Memory Verses

⁵ “Behold (listen closely), the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as King and act wisely And will do [those things that accomplish] justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶ “In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called; ‘The Lord Our Righteousness.’ Jeremiah 23:5-6 AMP

Key people

Here is a list of key people found in today’s reading (in order of appearance) with bios from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Jeremiah. Also called the “weeping prophet”. One of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah authored the Book of Jeremiah, the Books of Kings and the Book of Lamentations, with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch ben Neriah, his scribe and disciple.

Today’s Devotional Reading: Jeremiah 23 – 25

Jeremiah 23 Amplified Version (AMP)
Jeremiah 24 Amplified Version (AMP)
Jeremiah 25 Amplified Version (AMP)

Reflection

In today’s reading, God was fed up with lying prophets. They prophesied peace when God says they had not even heard a word from or communicated with Him. Despite being angry, God promised that there would be a time when He would raise up a “righteous branch” (Jeremiah 23:5) to do wisely and accomplish justice in the land.

When heaven would have looked down upon our filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6) continually, we instead gained the person of Christ to be our go-between to the Father. His righteousness is presentable and acceptable before God. He knew no sin for His entire life, but took on the sins of the world for a moment, so that He could take them to the grave so we would not have to be separated from our Father for all eternity.

Without the redemptive work of Christ on the cross, there is no other way to be righteous before the Father. He is literally our only hope of righteousness.

A layman’s definition of righteousness is simply, “right standing with God.” Righteousness is the condition of being in right relationship with the Lord. This can only happen through TOTAL faith and dependence upon Christ. There is no other way, and there is nothing we can add to our faith to obtain right relationship with the Lord (Rom. 11:6). – Andrew Wommack Ministries

Read the rest of Min. Wommack’s post at https://www.awmi.net/reading/teaching-articles/whose_righteousness/

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