RIGHTEOUSNESS AND INIQUITY
(Transcribed
Message)
Sunday Morning:
March 4, 2001
Text:
Hebrews 1:9 "Thou
hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God,
even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows."
Hebrews 1:9
"Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; . . ."
Matthew 5:10
"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness'
sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:20
"For I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye
shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 6:33
"But seek [present active] ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
1 Timothy 6:11
"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after
righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."
2 Timothy 4:7-8
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith: 8. Henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing."
Matthew 5:6
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled."
Hebrews 1:9
"Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity [anomia,
lawlessness];
. . ."
Judges 17:6
"In those days there was no king in Israel, but every
man did that which was right in his own eyes."
Matthew 24:3
". . . the disciples came . . . saying, Tell us, when shall these
things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the
end of the world [age]?"
SIGNS OF HIS COMING
Matthew 24:11-12
"And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive
many (who say Lord, Lord). 12. And because iniquity
[lawlessness] shall abound, the love (obedience)
of many (who say Lord, Lord) shall wax cold (to
disobedience and lawlessness)."
2 Thessalonians 2:3
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin
[lawlessness] be revealed, the son of perdition;"
2 Thessalonians 2:7
"For the mystery of iniquity [lawlessness] doth
already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out
of the way."
Matthew 7:21-23
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
22.
Many
will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy
name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done
many wonderful works?
23.
And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity
[lawlessness]."
Hebrews 2:3-4
"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation [heavenly
inheritance in the kingdom]; which at the first began to be spoken
by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard
him; 4. God also bearing them witness, both with signs and
wonders [miracles], and with divers miracles, and gifts
of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?"
Mark 16:20
"And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with
them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen."
1 Corinthians 13:8-11 "Charity never
faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail
[inactive]; whether there be tongues, they shall cease
[stop]; whether there be knowledge (as the word of
knowledge, 1 Cor 12:8), it shall vanish away [inactive].
PARTS
9.
For we know in
part, and we prophesy in part.
ALL THE PARTS
TOGETHER
10.
But when that which
is perfect [complete] is come, then that which is in part shall
be done away [fail, inactive, verse 8].
SIGNS, CHILD’S PLAY
11.
When I was a child, I
spake as a child (small phrases), I understood
as a child (in parts), I thought as a child (in parts):
but when I became a man, I put away childish things (prophecies,
tongues, word of knowledge)."
Romans 6:19
"I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and
to iniquity [lawlessness] unto [leading to]
iniquity [lawlessness]; even so now yield your members servants
to righteousness unto [leading to] holiness."
REDEEMED
FROM ADDICTION
Titus 2:14
"Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from
all iniquity [lawlessness], and purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works."
Romans 6:22-23
"But now being made free from [the] sin (of
lawlessness), and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness,
and the end everlasting life. 23. For the wages of [the]
sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Matthew 13:41
"The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which
do iniquity;"
Romans 5:21
"That as [the] sin hath reigned unto death, even
so might grace reign through righteousness unto
[leading to] eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."
FLEE YOUTHFUL LUSTS
2 Timothy 2:22
"Flee also youthful lusts (experiences, signs): but
follow [pursue] righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with
them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart."