God Is My Righteousness
God Is My Righteousness
(Jehovah Tsidkenu - The Lord Our Righteousness)
David Wilkerson
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper,
and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jeremiah 23:5
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely:
and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Jeremiah 23:6
Abraham, the Scripture says,
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
Romans 4:20-22
“He staggered not at the promise of God.”
It doesn’t say promises but at the promise of God through unbelief. He did not stagger.
Abraham’s faith, listen closely, was linked to a specific promise. It was not linked to the general promises God’s made to all of a society. It was linked to and focused to a particular promise.
That promise had to do with a son that will be given to him. That son would be progenitive of a nation and a seed which would be a Messiah.
Jesus said,
“Abraham saw my day and rejoice and was glad in it.”
John 8:56
Why did Abraham want a son? Because he was lonely? No.
He had a revelation. He saw Christ.
He saw my day, Jesus said, and he rejoiced in it
(John 8:56)
And why did he rejoice?
It’s because of the deliverer who was coming to the world, who would bring His righteousness and He would give it to His people and he would deliver them from their sins (Luke 1:72-75).
This faith of Abraham is linked to one promise. You can’t believe in Jehovah Tsidkenu without being changed. You can’t have this revelation until you link it to the faith of Abraham, the Bible says.
It’s the faith of Abraham. That is focused on the seed which is Christ.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
Luke 1:69
He would deliver us out of the hand of our enemies that we may serve Him
without fear in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life
Luke 1:75
The object of Abraham’s faith is this promise that He did not stagger at. God has promised to deliver us from the power of Satan, to cast out fear, to endure people with power to live righteous and holy all their days.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Galatians 3:16
That seed of Abraham is Christ. He’d never got his eyes off the seed.
That’s why when he takes his son up to the mountain. You remember he told his servant to wait here saying we are coming back.
(Genesis 22:5)
He knew. He fully intended to kill his son. But he knew Christ is coming from that son. He knew the deliverance from sin and righteousness to be imputed to the whole world was coming through that son. So he knew God had raised him from the dead.
The Bible says two things happen under Abraham’s faith (Romans 4:17).
First of all, you believe in resurrection (Romans 4:17).
God raises you from the dead. You may be dead here this morning, not feel anything. You may be so backslidden. You have nothing to feel. You’re dead in your sins.
But, you’ve got to say, “Holy Ghost, stir me!”
You got to believe in resurrection power.
That’s exactly why he was counted a righteous man who believes God can raise the dead (Romans 4:3).
And he also believed that God counted a thing is happening even though they hadn’t happened.
Take those things who are not (as) though they are (Romans 4:17).
He looks at you and you say, “Well, I’ve tried. I’ve prayed. I’ve fasted. I’ve done very thing right. But, I still fail. I don’t feel I’m righteous.”
But God see something. You’ve got your face fixed on the seed. You’ve got your face fixed on this Christ, who can deliver you from the power of iniquity and sin.
That’s what you want.
You’re hungering and thirsting after the righteousness.
This was not a passive belief in benevolent promises to all mankind. It was a faith in a single promise. Hallelujah.
That’s a faith focused on this specific promise. It’s not scattergun faith. It’s faith God has promised to keep us from falling.
It’s faith in the victory of the overcoming cross, faith that He has defeated all demonic powers that come against me, faith that he’s gonna infuse Holy Ghost in me.
And He’s going to give me the power and authority that I need to keep every commandment and to walk in righteousness and holiness not through my own strength, not through my own power, but because this is what I hunger and thirst after.
If your heart would say so “God I want to be righteous in your sight. I don’t want sin to lay hold of me. God, I want this thing broken in my life,”
and you call out on His name, Jehovah Tsidukenu, you believe that with your heart, you focus on that promise.
God has promised to break the power of sin in my life.
And you hold to that!