(Hebrews
1:8-9) But unto the Son He says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre
of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even your God, hath anointed you with the oil of gladness above your
fellows.
The
Messiah is setting up a Kingdom which will be characterised by righteous
government. True followers of Christ love righteousness and hate wickedness.
They love being in right relationship with God and their fellowmen. In Matthew
gospel Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after Righteousness
for they will be satisfied.”
Barnes
Notes: The “scepter” thus becomes the emblem of kingly office and power - as
when we speak of “swaying a scepter;” - and the idea here is, that the Messiah
would be a “king,” and that the authority which He would wield would be
equitable and just. He would not be governed, as monarchs often are, by mere
caprice, or by the wishes of courtiers and flatterers; He would not be
controlled by mere “will” and the love of arbitrary lower; but the execution of his laws would be in accordance with the
principles of equity and justice. - How well this accords with the
character of the Lord Jesus we need not pause to show; compare notes on Isa_11:2-5.
Jesus is made Righteousness to us.
1Co
1:30 But you--and it is all God's doing--are in
Christ Jesus: He has become for us a
wisdom which is from God, consisting of righteousness and sanctification
and deliverance;
1Co
1:31 in order that it may be as
Scripture says, "HE WHO BOASTS--LET HIS BOAST BE IN THE LORD."
JFB
Notes But ... ye
— in contrast to them that “glory” in worldly wisdom and greatness.
of
him are
— not of yourselves (Eph_2:8), but of Him (Rom_11:36). From
Him ye are (that is, have spiritual life, who once were spiritually among the
“things which are not.” 1Co_1:28).
in
Christ
— by living union with Him. Not “in the flesh” (1Co_1:26, 1Co_1:29).
of
God
— from God; emanating from Him and sent by Him.
is
made unto us
— has been made to us, to our eternal gain.
wisdom — unattainable by the worldly mode of
seeking it (1Co_1:19, 1Co_1:20; contrast Col_2:3; Pro_8:1-36;
Isa_9:6). By it we become “wise unto salvation,” owing to His wisdom
in originating and executing the plan, whereas once we were “fools.”
righteousness
— the ground of our
justification (Jer_23:5, Jer_23:6; Rom_4:25; 2Co_5:21);
whereas once we were “weak” (Rom_5:6). Isa_42:21; Isa_45:24.
(2
Corinthians 5:21) For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
What we could not do Jesus the
perfectly righteous one did for us.
(Romans
10:4) For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth.
(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.
Man
tries to establish his own righteousness which cannot be done.
(Romans
10:3) For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God. Eph 2:8-9
Our new
man is created by Jehovah-Jesus in righteousness.
(Ephesians
4:24) And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
put
on the new man
— Opposed to “the old man,” which is to be “put off” (Eph_4:22). The Greek
here (kainon) is different from that for “re-new-ed” (Eph_4:23). Put on not merely a renovated
nature, but a new, that is, altogether different
nature, a changed nature (compare Note, see on Col_3:10).
after
God, etc.
— Translate, “Which hath been created (once for all: so the Greek aorist
means: in Christ, Eph_2:10; so that in each believer it has not to be
created again, but to be put on) after (the image of) God” (Gen_1:27; Col_3:10;
1Pe_1:15), etc. God’s image in which the first Adam was originally created,
is restored, to us far more gloriously in the second Adam, the image of the
invisible God (2Co_4:4; Col_1:15; Heb_1:3).
in
righteousness
— “IN” it as the element of the renewed man.
true
holiness
— rather, as the Greek, “holiness of the truth”; holiness flowing
from sincere following of “the truth of God” (Rom_1:25; Rom_3:7; Rom_15:8):
opposed to “the lusts of deceit” (Greek, Eph_4:22);
compare also Eph_4:21, “truth is in Jesus.” JFB
Applications.
1.
Jesus is the Only Righteous One to have ever
lived. He was sinless and undefiled, separate from sinners. His rule is a
righteous rule with equity and justice.
2.
He suffered on the Cross so that we might receive His Righteousness.
Righteousness is not worked for or worked up but it is received by Faith in
Christ.
3.
Don’t try to make yourself good enough for God.
You will fail. By Faith receive Christ and you will be changed by His power and
Grace. See yourself in the Light of the Glory of God as lost and undone. Only
then you will cry out “What must I do to be saved?” and you will hear “ Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved and your household.
4.
Our new man is created by Jehovah-Jesus
in righteousness.
We receive a new nature from Christ. The old is gone the new has come.
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