WHAT IS THE HOPE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS?

We are in a time and a generation where righteousness has been regarded as old fashioned and outdated. What a lie from the devil! It is this same lie that many have believed and having been taught so, they have concluded that it is impossible to live and do well without compromise, cheating and corruption. When few people choose to stand for righteousness, integrity and truth they are seen as foolish and destined to fail. For this reason, corruption is being celebrated and evil has become a standard. But God has not changed, neither has His standards. As it was in the days of Noah, so it remains today...nothing short of righteousness will qualify for the rapture and for Heaven.

God is a righteous God and righteousness is a pre-requisite for divine destiny and Heavenly eternity. Unlike the devil suggests to men, holiness is never a negative. Holiness is God's lifestyle and pattern for His children, and it is also God's pathway to a blessed life (Matthew 6:33). It implies putting God, Heaven and eternity ahead of earthly possessions and relevance.

Here are a few of God's plans for His righteous children;

- "The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous" (Psalm 118:15a).

- "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in lebanon" (Psalm 92:12).

- "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace" (Psalm 37:37).

- "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day" (Proverbs 4:18).

- "Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings" (Isaiah 3:10).

- "I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread" (Psalm 37:25).

- "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows" (Psalm 45:7; Hebrews 1:9).

- "Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serve God and him that serve Him not" (Malachi 3:18).

- "The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever" (Isaiah 32:17).

I have been led of the LORD to share these scriptures with you and to say to you exactly what the scriptures say. I have found no other way to excellence and distinction apart from the way of holiness and purity. The seed of God is in us and we are equally made in His image. The call to holiness is not for material gain but as a demonstration of love for God, and a necessity for effective spiritual fellowship with the trinity (God, Jesus, Holy Spirit) and other brethren, and as a requirement for eternal fellowship in Heaven. And as we live righteously  and contently, we are also correctly positioned for God’s favour, provisions and preservation.

The devil promotes sin (corruption, cheating, compromises, etc) as way to greatness, but that greatness ends in Hell (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25). Unfortunately, this is the way many are following and hell has widened its mouth. But there is one way to TRUE Greatness - divine destiny and Heavenly eternity; it is the way of holiness and truth (Isaiah 35:8). It is an highway...a way above sin, above lust for money and the flesh, above greed and corruption, and a way above accusation and eternal regrets. I pray that you shall find that way in Jesus' name, and everyone who finds that way, please do not depart from it (Proverbs 23:23).