"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” — Matthew 28:19-20
We are asking Jesus for one person from each parish to pray 5 decades of the Holy Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet with us daily. We are asking that you share this with at least 10 other people. Please pray that these people join us in spreading Divine Mercy. In addition if you feel lead by the Holy Spirit to join us; are blessed by this Apostolate and are able, please consider giving a $1 a month to help us do works of mercy as a group. Individually we are limited, together we are unlimited in our potential. God bless, Todd
God reveals this name to Israel in Jeremiah 23:5-6, "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In His days, Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name wereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS (Jehovah-Tsidkenu)."
This of course was a prophecy concerning Jesus who has now become Jehovah-Tsidkenu for us. Paul writes in I Corinthians 1:30, "But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness (Jehovah-Tsidkenu) and sanctification (Jehovah-M'Kaddesh) and redemption. That, according as it is written, He that glorifieth, let Him glory in the Lord." What a wonderful God we have who has declared us to be righteous by what His son Jesus has done in covenant with us and not by what we have done.
By faith in the Son of God, Jesus, we receive the righteousness of God. Paul shows us this in Romans 10:3-13, "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. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man which doeth them shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Therefore, if we have faith in Jesus, the Father accounts that to us as righteousness. This statement is what contains the key to receiving the blessings of the new covenant. We must receive it by faith. This manifests to the rest of the world the righteousness of God showing them His goodness and mercy which allows us to be part of His family and His representatives.
Paul writes in II Corinthians 5:16-21, "Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we Him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, He is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 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."
So as a believer in Jesus, we are new creatures and children of the living God, heirs of righteousness and His ambassadors to the world of the ministry of reconciliation! To be righteous means to be in right standing with God, to be aligned with Him and not opposed to Him. Righteousness means innocent, holy, just, right justice, and surprisingly, prosperity.
Literally, this means that Jesus, as our covenant partner, took all that was ours - our sin, our judgment, our death, our punishment in hell, our poverty, our sickness and our diseases. All the results of our sin He bore in His suffering on the cross, so that we did not have to. In return, He has made available to us all that He has - His righteousness, His sanctification, His divine health, His prosperity, His abundant life and all that is His is now ours through our blood covenant that He has made with us. This is why we are the manifest righteousness of God in the earth.
Isaiah 53:4-5 and 10-12 clearly shows what Jesus has done for us and how He became our Jehovah-Tsidkenu. "Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem His stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed...Yet it pleases the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief: when thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors."
Isaiah 50:5 through Isaiah 62 is one large prophecy concerning Jesus. It was spoken 900 years before His birth. It confirms the truth; this good news of ours was the plan of God's to redeem us since the beginning. God is truly good and He is good all the time.
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