Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 37:30
30 The mouth [peh] of the
righteous [tsaddiyq] speaketh [hagah] wisdom [chokmah], and his
tongue [lashown] talketh [dabar] of judgment [mishpat]. KJV-Interlinear
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks justice. ESV
Righteousness,
takes on a different meaning depending on the context of the verse in which it
is written. For example, righteousness in its purest form, belongs only to God.
God is perfect righteousness. Man is
not.
Man, has a human
righteousness, however, that is tied to the sin nature, which becomes a false
righteousness.
When a person
believes in Christ, then God’s perfect righteousness is imputed to that person,
and therefore in salvation, the believer receives and possesses God’s righteousness.
So in salvation
every believer can be referred to as, the righteous.
However, we
already know that believers in Christ, begin their spiritual life as spiritual
infants. And consequently, they have to grow up to adulthood. An infant is not a
mature adult. The infant has to learn, and therefore grow up, and go through
all of the related factors of becoming a responsible adult.
It is the same in
the spiritual life. A new believer, is an infant spiritually speaking,
regardless of their physical age. They have to listen and learn, and develop an
understanding, before they have any semblance of wisdom within their soul.
Before you can
speak wisdom, you have to know wisdom. Wisdom has to be within your soul,
before you can apply it to your thoughts, to your spoken words, to your life.
Therefore the
righteous, in our context, is referring to the spiritually mature believer.
Therefore the
principle here is that in order to be designated as righteous, in the mature
sense, the believer has to grow up. And growing up means a daily study, daily
learning, daily application, and so forth, just as the Bible mandates. Without
a daily diet of Bible doctrine, which is a spiritual food for the soul, there
is no growth, and without growth, there is no maturity, and without maturity
there is only perpetual immaturity.
Just because a
person has believed in Christ, does not make them automatically wise.
Wisdom, in the
truest sense, comes only as a result of a daily study of Bible doctrine, as
defined in the spiritual process by God, and not as a result of some invented
alternate study plan.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a phenomenal
eternal reward which you will have forever.
To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be
incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
