1. Righteousness God’s Equity Part 7

2. Righteousness: GK. - Equity equity n. 1) The net value of real property, determined by subtracting the amount of unpaid debts secured against the property from the appraised value of the property. equity n. 1) The net value of real property, determined by subtracting the amount of unpaid debts secured against the property from the appraised value of the property.

3. 3 TYPES of RIGHTEOUSNESS UNRIGHTEOUS UNRIGHTEOUS SELF-RIGHTEOUS SELF-RIGHTEOUS RIGHTEOUS RIGHTEOUS

4. Righteousness Denotes someone who is in Covenant

5. COVENANT A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT; A COMPACT OR AGREEMENT UNDER SEAL, MORE THAN A CONTRACT – IT’S VALIDITY IS AUTOMATIC IN A COURT OF EQUITY. A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT; A COMPACT OR AGREEMENT UNDER SEAL, MORE THAN A CONTRACT – IT’S VALIDITY IS AUTOMATIC IN A COURT OF EQUITY.

6. Court of Equity 1) Whole area of law based on fairness 2) NO TECHNICALITIES 3) Each case is singular and specific 4) Sentence based solely on judge’s discretion 5) Prevents irreparable damage 6) Statutes, ordinances or past judgments don’t matter

7. God’s Court System IS NOT A COURT OF LAW!! GOD’S COURT IS A COURT OF EQUITY (RIGHTEOUSNESS)!!!!

8. GOD’S JUDGMENTS (DECISIONS OR SENTENCES) ARE BASED ON THE RULES OF EQUITY …NOT THE RULE OF LAW!!

9. Why is Equity important to us? In order to fully understand how God’s judgments or decisions work, we must understand the MAXIMS of EQUITY or the rules of the Court of Equity (Court of RIGHTEOUSNESS). In order to fully understand how God’s judgments or decisions work, we must understand the MAXIMS of EQUITY or the rules of the Court of Equity (Court of RIGHTEOUSNESS). Judgments are good if you are on the winning side of the judgment.

10. Time Line OF Equity ADAM forfeits Man’s EQUITY (4000BC) ADAM forfeits Man’s EQUITY (4000BC) NO DEFENSE AGAINST ACCUSER Moses believes God, obeys, COVENANT is reestablished, LAW given as a DEFENCE against ACCUSER in GOD’s Court (1500 BC) Moses believes God, obeys, COVENANT is reestablished, LAW given as a DEFENCE against ACCUSER in GOD’s Court (1500 BC) Jesus comes, completes the COVENANT started with Abraham, buys back Adam’s forfeited EQUITY ; Becomes DEFENSE ATTORNEY for all that have EQUITY & are in COVENANT (33 AD) Jesus comes, completes the COVENANT started with Abraham, buys back Adam’s forfeited EQUITY ; Becomes DEFENSE ATTORNEY for all that have EQUITY & are in COVENANT (33 AD)

11. MAXIMS OF EQUITY 1. RIGHTEOUSNESS acts upon the person, (forcing him to do what conscience requires). 2. RIGHTEOUSNESS will not suffer a wrong without a remedy (healing, restoration, betterment). (RIGHTEOUSNESS abhors a forfeiture of rights.)

12. MAXIMS OF EQUITY 3. RIGHTEOUSNESS imputes (credits) an intention to fulfill a covenant. IT’S YOUR INTENTIONS THAT COUNT INTENTION: an anticipated outcome that guides your actions an anticipated outcome that guides your actions

13. MAXIMS OF EQUITY 4. RIGHTEOUSNESS acts specifically, and not by way of compensation or settlement. GOD HAS ALREADY JUDGED IN YOUR FAVOR – IF YOU GET ANYTHING LESS, IT IS BECAUSE YOU SETTLED!!

14. MAXIMS OF EQUITY 5. RIGHTEOUSNESS regards as done, that which ought to be done. (RIGHTEOUSNESS abhors a forfeiture of rights.) If God says something, He considers it “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”! (And he hates it if you forfeit his favorable judgment)

15. Isaiah 55 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void (ineffective & useless), but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper (be successful) in the thing whereto I sent it.

16. Revelation 13 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (the anti-Christ), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (the anti-Christ), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

17. Genesis 3 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

18. Isaiah 53 5 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. 5 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.

19. I Peter 2 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

20. Hebrews 11 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

21. Romans 4 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and CALLS those things which BE not as though they WERE.

