THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS.

 

APRIL 24.
 
The Lord is righteous;
Psalm 129:4

 

RIGHTEOUSNESS is one of the essentials
   perfections of God.
 
He cannot possibly do wrong.
 
He never injured one of his creatures yet,
  and he never will, yea, he never can.
 
“The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
   and holy in all his works.”
 
Righteousness reigns in heaven,
  every creature there is righteous and
  every one is there on the principle of righteousness.
 
Righteousness reigns in hell,
   there is no injustice there.
No one is there who are not to be.
No one suffers more than he justly should.
Not one can say, “I have not deserved this.”
 
Justice alone punishes, and punishes justly.
 
Righteousness reigns in salvation,
  every sinner who believes in Jesus is justly saved.
 
No one is injured by his salvation.
 
Every perfection of God has its claim.
 
Every principle of government is honoured.
 
Every demand of the law is met.
 
God is just,
  while he justifies the ungodly who believe in Jesus.
 
Yea, he is never more than then.
 
For he does not justify without a righteousness,
   but the perfect work of Jesus is placed to his account,
   it become his by gift; for him it was wrought,
   to him it is imputed, as his it is reckoned,
   by a righteous God.
 

Right are the dealings of the Lord,

And all his saints shall prove,

Whether he smiles, or frowns, or hides,

All is in perfect love.

 
James Smith 1849