"My tongue shall speak of thy work; for all thy commandments are righteousness." Ps. 119:172.
Psa 119:137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psa 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Psa 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Psa 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
(Excerpt- EJ Waggoner)
Righteousness and Life.
But the ten commandments, whether engraved on tables of stone or written in a book, are only the statement of the righteousness of God.
Righteousness means right doing.
It is active.
The righteousness of God is God's right doing, his way.
And since all his ways are right, it follows that the righteousness of God is nothing less than the life of God.
The written law is not action, but is only a description of the action.
It is a picture of the character of God.
The very life and character of God are seen in Jesus Christ, in whose heart was the law of God.
There can be no righteousness without action.
And as there is none good but God, it follows that there is no righteousness except in the life of God.
Righteousness and the life of God are one and the same thing
Psa 119:137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psa 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Psa 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Rom 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Psa 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
(Excerpt- EJ Waggoner)
Righteousness and Life.
But the ten commandments, whether engraved on tables of stone or written in a book, are only the statement of the righteousness of God.
Righteousness means right doing.
It is active.
The righteousness of God is God's right doing, his way.
And since all his ways are right, it follows that the righteousness of God is nothing less than the life of God.
The written law is not action, but is only a description of the action.
It is a picture of the character of God.
The very life and character of God are seen in Jesus Christ, in whose heart was the law of God.
There can be no righteousness without action.
And as there is none good but God, it follows that there is no righteousness except in the life of God.
Righteousness and the life of God are one and the same thing