will lavish His faithfulness and love upon us. Talk about getting your needs met! Yah says, “Get into right position with me, and I’ll overload you.”
Here are seven more power keys. The power of righteousness is:
1.Governmental obligation. When you are in right standing with the King, He is obligated to take care of your life.
2.Governmental protection. When you are in right standing with the King, He is obligated to protect you.
3.Governmental support. When you are in right standing with the King, He is obligated to support your life, to uphold you in everything.
4.Governmental provisions. When you are in right standing with the King, He provides you with everything you need.
5.Governmental commitment. When you are in right standing with the King, the King is committed to take care of you.
6.Governmental responsibility. When you are under a King’s authority and are in right relationship with that King, the King has a place of responsibility toward you.
7. Righteousness activates the government. When you are in right standing with the King, you activate the entire machine of the government. The government is focused upon you. It does everything for you. “For the eyes of Yahuah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly: therefore from henceforth you shall have wars. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 16:9 את CEPHER. Yah’s eyes are on the righteous. Our righteousness activates the government. His own nature and promises obligate Him to act.
What a powerful list!
CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE PURSUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
If you want to know how an appliance works, you turn to the owners’ manual prepared by the manufacturer. If you want to understand the principles under which a nation or a kingdom operates, you examine its constitution. The pursuit of righteousness is the fundamental operating principle for citizens of the Kingdom of Yah. There is no better way to learn how to conduct that pursuit than by consulting and following the Kingdom constitution, the Bible. Let’s examine some of the constitutional principles that help us understand, apply, and exercise righteousness.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 11:4 את CEPHER.
Do you want long life? Then live for righteousness. Don’t live for wealth. The pursuit of righteousness may bring wealth your way, but as a by-product. Righteousness is its own reward. Living for righteousness will deliver you from the death of your business, the death of your marriage, the death of your investments, the death of your finances, the death of your health. If you are lined up with Yah, He will deliver you.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 11:5 את CEPHER.
Blameless means clean living that is above reproach. You stop for red lights. You are honest in all your dealings, even when no one would know if you weren’t. You seek to obey Yah every minute of every day. Righteousness will clear the path ahead of you so that nothing stands between you and full, abundant living. If righteousness is its own reward, then wickedness is its own curse. The wicked may seem to prosper for a time, but eventually their own wickedness will destroy them.
The righteousness of the yashariym shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own wickedness. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 11:6 את CEPHER.
Righteousness is true freedom; freedom to live as Yah meant for you to live: happy, healthy, abundant, prosperous, and master of your circumstances. Unrighteousness is bondage that will shackle you to your baser lusts and desires.
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 12:28 את CEPHER.
When you are lined up with Yah, you cannot die! Righteousness makes you immortal to enjoy the Kingdom and its benefits forever! How’s that for destiny?!
Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 13:6 את CEPHER.
Alignment with Yah and His Word places you under His protection. Living with integrity will build you a good reputation that will hold you in good stead when you come under attack from the unscrupulous. A wicked man, however, eventually will be undone by his own wickedness.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 16:8 את CEPHER.
I’d rather be right with Yah than be right with the world. In fact, James 4:4 states that to be a friend of the world is to be an enemy of Yah. The world as a whole opposes Yah and everything He stands for. That is why the world needs to be told about the Kingdom. Be satisfied and faithful with the little you may have now because, if you are righteous, Yah will add more that you did not have to work or scheme or connive for. Unjust gain is a dead end.
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 14:34 את CEPHER.
Righteousness is not only personal but also corporate. Personal righteousness can exist without corporate righteousness, but there is no corporate righteousness without personal righteousness. It takes righteous people to create a righteous nation, and diligence on their part to keep the nation righteous. Every law enacted and every bill passed should be measured against and brought into alignment with the standard of Yah’s Word. Otherwise, unrighteousness will result. We see this happening all over the world, particularly in the historically “Christian” West. Every misaligned law or other action at the national level leads the nation farther down the path of disgrace, dissension, disillusionment, disintegration and, eventually, dissolution. None of us as Kingdom citizens can afford to be satisfied merely with our own private righteousness. We must be alert, vigilant, engaged and even militant in pressing for righteousness at the corporate and national levels. Otherwise we risk bringing the judgment of Yah down on our nations.
