Parallel Thoughts

Proverbs 21:21 (KJV) He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

There are many people in the Christian community who deny the possibility of righteousness.  They focus on Paul, talking about how “there are none righteous”, and ignore the whole context of what he’s saying.  One of the problems with that interpretation is that the Bible is full of references to people who are righteous.  Here it talks about those who seek righteousness.  The problem might be not so much that it’s impossible to seek righteousness, but the fact that people define righteousness in the wrong way.

It came to me as I was reading this morning, that there is a parallel thought in the New Testament, which supports the idea of following after righteousness.

(Mat 6:33 NAS77) "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Yes, those are the words of Jesus.  He’s telling us that we are to seek the kingdom of God first and notice that part of that is seeking His righteousness.

So?  Seek away.  God is waiting with the rewards and the results of that search.