Right(eous)

Right(eous)
David Quaid

I. Intro

A. is key to .

II. How to Be Right(eous)

A. Prioritize

1. James 1:19 (NIV) My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.

NOTE: Be quick to , slow to and slow to become .

B. Pursue

1. James 1:20 (NIV) Because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

a. = The state or quality of that which accords with God’s law.

b. Jesus was always !

i. Ephesians 2:14-16 (NIV) ¹⁴For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

ii. Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) ³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

C. Put off

1. James 1:21 (NIV) Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

a. Evil == a force that destroys fellowship

2. Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV) ²²You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; ²³to be made new in the attitude of your minds; ²⁴and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

III. Conclusion