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Seek His Righteousness



But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33



What makes this verse of scripture so important is that we find it in what is known as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which He spoke to the disciples and the multitudes. This sermon covers Matthew chapters five through seven. Chapter six is right in the middle of Jesus’ discourse.



This verse is important because it contains a promise. The promise is that the Lord will provide everything that we need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.) Show More




Let’s look at the context of Matthew 6:33, But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 



Immediately it is obvious that there are three parts to the verse:



Seek the kingdom of GodSeek His righteousnessAll these things shall be added to you



In our last message, we focused on Seeking the Kingdom; today we will focus on Seeking His Righteousness.



Matthew chapter six covers four important areas of a Christian’s devotional life.



Charitable deeds, compassionate acts towards the poor, alms giving.Prayer, communication (dialogue) with the Lord.Fasting, giving up food, and then taking that time to draw closer to God.Avoiding the seeking of wealth as a means of having confidence in life. Our confidence must be in the Lord alone. (Hebrews 10:35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise



As we will see these four areas should be central to every Christian Believer life. We all know that we should be doing these things, and I am sure that we do to some degree. However, Jesus is not just saying that these are things that we should do, but that we must do them with the proper attitude and motivation. In other words, what’s our heart attitude? Are we doing these things to please some (1) religious system, (2) to please man, or (3) to please the Lord?



Trying to please or satisfy a religious system.



This is a common occurrence to those who believe that belonging to a particular denomination or group is the means of salvation and righteousness. This kind of thinking might be true if you were a Jew living under the Old Covenant of the Law. However, it’s not true if you are a Christian living under the New Covenant. Jesus provided the New Covenant when He went to the Cross, died, was buried, and then resurrected on the third day. 



The heart of the New Testament salvation message is found in Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.”



Reading carefully, we see that we are saved by GRACE, Grace means that it is undeserved and unearned; it is a free gift of God. This Grace is received through FAITH, that is, repenting and believing that what Christ provided through the Cross was sufficient to receive the love, forgiveness, and acceptance of God.



Verse 9 is critical to the point that I am making that it is not about trying to please or satisfy a religious system, “not of works, lest anyone should boast.” This speaks to the heart of Grace; you don’t deserve it, and you can’t work for it. All of the religious exercises, practices, and rituals cannot save you. Only by turning (repenting) to Jesus and believing in Him can one be saved. Right living or righteousness is the evidence that you truly believe in Him! Right living is not the means of salvation! This is what James meant when he said, “But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, an

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