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Pursuing Righteousness & Doing What Is Right

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We are to pursue righteousness, i.e. determining what is right and doing it.

Category: Morality & Compassion

Type: Positive

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: Old Testament

Uniqueness: Unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Everyone

Literal Application: mandated

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated

Read the full explanation from the source

Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Luke 2:25
  • Luke 6:33
  • Matthew 5:6
  • Matthew 5:10
  • Matthew 5:20
  • Matthew 6:33
  • Matthew 13:43
Key OT Scriptures
  • Deuteronomy 6:17-18
  • Deuteronomy 6:25
  • Deuteronomy 12:28
  • Exodus 15:25
  • Genesis 6:9
  • Genesis 18:19

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

Righteousness is the quality of being morally right or justifiable. A righteous man always seeks to do what is right but, if he errs in innocence, he remains righteous because his character in desiring to do right is unchanged. Similarly but opposite, a man of unrighteous character can stumble into doing things that are right from time to time but, if his character is unchanged, he remains unrighteous. This Mitzvah anticipates times when doing the right thing seem risky due to possible adverse consequences that we foresee and fear, or at least would prefer to avoid. At such times of decision we are tempted to disregard what we know is right and, instead, do what seems safest. The foregoing Scriptures call us instead to faith, and to three simple steps: (1) Determine what's right; (2) Do it; (3) Trust God to take care of the consequences. These steps are exemplified by Esther's heroism in Esther 4:7-16 , and are the natural follow-through from 2 Corinthians 5:7 that reminds us: for we live by trust, not by what we see. Or, as the New King James Version translates the Greek: We walk by faith, not by sight. The Bible, beginning to end, describes the righteous character of God, and exhorts us to aspire to be like him - righteous. There are so many Scriptures supporting this Mitzvah that I have elected to save space by printing out the text of those from the Torah and the Gospel books, and only citing the others by chapter and verse.

Classical commentators

This Mitzvah is not addressed by any of the Jewish classical commentators.


Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah, Torah from a New Covenant Perspective, Volume 1 & 2

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Testimonies

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"I was moved to tears upon hearing this song for the first time. The melody is gorgeous, and the lyrics perfectly describe feelings that we all have experienced -- loss, regret, exhaustion, pain. But in the beautiful chorus, the lyrics also point us to the source of our hope in troubled times : "... after all my strength is gone, in You I can be strong...... when melodies are gone, in You I hear a song....". I hope you can hear and sense God's comfort in this beautiful song." -- Allan

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Source and License

Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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