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Persecution for righteousness sake:

Now we have have 2 definitive aspects of Righteousness which come by Scripture Alone, they must harmonize to create a whole.

A. The primary concept of the necessity of Righteousness by Faith Alone: Gen_15:6 And Abraham believed in THE LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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B. Deu_6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

Recollect the Law upon the inward parts, our last message, it is easily over looked but that is what form of righteousness is described here in the statement 'as he has commanded us', in no place do we find empty ritualistic obedience as the formula for righteousness under the directive of Moses, the law of Moses, rather we find 'as YHWH has commanded us' being spoken of by Moses as the Law of Moses that is directly following the greatest commandment taught by Christ; Deu_ 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

Deu 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Deu 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart...

C. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him (Christ) shall not be ashamed (filthy)

Case and Point: The LORD YHWH has never accepted physical obediance as true righteousness, NEVER; rather It is Righteousness which comes by Faith, under the socalled Mosaic covenant and under the New Covenant, which I offer that the New Covenant has always been the Covenant Established by Faith and Counted as Righteousness, since the foundation of the world by the breath of the Word of God, which is the WORD of Faith.

D.Psa_119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

The point is that that the summery of Righteousness we have NOW, at this Time is the summery of Righteousness Adam and Abraham, and Moses and David and Paul all had! or how else could it be said in Mat_23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias...

So reconsider the statement of Christ in a biblical and not a traditional context of Righteousness

Mat_5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake... theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be glad... Here is the Law and the prophets! Here is the WORD the Law and the Prophet's speak it's also the Word made flesh believed in the heart, Jesus in the Heart, the light of the world seen in the light of God's Law upon the Heart ad the forgiveness of sin, an Eternal Righteousness which has been consistent in the Word of God as a Law which is Truth... Just preach that Gospel and watch the persecution and reviling poured upon you.

2. Salt?

We often hear this verse quoted as if it has it's own intrinsic meaning, but it is a biblical conventional context the salt is viewed in, and that is a Lev_2:13 & Num_18:19 setting, that 'every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; omit not the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours... ye shall offer salt to the Lord your God., so in the biblical context of the chapter of Matt 5, the heart condition is called back and for us the presentation of our bodies as living sacrifices is called back to memory, that is that God's WORD, beginning with his logic or law, is our reasonable service, salt takes our New Covenant beyond lip service, beyond empty sacrifice, and into the Righteousness which comes by Faith in the total WORD of God saw seen in the perfect life of Jesus Christ our Lord and his blood of covenant given for our Justification entoto.

Mat_5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Tasty or not, you will be persecuted for being a student of Christ and His Law.

3. Light?

If this point has not been made enough in this series, here it is in short as it pertains to our calling in Reflection of the WORD, in calling attention to the Light which shined out of the Darkness and void (in Gen 1) which came by the WORD of God, the Spirit moved upon the water when YHWH's breath moved them by the voice and Word that said ' YHY/??? AUR ???' and there was light. Now you Christians are the light of the World, you are the light of the Cosmos, so let Your light, thats is the WORD of God as seen in the brightness of Jesus Christ, the same Word which gave the Law shine... Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Some will say, “That can not be what Christ is teaching here, Faith-filled reasonable service in the heart and mind by the Law of God to show that YHWH is one YHWH both in the person of the Father and in the person of his Word, and that that is the Righteousness we will be persecuted for under the New Covenant... that cant be” , or some will even ignorantly say “That is Heresy!” , Yet in continuation of reading the context of Mathew 5, let it be seen if this is Scriptural definitive Righteousness or if it is true Heresy (remembering that Heresy or Heretick is a Greek word which references a literal choice out side of the will of God, not a deviation from so-called orthodox theology, but a deviation by selection or choice from the Will or Word of God, therefor, in short, it very hard if not impossible to choose to follow the Law of God, which is God's Word and be a heretic unless one has elected to practice a portion of God's Law which is prohibited by Law specifically to be practiced! Which would then no longer be a work of the Law, rather it would be Sin against God's Righteous standards, regardless of how biblical it may seem if it be forbidden.) :

Mat_5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.