The Great Escape (Part 4) by Dr. Rod Mattoon

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* 1 Timothy 6:11- But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. In part four of this series we examine some of the consequences and blessings from righteousness. We take a good look at the righteousness of Jesus Christ. * HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS * His righteousness is pure like a thick blanket of winter snow on the peaks of an Arctic mountain range. * His righteousness covers me like a royal robe of glistening, white pearls because He is the epitome of perfection and holiness. * His righteousness is endless like the vast, outer regions of the universe adorned with brilliant, swirling galaxies created by the finger of God. David said, "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness…"(Psalm 119:142a). Isaiah said, "My righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation" (Isaiah 51:8b). * Like a deep, cool spring that bursts forth in abundance from underground streams, His righteousness was abundant and permeated His life because it was rooted in Himself. He created it. Isaiah said, "Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it" (Isaiah 45:8). * Like new rope that is stretched and strained to lift and pull the burden of a heavy load, His righteousness was triumphant over testing, temptations, and the tense taunts of Satan. * Like massive, depths of water in sapphire seas and deep oceans of the earth, His righteousness is abundant enough to impute or credit the spiritual accounts of all those who trust in Him for salvation. * Like an Olympic champion who qualified for the race for the gold medal, His righteousness qualified Christ to be our mediator and die on the cross to pay for our sins. On the cross, Christ exchanged our sins for His perfect righteousness. Paul said, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). We also spend some time explaining what is godliness? What does it look like? We close the message looking at the impact of godliness in the lives of the survivors of the ship Bounty. This message was preached on Wednesday night, September 20,2023 at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.