Righteousness a Righteous man

Matthew 5:20        For I say unto you, that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not inter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:48      “Therefore you are to be perfect; as you’re heavenly Father is perfect.

These two have been on my mind, i'm not sure who or what the scribes and Pharisees were, i would thank that the scribes were the ones that wrote out the scriptures and the Pharisees were the religious leaders of that time, but what they did or how they lived their lives, i'm not sure of. But i do understand being perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect, God has no sin in Him,

And i thank that God, our heavenly Father must be more righteous then the scribes and Pharisees, so i suppose that instead of spending a lot of time trying to find out how the scribes and Pharisees lived i will work on getting the sin out of my life.

Matthew 11:20-24

20    Then He began to reproach the cities, in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

21    “Wow to you, Chorazin! Wow to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

22     “Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, then for you.

23     And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You shall DEsCEND TO HADES; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

24     “Nevertheless I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, then for you.”

Makes me thank that sense we have the word of god and he has put record of the miracles in His word, so that we may know of them, and then there are the miracles that happen in our lives each day, but yet we do not repent of our sins, how much worse will it be for us????

James 5:16     Therefore, confess your sins one to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

1Jhon 1:9      If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalms 32:5     i acknowledged my sis to You, And my iniquity i did not hide; i said, “i will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; And You (the Lord) did forgive the guilt of my sins.

Confessing our sins is required, confessing one to another now days can be dangerous, (for wher can you find a riches man??), the word says the prayers of a righteous man can accomplish much, but where can we find a righteous man, What i have seen over the years is if you share your sin with someone, then you are treated differently, and it is not forgotten by the person, and in some cases is shared with others, We eat our wounded! But it says if we confess our sins to the Lord that He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from unrighteousness. Sense Jesus is righteous and prays to the Father on our behalf, if we confess our sins to him, He will be faithful to forgive us and cleanse us.

Romans 10:10      For with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Mmmmm

This happened a few years ago will not give names or location but just the basic facts.

Was asked what was going on, that i didn’t look to good, so i shared and explained some of my past and asked for prayer, two weeks later was taken aside by another person, a pastor, that questioned everything i had confessed to the first person, and rather than saying i will be praying for you i was told that i needed to quite sharing with others because they couldn’t prove what i had said. And that if i was having a problem i needed to go to a dr. and prove it!

So they could make sure i was having a problem. I just sat there and wept, to see what the church has come to. What must Jesus think about all of what we have made His body?

And people wonder why i am upset with the church as a whole.

Must go through all part of the journey, and learning to be totally dependent on the Lord Jesus, and learning to forgive and to pray for those whom come against the soul?

I want to be a righteous man of God, to live a life totally dependent on Him.

Lord Jesus i confess to you my sins and ask that you would pray to the Father that i may be forgiven and cleansed of my unrighteousness, and illness. Amen, Amen

Monday:   Faith, Obedience to Christ