Jehovah-Tsidkenu

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So today, I learned about an awesome name of God. Jehovah-tsidkenu. Now how you pronounce it, no clue. Anyways, this name means the LORD our Righteousness. First off, have you ever noticed in your Bible that sometimes it says “Lord” and other times “LORD”? Lord refers to God as Adonai, which means that He is like our Master, and we submit to his authority. LORD, however, refers to Jehovah which means Self-Existent; basically, He’s everything and more! So, the fact that Jehovah comes first just adds to the power of the name; He has everything we need so there’s no need to try anywhere else! Tsidkenu is Hebrew for to be stiff, to be straight or righteous. So what is righteousness? Righteousness is uprightness or morality. But it’s so much more than mere goodness, it’s rightstanding with God; to do what He says and live in accordance with His standards. Now, how many of us can wake up, decide that we’re going to be righteous for a day, and accomplish a day of beast moding our rightesousness and never sinning a single time? No one. “None is righteous, no not one.” (Rom. 3:10) So how do we get this righteousness? The Messiah, Jesus Christ, our righteousness. He was “pierced for our transgressions…crushed for our sins, the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by his scourging we are healed” (Is 53:5; 1 Pet 2:24) Let’s take a second and check out these adjectives used. Pierced…crushed…chastening…scourging. We have grown up with the story of the crucifixion and have become calloused to the truth of it all. Isaiah 52:14 says, “As many were astonished at you-his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind.” We often picture the crucifixion of Jesus hanging there with a gash or two and some cuts and bruises, but that was not the case. He was beaten so maliciously that he was beyond recognition. Y’all, at any point in time, Jesus could have stopped them. He could have proven who He was. He didn’t have to go through all the beating and mocking…and the DEATH. But, He did all of those things. He died and rose again, defeating death. He became our sin so that by believing in Him, we might be made His righteousness. “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor 5:21) “having been set free from sin, having become slaves of righteousness.” (Rom 6:18) “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26) With that heart of flesh, we have received our Jehovah-tsidkenu! So, can we be made righteous? Only by receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” (Matt 5:6)

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