Devotion 738

"Righteousness."

Reference: Proverbs Chapter 29

Righteousness is a person. He is the last Adam, the blood of God. Those who thirst and hunger after righteousness shall be filled. Those who thirst and hunger after the second Adam, the blood of God, shall be fulfilled. The apostle Paul, in writing to the Galatians, says, "If righteousness comes any other way, then Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, the last Adam, died in vain."
We receive righteousness or the Lamb of God, the last Adam, by faith in his finished work on the cross. This is where his body was broken and his blood was shed on the platform of the cross. Like food is served on a plate and we consume that physically to have physical life, His broken body and His blood were served on the plate of the old rugged cross. We enter into his death by turning on our lights of faith and placing that faith in his blood sacrifice. In this process, we must believe to die with him, be buried with him, and resurrect with him. We must believe that righteousness walks on earth today in the person of the Holy Spirit. In thirst, we must ask righteousness to come and live in us, to fill us with His Spirit and become one with him. That is how we receive righteousness, the Lamb of God, the Last Adam, the blood of God. Whoever hungers and thirsts after righteousness shall be filled.

Let's read:

Proverbs 29:1-2 "He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. [2] When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."

The righteous is the man or woman in Christ. This individual has turned on his light of faith and has placed it in the blood of the last Adam, the blood of God. He has been uprooted from the blood of fallen Adam into the blood of the last Adam. He has become one with God through faith in the blood of God. He has believed to die, be buried, and resurrected with the last Adam and has been filled by His Spirit.
The wicked is not so. The wicked is a man or woman who remains in the blood of fallen Adam through unbelief.

 We continue our reading:

Proverbs 29:3-6 "Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. [4] The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. [5] A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. [6] In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice."

The righteous, the men or women who have placed their light in the blood of the Last Adam, rejoices, because they have been redeemed from death unto life.
The snare of life is the blood of fallen Adam, the cause of all the problems of the world.

We continue our reading:

Proverbs 29:7-25 "The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. [8] Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. [9] If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. [10] The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. [11] A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. [12] If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. [13] The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. [14] The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. [15] The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. [16] When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. [17] Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. [18] Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. [19] A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. [20] Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. [21] He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. [22] An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. [23] A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. [24] Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. [25] The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe."

To put one's trust in the Lord is, by faith, placed in the ultimate work of the Lord on the Cross. This is where His broken body and blood were served to the world. This shed blood and broken body must be eaten daily, spiritually, by applying our sense of faith to it. Our sense of faith is what turns on our light, and this light is applied to his broken body and shed blood on the cross. This is the source of healing, physically and spiritually. It's the source of our daily refreshment, our daily replenishment. That is how we trust in the Lord. This is our place of safety.

We conclude our reading:

Proverbs 29:26-27 "Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. [27] An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked."

The righteous is the just man or woman. The righteous is the man or woman who is justified by the blood of the last Adam. They are justified by God's blood because they have exited the blood of fallen Adam into the blood of the last Adam. They have nothing in common with the wicked, the man or woman who remains in the blood of fallen Adam through unbelief.

Exit the blood of fallen Adam. BELIEVE and confess Christ, the last Adam, as we have revealed him from the first Adam. Righteousness is only, in Christ!