Walking in Righteousness: A Christian's Guide to Spiritual Growth

You can live a life of righteousness as a child of God, regardless of the world's corruption.

The Bible teaches that you can overcome any temptation and live a life of joy, peace, and love.

Walking in righteousness means saying no to unrighteous deeds and seeking the kingdom of God first.

By living a life of righteousness, you can be a hiding place for others and have a clear heart to see and hear God's guidance.

Good morning and good evening, my dear brothers and sisters. A warm welcome to one and all of you and I greet you in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As always, I feel very privileged to be part of these sessions and I am deeply honored that we are once again united as a family. It's not a religious teaching, we are not here to convict anyone, but we are always here to tell you the truth from the Bible. and Bible is book of truth and the father of truth Jesus Christ that is his Yahweh father God has written this Bible and being inspired by the Holy Spirit there are a lot of saints who went through tons of sacrifices to deliver this message and this is the book of sacrifice this is not to be simply called as a holy Bible yes it is holy Bible but a lot of people have given their life Therefore, it is always a privilege that we do these Bible discussions together. Once again, a warm welcome. And this is a short series or short session. We always pick a topic and then we go through certain discussions in detail. But we will time box it in 15-20 minutes and we will try to cover. So, the idea is like we will be able to touch upon a lot of concepts. But if you need Bible teaching, detailed Bible teaching is available in our playlist. You go to our channel, you will find tons and tons of Bible teaching. Very recently we have started something called as the second coming of Jesus, eschatology. If you have time, please go through it. All right. Now today we will be talking from the book of Isaiah. Chapter 32 verses 1 to 8 will be our biblical discussion. and we will try our best to time box it and keep it to 20 minutes or 15 minutes. It's talking about the reign of righteousness. The reign of righteousness can be quickly compared or equated to something called as Revelation chapter 20 verses 1 onwards. Jerusalem reign, not verses 1 actually, verses 3 or 4 onwards. You can see that Jesus is going to reign thousand years on this earth and he will be the one who will judge the world. He will be the one who will lead the world. And you will see that that's the regime where you will see only righteousness being proclaimed. You will never see an injustice. You will never see anything corrupt. You will never see anything going wrong. Why? Because Jesus himself will be our God, will be our prime minister. Now, many people have this question. So we have to wait for the thousand year Jerusalem reign only that we are able to see this kind of righteousness being restored, righteousness being executed. Actually, that's not the truth. If you are a child of God, especially you are a born-again believer in Christ, according to 2 Corinthians 5.17, all things are passed away. I am a new born-again believer in Christ. Therefore, nothing is going to be hard. Nothing is going to be difficult for you to overcome. Nothing is going to be difficult for you to practice. That is the beauty of you and I being led by the word of God. If you are being led by the word of God, it's very, very easy for you to restore righteousness. Probably you were involved in certain practices which led you to corruption, but that's past. That's why Bible says, right, all things have passed away. I will remember your sins no more because today I have begotten you and you are my child. The Bible says in Hebrews 8, 12. And, you know, all the sins of the past, I've erased it, you know, from my memory. That's what it literally means. Okay. And God is gracious to forgive us. God is compassionate. God is able to tolerate us and lead us. More than tolerance, he's able to, you know, forgive everything and forget everything. And he's only focused about the future and not about the past. And that is a good attitude. even you as a human being, if you are able to inherit these practices from God, this attitude from God, I'll tell you what, blessed you will be and blessed will be your life. And why righteousness is important is because Matthew 12 36 Ecclesiastes 3 15 Ecclesiastes 12 14 all these things what it means is on the day of white throne judgment it in revelation 20 verses 11 onwards you will have to settle your accounts it simply means your actions the words of your mouth your decisions the you you judge certain things you know many many aspects you will have to really justify that for example you are always a person who is involved in fear worry and all that or a person involved in gossiping slandering complaining murmuring and something like that. Or a person who was involved in many other sinful deeds, then you will have to still, you know, justify. Now, what can help you get out of this justification is a simple practice of walking in righteous path, right? Or walking as righteous or walking in righteousness. Seek the kingdom of the Lord and its righteousness first and the rest all will be added to you. The Bible says in Matthew 6.33, Jesus meant it very specifically. what is the kingdom of heaven being born in our heart is explained in galatians 5 22 and 23 that is nothing but the fruit of the spirit joy peace love patience kindness self-control gentleness all this nine nine flavors within that fruit one fruit is having nine flavors so if you are involved in such practices if that word of god is absolutely true in your life there is nothing that is hard for you there is nothing that is hard for you to overcome any temptation you will be able to shot it down because the devil is the tempter and he is doing his duty and if you are in the process of complaining the devil did this the