Righteousness
Isaiah warned Israel that only a remnant, a small portion, of the Jewish people would return to the land; the rest would be destroyed.
November 18, 2025
Isaiah warned Israel that only a remnant, a small portion, of the Jewish people would return to the land; the rest would be destroyed.
Many people today sincerely believe that men are basically good and that God will judge them by their own standards rather than by His standards.
Paul is careful to link the mouth and the heart. Words come easily, but without substance words have no lasting value.
Paul is careful to say that faith does not create God’s righteousness, but it is the means by which it can be received.
Many people, both Jews and Gentiles try very hard to become righteous through good works, study, and prayer. Sadly some people find it hard to understand and accept that righteousness comes only by grace through faith.
Paul used two words that come from the same “word group” but have slightly different meanings, both of which are important in these chapters. “Righteousness” focuses on character. “Justification” is mostly a legal term that means “acquittal (declared innocent) of guilt.
Last week we considered the word “end” in this verse. Today we’ll look at the word “righteousness.”Being “righteous” means to be virtuous, moral, aka a good citizen. In a spiritual sense it means ‘to be approved by God.”
We moved too fast into Chapter 10 and discovered the solution before Paul was finished discussing the problem Israel faced. The problem was – how to become righteous (accepted) before God.
The chapter and verse divisions in our modern Bibles did not exist in the original and ancient scrolls. Jeremiah continues sharing God’s reasons for bringing judgement on Israel.
God is just; His judgments are true. It is a lying spirit that will cause a person to deny the truth of their actions. The Holy Spirit convicts but never condemns.
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