The Just One
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Jesus Christ the righteous is the Just One and the Holy One, and "every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. According to the Bible, it is impossible to be righteous without God.
In the Old Testament, the prophet Job was rebuked by the LORD for maintaining his own righteousness when God took his posessions and weath. In the New Testament, a rich young ruler told Jesus that he had kept all of the commandments from his youth; however, he was troubled when Jesus asked him to sell all his posessions and follow Jesus. He had not yet learned the lesson that he had read in the scriptures about Job.
| Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? (Job 40:6-8) |
Bible Study
| Reference | Text |
|---|---|
| ACTS 7:52 | Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: |
| ACTS 22:14 | And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. |
| MATTHEW 13:43 | Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
| MATTHEW 23:35 | That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. |
| MATTHEW 25:46 | And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. |
| JOHN 17:25 | O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. |
| ACTS 3:14 | But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; |
| ROMANS 3:10 | As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: |
| ROMANS 3:24-26 | Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. |
| ROMANS 5:19 | For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. |
| GALATIANS 3:11 | But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. |
| EPHESIANS 6:1 | Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. |
| PHILIPPIANS 4:8 | Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. |
| COLOSSIANS 4:1 | Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
| II TIMOTHY 4:8 | Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. |
| HEBREWS 12:23 | To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, |
| I PETER 3:18 | For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: |
| I JOHN 1:9 | If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
| I JOHN 2:1 | My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: |
| I JOHN 2:29 | If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. |
| I JOHN 3:7 | Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. |
| REVELATION 15:3 | And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. |
| REVELATION 16:5 | And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. |
| REVELATION 16:7 | And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. |
| REVELATION 19:2 | For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. |
| REVELATION 22:11 | He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. |