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Righteousness
This week's BSF doctrine was righteousness (studying Elijah - James 5 "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (KJV), or "The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working" (ESV), or "The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]" (AMP))
Here is what I scratched down in my notes as Grant was speaking to us: what does righteousness mean? Justification implies bringing back a righteous state, we must understand righteousness to understand justification.
Noah was first person referred to as righteous. Tamar more so (interestingly!) by Judah (Gen38:26). In 1Sam24, Saul is referred to also as "more righteous" by Saul (v.17), whose life David spared.
Our righteousness is not a comparative standard but the righteousness of Christ imputed to us. It's upright moral conduct, not just to live a life that gets by - we can't do it in our own strength, we're justified because of Christ's righteousness imputed to us. In Elijah, we see a righteous person humbly waiting on God - maybe years of solitude, loneliness for Christ. God uses righteous people as blessings for others!
# posted by geoff @ 3:08 pm
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