TISHRI 22
What
is Right
“For
the rest, brothers … whatever is RIGHTEOUS … think on these.” (Phi 4:8, 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 our dealings with our fellow man, all 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]
(insert and emphasis mine). 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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