demonic forces did this demonic man you know demon unclean spirits came and occupied my body it is definitely the lie of the devil if you are going to live in this kind of you know sympathy on yourself it happens so or blaming the devil then i think you're on the wrong side better learn to blame yourself and don't live in that guilt right be an overcomer repent and reconcile with god the idol says that in second corinthians 5 okay so i have i hope you got a gist of what is called as righteousness walking in the path of righteousness is saying no to the correct things saying no to bribery for example saying no to pornography saying no to everything that will insult god that will insult the blood covenant hebrews 10 29 right even hebrews 10 29 says that if you insult god it simply means you are trampling the son of God right under your feet. And you know what a crime it is. So you say no to all of these things. I gave you two, three examples, right? For example, you want to speak lies. You say no to it. At least, you know, you speak nothing, right? If you don't want to speak truth, you don't speak a lie. You just say, you know, I passed this question. I don't want to answer. Find somehow some ways to stay out of these unrighteous deeds. And Bible gives you lots and lots of guidance, right? And what is Isaiah saying? Let us read this. Behold, a king will reign in righteousness and princes will rule with justice. Right? God would have kept you as a prince or a princess or you know, in a higher position. But how come you, how are you using that resources? You are a very rich person. Right? You have lot of money. You have lot of good bank balances. But how are you using that resources? And for what? is for constructive purpose or for destructive purpose, right? So if you are in power, for example, you are in a government organization and you are in power and you can decide and do anything. And what are the decisions you make in life that really matters? A man will be hiding as a hiding place from the wind and a cover from the tempest as rivers of water in a dry place as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Yeah. You will be a hiding place. The eyes of those who see will not be dim and the ears of those who hear will listen. Right. You will never grow dim of seeing things. In the sense, not about literal eyes, but the eyes of your heart. Sometimes we are compromisers. That's what it means. What to do, brother? We are living in this earth. We can't be righteous in all deeds, you know. Sometimes you have to lower your standards. Bible never says that. Bible hates complacent Christians Bible hates compromising Christians That means you will never go dim or your eyes of your heart and ears of your heart will never go dim or you will never go deaf to the laws and commandments of the Bible You will always be a person who would want to follow the laws and commandments with all your heart, mind and soul. Why? Because Matthew 22, 37, you are respecting because you want to love your Lord God with all your heart, mind and soul. Right? If you love somebody, you will respect whatever they have told. Correct or not? Okay. Okay, also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly. This is how a person gets transformed when he comes into God, when his heart is enlightened in the spirit of God, right? Now, a stammerer in the sense is not the literal stammering, but he would have never allowed his tongue to speak truth. or he would have used his tongue to disrespect people or hurt somebody or whatever. Henceforth, he's not going to be like that. That's what it means. Because the righteous deeds that has been given birth inside you will transform your character. People who had been watching you for a very long time, they will be awestruck. What is that you had gone through? We see a lot of changes in you. People will be really amazed and surprised. and you know, you could be a wonderful testimony to lead others into light. The good that you enjoy, you can literally share it with others. Yeah, and that also implies to the character, not only materialism, right? Of course, when you're eating food, some beggar comes, yes, you share some food. It's nice. Similarly, when you're enjoying the character of Christ, Christ-like mindset, Philippians 2.5, people are able to inherit the same. You will be such a good role model in conduct, in speech, in love and faith and purity, 1 Timothy 4.12 says that. Correct or not? Okay, let's move on. The foolish person, okay, verse number 6, I'm reading from Isaiah 32, verse number 6. For the foolish person will speak foolishness and his heart will work iniquity. To practice ungodliness, to utter error against the Lord, to keep the hungry unsatisfied, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. This might be your character, right? So long, so far, you have been a person who is involved in all sorts of nonsense. That is why this verse is coming in between. To get reminded of what you were in the past, but you don't want to be the same person anymore. And therefore, you want to go through the transformation. How to go through this transformation is what side by side I am also linking the new covenant scriptures and helping you to understand, all right? This is short session only this much we can cover also the schemes of the schemer or evil the devices sorry he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with the lying words you see lying of the tongue james chapter 3 you take and read untamable tongue it's an unruly evil what you want to talk sometimes you will not be able to talk you will end up talking something and so i didn't know i did not know how i spoke that right unruly evil what can control the tongue your heart right the inner man, the soul and the spirit, and plans to destroy the poor, and even when the needy, even when the needy speaks justice. But a generous man devises generous things, and by generosity he shall stand. Generosity, many people know, they link it only to