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto Yahuah: but he loves him that follows after righteousness. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 15:9 את CEPHER.
Notice that the Most High detests the way of the wicked. Yah loves wicked people, but He hates their wicked ways. He wants to change their hearts so they will pursue righteousness instead of wickedness. Remember, all of us once were wicked in Yah’s sight until we were transformed through the blood of Hamachiach, brought into right standing with Yah, and made citizens of His Kingdom. Not only does Yah love the righteous, He loves those who want to do right. He will move Heaven and earth to help an honest seeker of righteousness find it.
Yahuah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. For I have guarded the ways of Yahuah, and have not wickedly departed from my Elohiym. For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. I was also upright before him, and I guarded myself from my iniquity. Therefore has Yahuah recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 18:20-24 את CEPHER.
This is without doubt one of the finest descriptions in the Bible of practical righteousness—righteousness as it is lived out from day to day. David, future king of Israel, describes the righteous life as a life of obedience to the Word and ways of Yah. Righteousness brings reward and the link between the two is obedience. Reward is that which is added. It is not something we work for. If we are righteous, “all these things” will be added to us. We will receive our reward, both in this life and in the life to come.
Yahuah is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul: he leads me in the cycles of righteousness for his name's sake. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 23:1-3 את CEPHER.
Why does the Most High take care of us? Why does He give us green pastures and quiet waters? Why does He restore our soul and lead us in paths of righteousness? For the sake of His name. For the sake of His reputation. He is saying to us, “Do right, please, so I can protect My Name. Do right, so I can take care of you and show Myself to be a good and benevolent King. Don’t call me ‘Most High’ and then not do what I say. Let me show the world how a Kingdom citizen lives: in peace, prosperity, abundance, and security.”
Judge me, O Yahuah Elohai, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 35:24 את CEPHER.
The word vindicate means “to deliver or avenge, to justify or defend, to free from allegation or blame.” Righteousness sets us up for the Most High to defend us from unjustified accusation and attack. No matter what you may be going through on your job or elsewhere, no matter what pressure you may be under to compromise your integrity, honor, or principles, just stay aligned with Yah and He will come to your defense. You may feel as though everybody is conspiring against you. Don’t worry about it. Even if you are the only righteous person there, Yah can vindicate you. Whatever you are going through, Yah says, “I will give the answer. I’m going to do this Myself. You just remain righteous. Stay lined up with My government.”
He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 21:21 את CEPHER.
The world pursues prosperity and the good life but rarely finds them. Kingdom citizens, however, are to pursue righteousness. We are never to pursue prosperity. There is no “prosperity gospel” in the Kingdom.
Prosperity is a by-product of righteous living. Live righteously and what happens? You will find prosperity. You will find the good life and the abundant life. You will find honor in the eyes of Yah and men. You won’t have to pursue them to procure them. All these things you will find simply by putting all your energy into one thing: the pursuit of righteousness.
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over His kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahuah Tseva'oth will perform this. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 9:7 את CEPHER.
This verse refers to Yahusha Hamachiach, who came to restore man back to his relationship with the Kingdom of Yah. His is the Kingdom that will last forever and be characterized by justice and righteousness. A just and righteous King will always give His citizens their rights based upon their being and remaining aligned to the principles and laws of His Kingdom.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 11:4 את CEPHER.
This verse says that poverty is solved by righteousness. If a poor man becomes righteous—lined up with the Kingdom—his poverty is gone. To judge means to give rights. In other words, poverty is really a result of disposition.
