His Righteousness our greatest price
With Mat 6:33 as the main theme, let us explore His righteousness. Jesus is addressing people's apparent lack of food and clothing, and showing God's provision. Thus making the revelation of His righteousness very relevant to day to day real living, struggling to survive. The message of righteousness is thus not an intellectual, philosophical, or idealistic mind game, you need to find His righteousness in order to survive spiritually.
His Righteousness - the ultimate treasure of Kingdom
Living is living from "His righteousness" It is the beginning of our spiritual existence. There is no life outside of His Righteousness, but the life of self-righteousness, the righteousness by law. You cannot have a bit of each. Jesus is the fulfillment of God's promise to become our righteousness. Isa 53:11; Jer 23:5-6
Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, all these things shall be added unto you. Mat 6:33
SEEK - There are several themes in Jesus parables that focus on Seeking something. We are all seekers, and have a deep desire within us to be filled. The pearl of great price Mat 13:45-46; The lost coin Luke 15:8; The great treasure Mat 15:44. Mt 5:6 Every soul, consciously or unconsciously, hungers for righteousness, and every soul seeks to gratify that hunger in its own particular way, and in accordance with its own particular state of knowledge. The pathways by which righteousness is sought are many - It is the realization of His righteousness that brings us home, finding rest, translated into the Kingdom of Heaven. His Kingdom is the abiding home of the soul, which is the source and storehouse of every permanent blessing. The righteousness is within. (Mat 6:33; Luk 17:21; Rom 14:17; Eph 1:3)
FIRST - "proton" firstly (in time, place, order, or importance): — before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all). This is where a whole lot of error crept in, in people's pursuit for God. We need to seek the right key to gain entrance. We can seek many entry points getting lost in translation, remaining still on the outside looking in. This literally means when doing a treasure hunt, you will not get the next clues right, if you have not yet discovered the first clue. If we miss this first step, we get everything wrong. His righteousness is always the first step from which we begin any spiritua
