1. THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUSNESS THE LORD IS HOLINESS

2. GOD’S CHARACTER GOD’S DESIRE BY NATURE GOD IS BOTH RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY HE DEMONSTRATES THESE CHARACTERISTICS IN HIS RELATING TO HIS PEOPLE HE DESIRES THAT HIS PEOPLE BE LIKE HIM IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS

3. THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS JEREMIAH 23:5 ISRAEL’S HISTORY, ONE OF FAILURE, UNRIGHTEOUSNESS RIGHTEOUSNESS = DOING THE RIGHT THING IN A RELATIONSHIP DAVID’S GREATER SON WILL BE CALLED “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS”

4. CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 OF GOD YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO BECAME TO US WISDOM FROM GOD, BOTH RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION AND REDEMPTION WIDOM = SKILL IN LIVING

5. WE RIGHTEOUS? WE CANNOT DO THE RIGHT THING ON OUR OWN JESUS CHRIST IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS THE SOURCE OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS YAHWEH-TSIDKENU WE LIVE OUT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

6. DERIVED AND EXPRESSED 1 JOHN 2:29 IF YOU KNOW THAT HE IS RIGHTEOUS, YOU KNOW THAT ANYONE DOING THE RIGHT THING HAS BEEN BORN OF HIM [DERIVED THEIR LIFE FROM HIM]

7. THE LORD IS HOLY LEVITICUS 20:7 CONSECRATE YOURSELVES AND BE HOLY, BECAUSE I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD LEITICUS 20:26 YOU ARE TO BE HOLY TO ME BECAUSE I, THE LORD, AM HOLY BE FULLY AVAILABLE TO GOD BE LIKE GOD

8. HOLINESS MAKING DISTINCTIONS: IN WORLDVIEW IN REASON FOR LIVING IN DESIRES, AMBITIONS, GOALS IN LIFESTYLE

9. DISTINCTIONS WHAT IS OF ME AND WHAT IS OF GOD SELF-CENTRED AND GOD-CENTRED ON MY OWN I CAN ONLY BE SELF-CENTRED ONLY JESUS CHRIST IS GOD-CENTRED

10. CHRIST OUR HOLINESS 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30 ONLY IN HIM CAN WE MAKE THE SWITCH ONLY TOGETHER WITH HIM CAN WE BE GOD- CENTRED DO I KNOW HIM AS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS? AS MY HOLINESS?

11. YAHWEH, THE GREAT “I AM” WHAT GOD IS, HE DEMANDS OF HIS PEOPLE WHAT GOD IS, HE DESIRES TO BE IN AND THROUGH HIS PEOPLE YAHWEH = I AM WHAT I AM THROUGH CHRIST “WHAT I AM I WILL BE IN AND THROUGH YOU”