I was born in the low part of my country. My only reason for coming out of whatever I was in is my relationship with Yah. Nothing else explains it. Righteousness is the solution to poverty. This means that unrighteousness is the cause of poverty. Let me hasten to add, however, that often it is the unrighteousness of those who oppress and take advantage of the poor that helps perpetuate poverty. Unrighteousness affects not only us but also all those who are within our sphere of influence. Even under oppressive conditions, however, the transformed mind-set of a Kingdom citizen who is poor can manifest in changed external circumstances. The King takes care of His righteous citizens no matter where they are or what their condition.
BEHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 32:1 את CEPHER.
Every leader, political or otherwise, should take this verse to heart. Alignment with Heaven’s government is the key to the success of any country. For a king to reign in righteousness he must be lined up with the government of Heaven. This is how any nation prospers. All judges should judge everything according to the Word of Yah. All of our morals, policies and values should conform to Yah’s laws. Otherwise, the nation will be unrighteous and on the road to disaster.
In every nation today there is a crying need for righteous Kingdom citizens to be active in the political arena, not only as voters but also as candidates and office holders. The only way for justice to prevail for every citizen of a nation is for that nation to be governed by principles of righteousness laid out in the Word of Yah. And the only way for righteousness to govern a nation is for righteous citizens to wield their influence and example at every level of government.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 32:17 את CEPHER.
There it is. When you are righteous, you fly your flag. When you are righteous you keep the company you work for afloat. When you are righteous, you keep the home at peace. When you are righteous, you bring peace to a company because you work there.
This is why the Bible says that as long as Joseph was with Pharaoh, Egypt prospered. When Daniel was with Nebuchadnezzar, the country prospered. Because you are in that school, the school is blessed. Don’t ever make light of your influence on where you are because righteousness brings peace.
Peace, quietness, confidence. Don’t you love those words? Don’t you wish they were the norm for your life? Quietness means that you are calm in any storm and nobody understands why. Quietness means that you are in a position of total control in the middle of a crisis because you know the government of Heaven is above every earthly government. Quietness means you don’t start talking loudly when everybody else does. People get all hyper, concerned, and frustrated while you remain calm. Why? You’re not under their government. Confidence means you have complete trust in your government. You trust your government to take care of you. Who can say that about any governments on earth?
(As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even Elohiym, who quickens the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were. ROMAIYM (ROMANS) 4:17 את CEPHER.
Anyone who serves Hamachiach in this way, by obeying the laws and principles of righteousness, will receive the approval of Yah and man. No one will attack you for doing well. If they do attack you, it is because they do not understand you. In this sick, corrupt, sin-ridden world, righteous living is a mystery to many, even a reason for suspicion. That is why we must always be careful to live upright with honor, honesty, and integrity, so no one will have an excuse to attack us or to defame the name of our King. Live righteously, and joy will fill your days, in spite of what happens around you. The joy of the Most High is not subject to the ways of the world or the whims of circumstance because it originates in another place.
The Kingdom of Yah operates on righteousness. Righteousness is the scepter of Yah’s throne. It aligns us with the Kingdom government and gives us access to Kingdom benefits. Righteousness guarantees that we will receive all the rights that are ours under Kingdom law. And its results are treasures the world craves: peace, quietness, confidence—and joy unspeakable.
PRINCIPLES
1.Yahusha reduced the issues of life to two things: (1) the Kingdom of Yah and (2) the righteousness of Yah.
2.Righteousness simply means to be in conformity with the laws of the country.
3.Righteousness means right positioning with the government.
4.Kingdom is the horizontal dimension that deals with power: rulership, dominion, and control. It is kingship.
5.Righteousness is the vertical dimension that deals with position: relationship, right standing, disposition, and authority. It is priesthood.
6.Righteousness is our relationship with the government. Kingdom is our disposition with the government.
7.Righteousness is the key to abundant Kingdom living.
8.Holiness is a manifestation of righteousness.
9.The pursuit of righteousness is the fundamental operating principle for citizens of the Kingdom of Yah.
10.Righteousness is its own reward.
11.Righteousness is not only personal but also corporate.
12.Righteousness brings reward and the link between the two is obedience.
13.Righteousness is the solution to poverty.
14. Righteousness guarantees that we will receive all the rights that are ours under Kingdom law.
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