22. Genesis 1 3 And God said, Light BE. And there was light. 3 And God said, Light BE. And there was light. 4 And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness. 4 And God saw the light that it was good; and God divided between the light and the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the first day.

23. Genesis 1 6 And God said, An expanse in the midst of the waters, BE. And a division between waters and waters, BE. 6 And God said, An expanse in the midst of the waters, BE. And a division between waters and waters, BE. 7 And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so. 7 And God made the expanse, and divided between the waters that are under the expanse and the waters that are above the expanse; and it was so.

24. Genesis 1 8 And God called the expanse heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day. 8 And God called the expanse heavens. And there was evening, and there was morning -- a second day. 9 And God said, Waters under the heavens, BE gathered together to one place, and dry land you appear. And it was so. 9 And God said, Waters under the heavens, BE gathered together to one place, and dry land you appear. And it was so.

25. Genesis 1 10 And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 10 And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Earth, you cause grass to spring up, you cause herb producing seed, you cause fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so. 11 And God said, Earth, you cause grass to spring up, you cause herb producing seed, you cause fruit-trees yielding fruit after their kind, the seed of which is in them, on the earth. And it was so.

26. Genesis 1 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herb producing seed after its kind, and trees yielding fruit, the seed of which is in them, after their kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning -- a third day. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning -- a third day.

27. Genesis 1 14 And God said, Lights in the expanse of the heavens, BE, to divide between the day and the night; and BE for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 14 And God said, Lights in the expanse of the heavens, BE, to divide between the day and the night; and BE for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; 15 and BE for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so. 15 and BE for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so.

28. Genesis 1 16 And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, -- and the stars. 16 And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, -- and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth, 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,

29. Genesis 1 18 and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 18 and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fourth day. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fourth day. 20 And God said, Waters, you swarm with swarms of living creatures, and fowl, you fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens. 20 And God said, Waters, you swarm with swarms of living creatures, and fowl, you fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.

30. Genesis 1 21 And God created the great whales, and every living creature that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 21 And God created the great whales, and every living creature that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, BE fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth. 22 And God blessed them, saying, BE fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply on the earth.

31. Genesis 1 23 And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fifth day. 23 And there was evening, and there was morning -- a fifth day. 24 And God said, Earth, you bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so. 24 And God said, Earth, you bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.

32. Genesis 1 25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 And God said, We make man in our image, after our likeness; and man has dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth. 26 And God said, We make man in our image, after our likeness; and man has dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

33. Genesis 1 27 And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 27 And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, BE fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth. 28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, BE fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.

34. Genesis 1 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall BE food for you; 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb producing seed that is on the whole earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree producing seed: it shall BE food for you; 30 and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living creature, every green herb for food. And it was so. 30 and to every animal of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth on the earth, in which is a living creature, every green herb for food. And it was so.

35. Genesis 1 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning -- the sixth day.

36. Genesis 2 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

37. Hebrews 4 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

38. Hebrews 4 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world. AMP 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world. AMP 4 For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works. 4 For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.

39. Hebrews 4 5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief (gk. – apatheia; disobedience, apathy; lack of interest in matters of importance):

40. Hebrews 4 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief (disobedience, apathy; lack of interest in matters of importance).

41. II Peter 2 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

42. II Peter 2 7 And delivered just (gk. – righteous) Lot, vexed (gk. – worn down) with the filthy conversation (gk. – lifestyle) of the wicked: 7 And delivered just (gk. – righteous) Lot, vexed (gk. – worn down) with the filthy conversation (gk. – lifestyle) of the wicked: 8 For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed (gk. – tortured) his righteous soul from day to day with unlawful deeds; 8 For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed (gk. – tortured) his righteous soul from day to day with unlawful deeds;

43. Psalm 119 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts (hb. - principals prescribing a particular course of action {the 9 things} ): for with them thou hast quickened me.

44. MAXIMS OF EQUITY 5. RIGHTEOUSNESS regards as done, that which ought to be done. (RIGHTEOUSNESS abhors a forfeiture of rights.) If God says something, He considers it “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”! (And he hates it if you forfeit his favorable judgment)

45. WRITE DOWN FOUR LESSONS LEARNED WHAT SHOULD I STOP DOING? WHAT SHOULD I START DOING? WHAT SHOULD I CONTINUE DOING?