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TISHRI 22

What is Right

“For the rest, brothers … whatever is RIGHTEOUS … think on these.” (Phi 4:8 ISR, emphasis mine)

I have had ‘righteousness’ explained to me as the act of doing what is right.  The Scriptural story of Queen Esther, together with her relative Mordecai, are excellent examples of people doing what is ‘right’, or in some translations, ‘just’, simply because in the eyes of our Creator, it is the right, just, and correct thing to do (see Est 4:14; 8:5-8).

Being right and just involves all of our dealings with our fellow man, all of our relationships with one another.  Our right relationships begin first at home, with our family members.  This then should overflow to those who profess to be part of the body of Messiah, and concluding ultimately with unbelievers.  The Good News of the Kingdom of Yahweh is a message of reconciliation, first to our Creator and Father, then to our fellow man, through our obedience to the divine instructions in moral and righteous living, the Torah.  Because we are called to be disciples of our Master Yeshua, we cannot show partiality, for the deliverance of our Elohim is available to all, not just some (see 2Pet 3:9).

“For Elohim did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that THE WORLD through Him might be saved.” (John 3:17 ISR, emphasis mine)

Noah Webster defines ‘integrity’ as “moral soundness or purity; incorruptness; uprightness; honesty; genuine.  Integrity comprehends the whole moral character, but has a special reference to uprightness in mutual dealings {with other people}, transfers of property and agencies for others.”[1]  When thoughts of integrity, of what is just and what is right, occupy our mind, they will reflect in our actions, as they did in the life of Queen Esther, and ‘our light will so shine before all men’ (Mat 5:16).

“And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked. For everyone who is practising evil matters hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But the one doing the truth comes to the light, so that his works are clearly seen, that they have been wrought in Elohim.” (John 3:19-21 ISR)

“Children, don't let anyone deceive you — it is the person that keeps on DOING WHAT IS RIGHT who is righteous, just as God is righteous.” (1John 3:7 CJB, emphasis mine)

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[1] American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828, insert and emphasis mine