Choose Righteousness!
If we must make a choice between
riches and righteousness, if we must choose between mammon and
Christ, then Christ and his righteousness must be our choice if we
are truly the “born again” children of God.
“Riches profit not in the day of
wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. The righteousness of
the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his
own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. When a
wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of
unjust men perisheth. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and
the wicked cometh in his stead.” Proverbs 11: 4-8
If we must live wickedly to obtain
riches, then we are fools because wicked living leads to death; but
righteous living in Christ leads to the true riches, that is: to be
joint heirs with Christ forever and enjoy the riches of our father's
house forever.
We do not have to do wicked works
to live wickedly. We are wicked from the beginning. We were born
with a wicked nature to do evil. Righteousness is imputed to us
when we by faith receive Christ as our Lord and Savior.
“One thing have I desired of the
Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in he house of the
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and
to inquire in his temple.” Psalm 27:4
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