the materialistic deeds. We will close in another two, three minutes. Materialistic deeds, it's good, charitable, charitable deeds and charity, walking to the orphanages and helping people and many things we do, which is nice. But that is not all about generosity. Generosity sometimes is also linked to the kind of words that you use, right? Some people when they talk to you, it will be soothening to your heart in the midst of your depressed moments, in the midst of anxiety, in the midst of many, many problems that you are going through. All that you desire is not money. All that you desire is not some materialistic help, right? I've gone through this situation many times in my life. Would not somebody walk to me and talk to me few words which will console me, which will keep me somewhat consoled and, you know, help me to march forward, right? Many people in this world have gone into depressions. Many people have gone into anxiety disorders and many other things. They are in anti-depression pills and something like that, right? And your duty and my duty is to always look out for those opportunities if you talk to 10 people I can really tell you out of 10 people 5 to 6 people have this problem Some people bring out some people they don because most of us are introverts when we don't speak everything openly to everyone. But if you look at the character of Jesus, people came to him discussing all their personal needs. Why? Because Jesus gave them that room, Jesus gave them that confidence and Jesus instilled that trust and he was a good role model. and for which what you should do, what I should do is we need to live our lives like Christ lived. That is why it is important to inherit the character of Christ, Christ-like mindset. Philippians chapter 2 verses 1 to 11 if you read, you will learn a lot. So when we do that and people get along with us, they will literally feel that in their heart. Yeah, he is the right person to whom I can share my personal deeds and they bring out their problems and you don't hear the problem and share with another 10 people. Please don't do that. You will be a gossiper. You will go to hell. But what you should do is you should lead them from the scriptures. Don't come up with your own fancy ideas and tell them do like this, do like that. No, no, lead them from the scriptures. Tell them, hey, come, let's pray. Let's have a word of prayer. He may be an unbeliever. It doesn't matter. But everybody likes Jesus. Everybody likes prayer. So you talk to them in a generic way. And this is actually the meaning of generosity. Leading others through, you know, not only through the sympathizing method, but empathizing method. Empathizing method is not only giving money and materialism, but also the words of your mouth. And for which you got to be strong in the Bible and you got to be strong in the scriptures. And that's why you need to read Bible. I need to read Bible, right? We all need to read Bible. Therefore, we get an opportunity to save that soul from depression. And naturally what happens is they will start reading the Bible. and Bible gives them the light. And therefore, they are able to discover the truth. They are able to discover the errors in their life. They are able to overcome. And only overcomers can inherit the kingdom of heaven, Bible says. And who can be an overcomer is not a person who would not walk in the path of righteousness. First of all, you need to inherit the righteousness of God. And that comes from above. And that is given for free. Yeah, how? The grace of Jesus. Yeah, the blood that was shed on the cross takes us through this remission of sins, helps us to repent, helps us to reconcile with the Father and helps us to overcome her, be an overcomer. What does it mean is, you will always say no to the sins of the past. The devil is definitely wicked and he is cunning. He will come and he will tempt you, but he will always say no to the sins of the past. Therefore, you are righteous. Sorry, when you are righteous, you are also able to lead others in the path of righteousness. And that is our duty. The gift that you have got for free from above, you need to give it to others for free. Many people are selling this for money. The name of counseling, this and that, you know, they put some, establish some Christian centers and they are inviting people and they pay money. And in the name of offering, they take money and all that. Please don't take money, right? You give it for free. That is generosity, right? You are generous, right? Not only you share all the gifts that you receive from God for free, but you are also able to bless people with the materialistic deeds. This is the actual definition of somebody walking in righteousness or somebody living their life in righteousness. Many people have different understanding. I need to speak in tongues. I need to be a prophet. I need to be a miracle worker. Then only I am righteous. Not like that. That is a gift given to you from above. Therefore, you are able to bless others freely. That is different. 1 Corinthians 12, 1 to 28, you take and read. right that is different but this is called as how you can inherit the character of god and be a blessing to others that is the definition of righteousness may god bless you please subscribe to our channel and do not miss on any videos why we are asking you to subscribe is you get notifications automatic notifications and you are able to listen to this and you are going to be blessed for sure i can guarantee that okay and not the voice of a man you are hearing it's a voice of the Holy Spirit you hear always. Thank you very much for your time. Continue to remember me and pray for my ministries because I am a part time minister and we do it with a lot of you know not a lot of trouble but it causes a lot of efforts you know and it doesn't come for free and you need to really support me in your prayers. Thank you very much. God bless and take care. Bye.

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