Jesus said your righteousness must exceed that of the scribes and pharisees. That is essentially the righteousness of relationship. You must see Matthew 5:20. Knowing the word is a blessed thing and that you must also try and remember it when young. An old baptist of white scotts-irish decent taught me that once. They do have old Scots-Irish people from other backgrounds you know. Pass the tikka massala. Its a very old world and people move around a lot like the Moors. Anyway, this is the righteousness that says I have gone beyond perfecting a rule of practice ( don't eat and don't touch) and have moved into a rule of faith which says that I know Him. It is the righteousness of obedience where Jesus also said many will call to me " Lord, Lord..." we did this good deed in your name and that good deed to please you and then Jesus will say I never knew you, you workers of your own will and way; of iniquity.
So the righteousness that exceeds is the one of relationship and obedience; not good deeds and scripture recital or else you have missed the point because God already knows you but you should want to know Him, son of Abraham. This righteousness is the righteousness of Abel, Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David and Paul the Apostle. People have caused you to drift but who were you as a child when that happiness God gave you was enough and His approval in essence? But, you live in a culture that wants your full attention and all your soul but you will feel watered down and the Midianite man will have had the victory( Numbers 25:6-15). "Midianite" was not the problem. It was that they were unsubmitted to the faith of Abraham. Watch and listen to what does not offend the heart He gave you or the mind He gave you to be close to Him; you remember and if you forget, remember the sense of acceptance or thankfulness you had when Grandma asked you to bring the bread and milk home and you did it and she made more cookies or devon custard or how you felt when you saw her disappointment when you forgot and how you felt let alone her disappointment. How did you feel about forgetting?; and think of that more so than her disapppintment? Well, apply the same to your relationship with the call quality evaluator also known as Jehovah.
I had a good external tutor during my High School years who made a complete sentence and basic lesons of faith commensurate to life experience. His name was Ronald E. Jakes. I thank Mr. Jakes and may God bless him. "Lessons" is spelled L-e-s-s-o-n. We must know how to "spell" well. It is a sign of submisison to the teacher whomever they may be although it is not proof of understanding the lesson.
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