{"id":10786,"date":"2023-12-14T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=10786"},"modified":"2023-12-09T07:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T13:23:59","slug":"fulfilling-all-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=10786","title":{"rendered":"Fulfilling All Righteousness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><em>Will FATHER be well pleased with us in all areas?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus is our Perfect Example of satisfying FATHER\u2019S expectations in all areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13&nbsp; Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, &#8220;I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 But <strong>Jesus answered and said to him, &#8220;Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.&#8221;<\/strong> Then he allowed Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the Heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 And suddenly a Voice came from Heaven, saying, <strong><u>&#8220;This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.&#8221;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus physically submitted His Body to fulfill all righteousness and FATHER immediately affirmed this physical act of submission.&nbsp; His Body was not excluded from the righteous requirements needed to fulfill His earthly ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Corinthians 9:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6&nbsp; But this I say: <strong>He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9 As it is written: &#8220;He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This passage is often used to focus on the law of financial distribution to the poor.&nbsp; Yes, it is appropriate.&nbsp; However, it goes beyond the financial area.&nbsp; If we give over our body <em>sparingly<\/em>, our physical impact will be affected by this restriction.&nbsp; Jesus fully submitted to walk in righteousness: spirit, soul, AND body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christians haven\u2019t been taught to commit their bodies to GOD, and the result is that they feel justified in committing them to someone else or something else, rather than to FATHER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To whom do you want to submit your body?&nbsp; We are meant to separate ourselves for FATHER\u2019S purpose in all areas.&nbsp; This can be a great challenge due to the lack of past teaching and understanding in this area.&nbsp; It may seem nearly impossible for the young believer to embrace.&nbsp; Isn\u2019t it all about personal priorities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FATHER will Love us no matter what state of maturity we walk in.\u00a0 As well, our fruitfulness is an expression of our Love for HIM.\u00a0 HIS Love is without conditions of our performance.\u00a0 After all, FATHER did not wait for the world to become righteous before HE sent His Beloved Son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A father loves his infant as much as his grown son.&nbsp; His love for his children is independent of their current state of maturity.&nbsp; However, will the grown son please his father by his acts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our maturity extends to our bodies as well as our spirit and soul.\u00a0 Let us not omit the physical aspect of our being.\u00a0 We should ask FATHER to show us how to fulfill all righteousness in our bodies as we walk out our callings.\u00a0 Our fruitfulness will be a testimony to others- good or bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will FATHER be well pleased with us in all areas? 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Matthew recorded by The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 3: 13&nbsp; Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-prophetic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10788,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786\/revisions\/10788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}